America Vs The Rest - 12.19.14

Comparing the U.S. to Europe – and especially Germany. You will not want to hear this. It indicates a fundamentally flawed work/leisure ethic in the U.S. GDP does not allow for subtractions, only additions. Learn what they are. One issue will finish America as an industrial power. A report on the monthly jobs statistics from two weeks ago. As usual, going under the hood, the figures are not what they seem. The situation of women in the workforce today. Global manufacturing expanded at the slowest pace for fifteen months in November. More on happiness as pertains to the value of new cars to our existence. How the media deal with dramatic events such as the recent collapse in oil prices. The December 2014 Empire Manufacturing Survey gave its first negative reading for two years, a major retreat. A few more ugly facts about the United States to round off the s [...]