Are China’s Cheap Cars Exposing America’s Crony Capitalism?
A defense of competitive markets, and a warning about what happens when protection, rent-seeking and offshoring take competition’s place From The Craig Bushon Show Media Team The debate over Chinese automobiles usually gets framed around a narrow question, which is whether Americans should eventually be allowed to buy a $25,000 or $30,000 vehicle built by […]
Who Decides Which Murder Becomes National News?
The Killing of Andrew Wimsatt Raises an Uncomfortable Question From The Craig Bushon Show Media Team Some crimes in America become national stories almost immediately. Within hours, the victim’s name is everywhere, cable programs are dissecting what happened, national newspapers are running profiles, politicians are being asked for reactions, and social media is full of […]
Lindsay Clancy and the Evil We Can’t Explain – or Can We?
Genesis 3, Mental Illness, Disease, and What Christians Really Believe About the Origin of Evil From The Craig Bushon Show Media Team There are acts so horrific that our vocabulary collapses underneath them. We call them unthinkable. We call them insane. We say someone must have snapped, and then we start searching for a diagnosis, […]
The Great AI Wager: Can Artificial Intelligence Save a World Drowning in Debt?
The Craig Bushon Show — “The Truth Is Not Hate Speech” By Craig Bushon Show Media Team We are warned about artificial intelligence constantly, and the warnings have settled into a familiar catalog. AI could eliminate millions of jobs, become a cyberweapon, enable a biological attack, power a surveillance apparatus, or eventually outthink the people […]
NIKE’S $200 BILLION LESSON: WHEN THE BRAND BECOMES BIGGER THAN THE CUSTOMER
The fall of one of America’s most powerful brands offers a warning that reaches far beyond sneakers. By The Craig Bushon Show Media Team There is an image circulating on social media right now that tells a clean and satisfying story. Nike embraced Colin Kaepernick, drifted steadily into progressive cultural politics, alienated a large share of […]
THE BACK DOOR TO AMERICA: MADE IN AMERICA. POWERED BY CHINA?
How Chinese Technology, Battery Licensing, Critical Minerals and Western Automakers Are Rewriting America’s Industrial Relationship With Beijing By Craig Bushon | The Craig Bushon Show We Read Between the Lines to Get to the Bottom Line For years, Washington has been watching America’s industrial front door. Chinese electric vehicles were hit with trade barriers, Chinese-linked […]
The Unemployment Rate May Be Lying to Us About the Future of Work
AI, gig work, basic income and a banking system built around the traditional paycheck are beginning to collide From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team For generations, Americans have been conditioned to look at a single number when they want to know whether the labor market is healthy. If unemployment is low, we assume people […]
THE RIVER BETWEEN US AND 2036 – Cross While You Still Can.
Elon Musk says money won’t matter in ten years. The real question is how anyone gets to the other side. By Craig Bushon | The Craig Bushon Show — Bold Talk for a Brave America Elon Musk sat down with The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, for a ninety-minute conversation this past week, and buried […]
The Permanent Campaign, the Permanent Deficit: Why Changing Parties Has Not Changed America’s Direction A Four-Part Craig Bushon Show Investigative Series Part IV: Finding The Compass
Part IV: Finding the Compass Again From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team If you have followed this investigation from the beginning, you may have noticed that we have intentionally avoided telling readers what political conclusions they should reach. That was never the purpose. The purpose was to encourage a different way of measuring government. […]
The Permanent Campaign, the Permanent Deficit: Why Changing Parties Has Not Changed America’s Direction A Four-Part Craig Bushon Show Investigative Series Part III: Beyond The Balance Sheet
Part III: Beyond the Balance Sheet From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team If America’s fiscal trajectory were the only trend pointing in one direction, this investigation would end here. Budgets matter because they quantify government activity, but they do not tell the entire story. A nation’s direction is shaped not only by what it […]