(Grant Atkinson) Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the government’s solution has been to try to control Americans’ personal lives. This has included not only masks and vaccines but also the swaths of money handed to millions of adults in the U.S.
Economy
Where Did All The People Go?
(Michael Snyder) Why are companies all over the world suddenly desperate for workers? In my entire life I have never seen anything like this. When the labor shortage started in the United States, a lot of people blamed overly generous government handouts, but that doesn’t explain why the exact same thing is happening in nation after nation all over the globe. There aren’t enough factory workers, there aren’t enough truck drivers, there aren’t enough port workers, there aren’t enough employees to properly staff our stores, and the shortage of doctors and nurses is becoming a major crisis in some areas. During normal times, we were always told that the global economy was not producing nearly enough jobs for everyone, but now for the very first time we are facing an enormous worldwide labor shortage. It is almost as if millions upon millions of people suddenly disappeared from the system.
Crash: Dow Plummets More Than 500 Points at Monday Open, Following Three Straight Weeks of Losses
(Sophie Mann) Asian markets are in turmoil and the Federal Reserve has investors nervous
Pay-by-Palm: Just an Innocent Technology to Make Life Easier?
(Aden Tate) Looks like the folks at Amazon have taken up palm reading with the recent rollout of Amazon One, a pay-by-palm technology.
Supply Chain Disruptions Are Getting Worse As Engineered Shortages Are Designed to Collapse Economies
(JD Heyes) Global supply lines continue to come under duress as lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain and as new shutdowns occur thanks to the spread of the delta variant.
‘Social Responsibility,’ ESG Scores, and China’s Social Credit System
(Jack McPherrin) Corporate Social Responsibility, ESG Scores, and China’s latest foray into totalitarianism via its recently introduced Social Credit System share significant commonality. Each system engenders the same erosion of individual liberty via the propagation of a singular “morality” unilaterally determined by an authoritarian overseer. That the governance structure surrounding the former is made up of economic elites operating from a relatively free society, while the latter is made up of high-ranking governmental officials in a significantly less free society, is immaterial.
Biden Economy: Inflation Accelerates in August, Biggest Increase on Record, as Wholesale Prices Rise Record 8.3%
(TFPP Wire) U.S. producer prices increased solidly in August, indicating that high inflation is likely to persist for a while, with supply chains remaining tight as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.
Americans Remain Hard Workers Even Through the Pandemic, Especially in Red States
(Just the News staff) With Labor Day upon us, it’s time to take a look at which are the hardest-working states in America, and why. It has been a year that daily and weekly work routines have dramatically changed for tens of millions of Americans.
Democrats Want to Destroy the California Economy, make Life a Living Hell for the “Unvaccinated”
(Ethan Huff) Leftists in the California legislature are trying to secretly enact a new law that would require everyone in the Golden State to show proof of “vaccination” for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) in order to do pretty much anything.
WATCH: Students Who Voted For Biden Tell Us What They Think Now After Afghan Collapse, Massive Inflation
(The Scoop) Students from George Mason University who said they backed President Joe Biden have voiced their disappointment with the administration’s recent missteps and blatant failures, including the debacle in Afghanistan, mounting inflation, as well as the escalating immigration problem at the southern border that the administration is yet to address.
Bad News: Biden Administration More Than Doubles Dire Inflation Forecast as Prices Continue to Rise
(Jack Davis, The Western Journal) A new forecast shows that the Biden administration expects inflation to be twice as bad in the coming months as it predicted only a few weeks ago.
Worsening Shipping Crisis Will Affect Retail Supply Lines and Shopping for Holidays
(Mary Villareal) The world’s network of ports, container vessels, and trucking companies that allow goods to move globally has been tangled due to the pandemic, and the cost of shipping is skyrocketing.
As Inflation Skyrockets in the US, Russia and Saudi Arabia Sign Agreement Ending the ‘Petrol Dollar’, Putting the US Dollar and Economy at Even Higher Risk
(Joe Hoft) With inflation rocketing skyward, Russia and Saudi Arabia sign deal to end
Dr. Fauci’s Economic Lockdowns Killed 267,000 Infants in Low and Middle-Income Countries
(Jim Hoft) In March 2020, Dr. Tony Fauci urged the President of the United States to lock down the entire US economy for two weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Grocery Prices Skyrocket 31 Percent in One Year as Lockdowns, Drought and Money Printing Unleash Food Inflation
(Mary Villareal) Food prices in July were up 31 percent from the same month in 2020, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. This rise is fueled by supply chain disruption and extreme weather conditions.