When we look at REAL GDP growth on a city by city basis, the top five are all in China – Hefei, Baotou, Changchun, Anshan, and Dalian. It may surprise you, but the top two cities in the bottom five around the world at Miami and Las Vegas followed by Athens, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. It […]

South China Morning Post May 7, 1998 Japan “Key” to Global Rebound by Jake Lloyd-Smith Asia’s salvation lies in Japan, but the world’s second-largest economy must collapse before the region’s prospects will brighten, Princeton Economics International says. The global strategic adviser, which has no connection with the prestigious United States university, said international capital would […]

Monetary History of China   The monetary history of China extends back in time at least 3,000 years. At first, money was sea shells, namely the cowry shell during the Shang Dynasty. Barter was always a dominant means of exchange in China that remained largely an agrarian society. Merchants and moneylenders were not well regarded […]

  A source from inside the NATO summit reported that Trump has correctly stated that Article 5 is voluntary, not a binding commitment. He has said that the US will sell and supply weapons, intelligence, and support to NATO and NATO members if a NATO member is attacked by other countries that are not NATO […]

Bloomberg and the other Fake News outlets that hate Trump and want more EQUALITY, following the very same philosophies as Stalin imposed in Russia. All we hear is the danger of wealth disparity. When there is no wealth disparity because people are not allowed to invent or become rich, you get economic stagnation and widespread […]

The neocons would never permit a true ceasefire. The war in the Middle East must continue in order to broaden the West’s conflict with Russia. Russia is not permitted to remain neutral, despite Putin’s insistence. Follow the money—NATO has assembled $40 BILLION to prolong aggression against Russia. “Let’s not forget, Iran is heavily involved in […]

Our sources in the region say that there are still bullets being shot from both sides. Israel accuses Iran of violating a ceasefire, but Tehran denies the claim. President Donald Trump said Israeli jets had turned back from their planned strikes on Iran and that the ceasefire remains in effect. There were reports of an […]

Supply chain constraints are inevitable during wartime. Shippers are actively avoiding the Strait of Hormuz that connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea amid the Iranian nuclear tensions. This is a significant disruption as around 20% of global oil is funneled through this passageway. Oman’s Musandam Peninsula hosts a narrow passageway with Iran that […]

  While the Democrats will scream and yell, Obama was a pawn of the Neocons. He wanted to invade Syria and got the Nobel Peace Prize. When the Neocons started the civil war in Ukraine, instructing the UNELECTED interim government installed by Victoria Nuland, who was then directed to attack the Donbas, it was Obama […]

Donald Trump thanked Iran for giving “early notice” of a missile attack on a US base in Qatar. As I reported, there was back-channel communication where Iran had to make a show, and the “early notice” was to provide the US with time to shoot down the projectiles. Trump has then taken to Truth Social, […]