FCC Proposal Would End Chinese Labs' Role In US Device Testing

Narrative Control: The Collapsing Authority Of The State Authored by Jacob Reynolds via 'Academy of Ideas' substack, Perhaps the central battleground of contemporary politics is the need of our political elites to control the narrative. Primarily, the role of establishment politicians is not to deliver changes and reforms, not to fix problems identified by people in their everyday lives, and not to change circumstances such that they can attract votes, but to maintain narrative hegemony. Crucially, this differs from previous attempts to maintain ideological hegemony – that is, to win the societal ‘battle...

Bessent's 'Yentervention' Does Not Fix Japan's Underlying Structural Issues Authored by Ed Dowd via 'Beyond The Narrative' substack, ...a delicate meal to cook before Midterms... My conclusions on the Bessent yen intervention: The move is a temporary Band-Aid at best and sharp yen strength can historically trigger carry-trade unwinds and risk-asset volatility, but it does not fix Japan’s structural debt or rate differentials. The Fed, BOJ and Treasury are walking a tightrope. Consensus is correct that the primary driver is preventing forced sales of Japan’s $1T+ UST holdings that would spike US yields. Expanding the...

The American System Rejects Europe's Economic Suicide Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, National self-sufficiency beats globalism’s mass dependency. What makes a nation wealthy?  It’s not just arable lands surrounded by other lands filled with water, timber, coal, gas, oil, metals, and minerals.  It’s the farmer who knows best how to cultivate those lands in order to maximize food production.  It’s the woodsman, miner, fisherman, and oilman who can extract nature’s bounty and provide the raw materials for every kind of manufacturer. Producing things requires knowledge and skill.  Competition between producers creates an incentive to innovate.  This motor of...