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Why Make America Small Again?

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly ResearchPew Why make America small again is the question Americans should be asking President Donald Trump whose immigration policies are designed to do just that. He would reduce immigration flows by 50 percent, if he and his … Continue reading →

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Retail Sales Rising Again

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Calculated Risk Retail sales were strong in August from motor vehicle sales, mainly. On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.4 percent from July to August (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 4.1 percent from August 2018, … Continue reading →

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Where are World’s Most Livable Cities, and Why?

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Noozhawk.com I first attended the Goleta Dam Dinner on its 10th anniversary in 2019 that was held at Lake Los Carneros on a dam built long before the City of Goleta, California was formed. It made me … Continue reading →

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United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call The day after last Thursday’s DOW Index plunged 800 points, President Trump Tweeted a request that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu block Congresswomen Ilhan Omer and Rashida Tlaib’s visit to Israel and the West Bank. His action … Continue reading →

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Retail Sales, Consumers Healthy For How Long?

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Consumers now power more than 70 percent of economic activity with the slowdown in manufacturing. Consumers are keeping this economic recovery afloat. There is no question this is because rising incomes and plenty of available jobs have raised … Continue reading →

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Trade Protectionism = Recession?

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly FRED BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has threatened unspecified “necessary countermeasures” if Trump’s planned tariff hike goes ahead said the AP. And it followed up the threat by devaluing their Yuan by more than 7 percent against … Continue reading →

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What Happened to Main Street—Part II?

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly FRED Corporate responsibility is back in the air with a vengeance; not only from Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders who constantly remind us on the campaign trail that corporate misbehavior has tilted the “playing field” of … Continue reading →

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Answering the Kennedys’ Call to Promote Greater World Peace & Freedom

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Introduction I was one of 88,000 wide-eyed, mostly white, middle class students that came to hear President John Kennedy speak on March 23, 1962 in Berkeley, California to commemorate the 94th anniversary of the University of California’s founding. We wanted … Continue reading →

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The Art of Negotiation

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs This column comes from a chapter in my forthcoming book, Answering the Kennedys Call to Promote World Peace and Freedom, a history of public service and community building by my own and more recent generations. This chapter documents … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Capitalism (Revised)?

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Winston Churchill once said, “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to … Continue reading →

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