Thursday Morning’s Top Stories Before The Opening Bell – Mike Swanson (11/07/2019)
China and US agree to phased rollback of extra trade war tariffs - South China Morning Post Dow futures jump 100 points after China says...
Are low interest rates driving up real estate prices? – Source – Yahoo Finance...
Brown Harris CEO Bess Freedman discusses how low interest rates and the housing market.
Microsoft’s Reduced Workweek Increased Productivity by 40% – Source – The Real News (11/07/2019)
Microsoft's Japan office reduced its workweek to four days for a full month, and productivity jumped by 40%. Why isn't it implemented...
Trevor Timm on Julian Assange and the Threat to Press Freedom Everywhere – Source...
Trevor Timm talks on The Scott Horton Show about the inhumane and potentially life-threatening conditions Julian Assange is being held in as...
The Political Parties and the Media Have Abandoned the Working “Middle Class” – Charles...
Where is the line between "working class" and "middle class"? Maybe there isn't any. Defining the "middle class" has devolved to a pundit parlor game,...
Trump’s Tariffs Did Nothing to Boost the Steel Industry – Max Gulker (11/07/2019)
Economists often talk about how well-intentioned economic plans have
unintended consequences. It turns out that ill-intentioned plans have
unintended consequences too. President Trump’s tariffs, which...
