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 […]

The Permanent Campaign, the Permanent Deficit: Why Changing Parties Has Not Changed America’s Direction A Four-Part Craig Bushon Show Investigative Series Part II: Measuring the Direction

Part II: Measuring the Direction From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team If the merry-go-round is the image that frames this investigation, then the federal balance sheet is the first place we should look for evidence. Campaigns are designed to persuade; budgets reveal priorities. Campaign speeches describe what leaders hope to accomplish, while budgets show […]

The Permanent Campaign, the Permanent Deficit: Why Changing Parties Has Not Changed America’s Direction – A Four-Part Craig Bushon Show Investigative Series Part I: The Merry-Go-Round

Part I: The Merry-Go-Round From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team Every election season, Americans are told that this is the one. This is the election that will change everything. The speeches become more urgent, the campaign ads more dramatic, and the promises more ambitious. We are assured that if the right party wins, Washington […]

The Third Hand Theory: Have We Been Thinking About Humanoid Robots All Wrong?

For decades we believed skilled trades and physical labor would be the last frontier of automation. Recent advances in physical AI suggest we may need to rethink that assumption—not because robots are becoming human, but because they may not need to. From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team For generations, people have taken comfort in […]

The Chinese Auto Trojan Horse: The Three Walls Protecting America—and the Loopholes That Could Bring Them Down

Tariffs, connected-vehicle restrictions, and state franchise laws still protect the American market, but direct-sales loopholes and Chinese battery technology may be opening a back door through the nation’s industrial base. The Craig Bushon Show — Bold Talk for a Brave America By Craig Bushon   Tomorrow, the Senate Commerce Committee votes on the Connected Vehicle Security […]