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Services-Sector Expansion Slowed in July – Robert Hughes (08/06/2019)

The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM’s) nonmanufacturing index pulled back to 53.7 percent in July from 55.1 in June, the lowest reading since August...

Main Street Small Business on the Precipice – Charles Hugh Smith (08/06/2019)

Small businesses on the precipice need only one small shove to go over the edge, and there won't be replacements filling the...

Muhammad Sahimi on the Truth Behind Economic Sanctions – Source – Scott Horton Show...

Scott Horton interviewed Muhammad Sahimi about President Trump’s new sanctions on Iran, which are even stricter than those imposed by President Obama, ...

Price Stability Is Overrated – Frank Shostak (08/06/2019)

The idea of price stability originates from the view that volatile changes in the price level prevent individuals from clearly seeing market signals as...

Will Trump’s trade war with China ever end? – Charles Hankla (08/06/2019)

Will Trump’s trade war with China ever end? Charles Hankla, Georgia State University President Donald Trump recently escalated his trade war with China, threatening to impose...

Iran Has Hundreds of Naval Mines. U.S. Navy Minesweepers Find Old Dishwashers and Car...

Iran Has Hundreds of Naval Mines. U.S. Navy Minesweepers Find Old Dishwashers and Car Parts.ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up...