Steve I agree with much of this, but advising EU to work with China means the end of the West and the dominance of China especially I all important advanced industries

The new Carney government must anchor university research to Canadian industry The new Mark Carney government must anchor university research to the needs of Canadian industry, and universities need to do a better job of commercializing their research within Canada, says Robert ...

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Wow, does anyone believe that the US has more internet controls on speech than the UK? Freedom House seems to think so. US doesn't put people in jail for saying things some find objectionable.

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The Pro-Growth Minimum Wage If progressives want to get a higher minimum wage over the finish line, it’s time for them to make the case for a higher minimum wage on the grounds of growth first and fairness second, writes ITIF Pr...

Hey, if Republicans want to boost their inroads with working class voters they should do a "Nixon goes to China" and boost the minimum wage. It would spur both fairness and growth.

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Global Robot Density in Factories Doubled in Seven Years Robot adoption in factories around the world continues at high speed: The new global average robot density reaches a record 162 units per 10,000 employees in 2023 - more than double the number measure...

This should be embarrassing and concerning. With significantly lower wages, China has 60 percent more industrial robots per worker than U.S. does. At this rate we will be the low-wage, low-skill economy.

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Wealthy countries back raising COP29 climate deal to $300 billion, sources say The European Union, United States and other wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to $300 billion per year by 2035, sources told Reuters on Saturday.

Rather than hand out $300 billion to poor nations for climate, imagine what the results would be for fighting climate change if that money were instead invested in clean energy innovation.

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It’s Global Warming, Not American Warming Even if it were possible to radically slash U.S. emissions with today’s technologies, it still would do little to curb global warming because the United States accounts for just 13.5 percent of all gr...

Because it's global warming, the US & other countries need to double down on clean energy R&D so that every country WANTS to adopt clean energy

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Are You a “Marketist” or a “Producerist” on Economic Policy? The dominant economic policy model of the post-war era has focused on the overall economy, markets, and prices, but not on the process by which entrepreneurs, firms, and industries use technology to b...

R U a neoliberal “marketist” or a pragmatic “producerist”. Take the test and find out

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Is Trump’s DOGE Going to be a DOGD? The Trump administration could signal a turning point for the country and the federal government in many areas. For too long, Washington accepted things that were flawed and broken. The real question ...

My take on Musk’s DOGE itif.org/publications...

But very little of the money was actually spent. That was their mistake. They should have shovels in the ground 1 year ago

With all the AI panic going on worth reading our report from a while ago on why AI won’t kill us itif.org/publications/2016/06/06/...

2 charts on why the US needs an industrial strategy. itif.org/publications/2023/04/20/...