G20 meets today in Asheville, Barbara frames the showdown: Bessent pushing physical growth to conquer the debt mountain, while Lagarde and von der Leyen plot to "redirect" citizens' savings — "lazy money" — into the Ukraine war and the green transition.
Scott Bessent is following the money behind America’s dark money nonprofit network and confronting a political machine more than a century in the making.
Carney walks out and calls it a war — he's right, wrong reasons. Ratcliffe's C-17 lands in Moscow. Warsh smashes the Fed's crystal ball. Nine weeks to November 3. Seven posts inside.
Join us for a riveting Saturday night discussion on world affairs, economics, history, and science, featuring resident writer Brian Lantz. In this episode, Brian delves into the impacts of President Trump's tariffs on the U.S. economy, specifically focusing on the manufacturing renaissance in shipbuilding and housing sectors. Brian also discusses his recent writings, the economic transformations prompted by foreign investments, and the role of federal financing. The session covers crucial insights into modern shipbuilding technologies, Federal Reserve policies, and housing affordability issues. Brian wraps up with the exciting developments in the U.S. steel industry and community revitalization efforts in the American heartland.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:57 Trump's Tariff Policies and Global Investments
01:40 Revitalizing the US Shipbuilding Industry
01:50 Housing Sector Challenges and Solutions
02:31 Brian Lance's Insights on Manufacturing Renaissance
03:25 Discussion on Global Economic Transformation
13:00 Modern Shipbuilding Technologies
24:34 Impact of Interest Rates on US Economy
34:46 Federal Reserve and Housing Market Dynamics
46:18 Revitalizing the American Heartland
54:29 US Steel and the Mon Valley Revival
58:51 Conclusion and Q&A
Cable news is arguing eggs, beef, gas, and Iran. Bruce Director spent Saturday night on the real midterm question: American System vs. British System — two flavors of the same entropy, and nine weeks to pick a future.
Chatbots dominate the AI argument. Brian Lantz spent Saturday night on the other kind — robots, machine shops, and factory floors — and why manufacturing, not the data center, is where the country actually gets richer.
Nixon called it “temporary.” 55 years later it’s still policy. Will Wertz reads the paper trail — the secret Kissinger memo, the Volcker Group, Britain’s run on Fort Knox — and the principles of the new Bretton Woods Trump’s Treasury says is underway.
In 1775, Americans and Quebec militiamen fought as brothers to free Canada from the British crown. Bob Ingraham on the lie of the "invasion," Franklin's near-miss at the peace table — and why, 250 years later, the question is open again.
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