Making News: New Magazine Article (Again) Debunks the Trump-as-Phony-Populist Claim

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Making News, middle class, Populism, The American Conservative, Trump, working class

I’m pleased to announce that a new article of mine has just been published in The American Conservative. It updates a piece I wrote last year for this magazine, and reports that, as then, official U.S. data indicate that President Trump’s administration has worked out well economically for most of the middle- and working-class voters in his base who bet that he’d be a genuine champion of their interests.

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Making News: New Article Spotlights America’s Second-Rate Semiconductor Manufacturing

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Asia-Pacific, China, globalism, innovation, Intel, Making News, manufacturing, offshoring, semiconductors, Taiwan, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, technology, The National Interest

I’m pleased to report that a new article of mine has just been published in the November-December, 2020 issue of The National Interest. The focus: America’s loss of its longtime global lead in manufacturing semiconductors. Given the central role played by microchips to the constantly acclerating information technology revolution, this setback threatens both the nation’s prosperity and its security — especially since the world’s most advanced semiconductors are now produced a grand total of 100 miles from China.

Click here to read.

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Making News: Podcast Now On-Line of Last Night’s NYC Radio Appearance

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I’m pleased to announce that the podcast is now on-line of my appearance last night on Frank Morano’s “The Other Side of Midnight” program on New York City’s WABC-AM radio station. For a – really – wide-ranging discussion encompassing tonight’s Vice Presidential debate, the Supreme Court, rock music, the economy, the latest revelations about FBI misdeeds, and of course the Yankees, click here and then on the “Staten Island” link. My segment beings at about the 20:30 mark.

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Making News: Last Night’s National Radio Interview on China, Manufacturing, & the Election Now On-Line

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China, election 2020, Gordon G. Chang, Joe Biden, Making News, manufacturing, reshoring, The John Batchelor Show, Trade, Trump

I’m pleased to announce that the podcast of my interview last night on John Batchelor’s nationally syndicated radio show is now on-line.  Click here to listen to a timely, wide-ranging discussion involving John, co-host Gordon G. Chang, and me covering the presidential election, China, trade policy, and bringing manufacturing back to America.

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Making News: Back on National Radio Tonight, a New Podcast…& More!

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I’m pleased to announce that I’m scheduled to return to national radio tonight when I guest on The John Batchelor Show.  The subjects for John, co-host Gordon G. Chang, and me will be China, trade, manufacturing, and the election.

The pandemic is still forcing John and Gordon to pre-record segments, so I’m not yet sure about air-time.  But it seems that you can listen live to the show on-line at this all-purpose link starting at 9 PM EST.  And of course, if you can’t tune in, I’ll post a link to the podcast as soon as one’s available.

In addition, yesterday, I was interviewed on the popular Market Wrap with Moe Ansari radio show on the election (including the debate!), trade policy, the future of the entire U.S. economy, the fate of CCP Virus relief legislation, and a surprising recent example of collusion with Russia.  To listen to the podcast, click here and then on the show with my name on it.  My segment starts at about the 23:38 mark.

Finally, my friend Ted Galen Carpenter has just published in the Cato Journal a fascinating piece on the history of U.S. news coverage of U.S.-China relations – which certainly has seen its ups and downs in recent decades.  It was great, moreover, to see Ted cite two of my writings along the way.  Here’s the link.

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Making News: New York City and National Radio Interview Podcasts Now On-Line

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baseball, Black Lives Matter, China, election 2020, election interference, energy, Frank Morano, Gordon G. Chang, Joe Biden, Making News, Mexican cuisine, The John Batchelor Show, trade war, Trump, WABC AM

I’m pleased to announce that the podcasts of my interviews Wednesday on national and New York City radio are now available on-line for your listening pleasure!

The first, on Frank Morano’s program on New York City’s WABC-AM, dealt with indications that the Chinese government is funding a Black Lives Matter-type group.  Listen by clicking here, and then on the September 23 link.  My segment begins at about the 31-minute mark.  And special bonuses!  We get into the fine points of the New York City Major League Baseball scene, and sound off on a running debate on Mexican cuisine!

The second, on John Batchelor’s nationally syndicated nightly show, covers the latest developments in the intensifying U.S.-China economic conflict, how it may affect the U.S. presidential election – and vice versa.  Click here for a timely discussion among John, co-host Gordon G. Chang, and me.

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Making News: Two Radio Appearances Today Starting This AM

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China, election 2020, election interference, Frank Morano, Making News, The John Batchelor Show, Trade, trade war, WABC AM

I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be appearing on major radio stations twice today.  The first interview, with Frank Morano on New York City’s WABC-AM, is slated to air at 10:40 AM EST, and will focus on China’s efforts to interfere with this year’s U.S. presidential election and in American politics more broadly.  Click here and then on the link at the top of the home page to listen live on-line.

The second will air tonight on John Batchelor’s nationally syndicated program.  The exact time is still up in the air, since John has needed to pre-record segments during the CCP Virus period.  But the subject will be an update on the rapidly intensifying U.S.-China trade war and broader technology and economic conflict, and John’s show is on every night now from 11 PM to 1 AM EST.  You can listen live by visiting this address and, again, clicking on the Listen Live link at the top.

As always, if you miss these two programs, I’ll post links to the podcasts as soon as they become available.

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Making News: Featured in The Los Angeles Times & Industry Today

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I’m pleased to report that my views have been presented three times in important news outlets in recent weeks.

Yesterday, Los Angeles Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik cited some of my research findings and perspectives in this essay on the economic policy differences between President Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden.

Hiltzik’s piece, incidentally, reveals a great deal about how many journalists – including opinion journalists – work, at least in my experience.  He’s a clear Never Trumper, and so would need a lot of convincing to reach the conclusion that the President has done a commendable job of keeping his campaign promises to his working class supporters. (For the record, there’s nothing wrong with that, since everyone has his or her particular slant on life, everyone has every right to them, and Hiltzik is in the opinion business.)

Hiltzik did take the time to consult with someone like me, who does give Mr. Trump solid marks in this respect.  And during our conversation, he was genuinely interested in what I discovered when I looked at recent income trends in “Trump flip counties” – those that voted for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012, and then backed the President in 2016.  (I know the interest was genuine because he questioned me at length on the subject.)

All the same, if you read the entire column, you’ll see that he pooh-poohed Trump achievements like outdoing the Obama administration record on manufacturing job creation, and placed lots of weight on the findings of folks at the Brookings Institution, a mainstream establishment (and therefore pretty Never Trump-y) think tank, even when the opinions they expressed to him were flat wrong.  (In particular, there is no set of official data showing that U.S. after-inflation manufacturing output was “higher than it has ever been” right after the 2016 election.)

On balance, though, since my perspectives, however on target or not, are definitely minority perspectives, Hiltzik deserves praise for paying some attention to them.

The second and third instances were IndustryToday.com‘s re-publication of RealityChek posts on the latest government data on the (still-robust) recovery of U.S. manufacturing production, and on evidence that the President’s tariff-centric trade policies have performed effectively during the CCP Virus period in shielding domestic American manufacturing from predatory Chinese trade practices.

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Making News: National Interest Post Examines Biden’s Often Head-Scratching Manufacturing Plans

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2020 election, allies, Barack Obama, China, Joe Biden, Making News, manufacturing, offshoring, reshoring, tariffs, taxes, Trade

I’m pleased to announce that my latest article for an outside publication is now on-line.  It’s an analysis of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s proposals to revive American domestic manufacturing, and it leads off this morning’s edition of The National Interest.  Here’s the link.

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Making News: New Breitbart Podcast Now On-Line on the Virus, the Economy, & the Election

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I’m pleased to announce that a podcast of my latest national radio interview is now on-line – a recording of my interview late Friday night on “Breitbart News Tonight” covering topics ranging from the economy to the CCP Virus to how both are likely to affect the upcoming presidential election.

Click on this link and scroll down till you see my name on the August 28 segment posted.

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