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 […]
Is Your Grocery Store Rigged at the Register? The Truth About Surveillance Pricing
The experiments have already been run, the hardware is already on the shelf, and the algorithm may already have a number in mind for you. By The Craig Bushon Show Media Team You’ve probably noticed the price of groceries creeping up. What you may not have noticed is that the grocery industry is quietly changing […]
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 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 […]
Is SpaceX Really a Rocket Company—Or Is Elon Musk Building the Infrastructure of a Space-Based Economy?
The Investment Question Isn’t Mars – It’s Whether We’re Witnessing the Birth of an Entirely New Commercial Ecosystem From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team For years, most Americans have thought of SpaceX as “the rocket company,” and that’s understandable. Rockets are what we see on television. They produce the spectacular launches, carry astronauts to […]