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Chinese textile firms are now opening new factories, not in China but in the American South. With the steep rise in the wages of Chinese workers and the stagnation (at best) of the wages of American workers—Southern workers most particularly—and with the higher levels of productivity and lower energy costs in the South, it is …
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The U.S. is ranked 41 out of 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, which measures the “level of freedom of information in 180 countries.” It moved from 49 in 2015 to 41 this year, although the “relative improvement by comparison hides overall negative trends”. Citing the U.S. government’s “war on whistleblowers who …
“Two of my friends have recently taken a strong dislike to their jobs. I think what is ailing them is that they work from home; [they have] spent too much time in their slippers in the study. Under those conditions, all work starts to seem meaningless. By contrast, if you are toiling away with people …
“The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm. It’s dangerous because of those who watch and do nothing”. (Albert Einstein)
