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 […]
The Nursing Home Money Machine: Who Profits While Families Pay the Price?
WHO IS WATCHING THE NURSING HOMES? America Cannot Keep Writing Checks While Our Most Vulnerable Citizens Are Left Waiting for Care An Investigative Op-Ed by Craig Bushon Media Team About 1.24 million people live in 14,742 CMS-certified nursing facilities across the United States, according to KFF’s analysis of federal Nursing Home Compare and CASPER data […]
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 […]
Silencing the Blueprint: What the Record Actually Shows About RNA Interference
Seven approved drugs, three billion dollars in annual revenue, two FDA warning letters, and a set of forecasts that grow larger the further they travel from their source FROM THE CRAIG BUSHON SHOW MEDIA TEAM Most Americans have never heard the term RNA interference, usually shortened to RNAi, which is a strange thing to say […]
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 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 […]