The History Jovem Pan – 07/05/22 – AO VIVO

When you are scared for new things you tend to skip learning (about) new things. You get stuck in the old, you stop to grow. Does this help the situation?

Remember in the 1980s when interest rates were at an ungodly 20%? Thirty-seven years from today, we may look back on 2016 in the same way… as the year interest rates truly bottomed.

Call me crazy but I love to listen to socialist economists attempt to justify socialism as a legitimate economic strategy. Why you ask? Well, I think because I am a free-market guy through and through, always have been, ever since I started my first real business at age 12 washing aircraft at the local airport. To make sure I am up on all the latest shenanigans of the economists of socialism and their apologetic diatribes, I subscribe to several Pod Casts to the top academic socialist economists around the globe.

Labor strikes were relatively common 30 or so years ago. They’ve become increasingly uncommon since. But we may be on the verge of a reversal in that trend.

With the post election reality finally hitting home the beguiled public have started to realize what a charlatan Donald Trump really is. Aside from awakening to a new reality that seems like we just entered the Twilight Zone the simple fact is the United States is poised to enter the most sinister financial crisis we have ever faced. An economic catastrophe that is on a collision course aimed directly at these United States and Europe.

There is a lot of criticism on the left-side of the political spectrum over President Donald Trump’s ascertain that NAFTA needs to be re-negotiated with Mexico, and don’t think that Canada isn’t also a little concerned about this, even if Canada isn’t the target of the re-negotiation, they are part of NAFTA too you know. It seems Mexico is pretty concerned that NAFTA is in danger, and foreign direct investment into Mexico looks as if it has dropped off a cliff since Trump was elected.

It goes without saying that a think tank needs a constant flow of new ideas and innovations to be of value to our society and civilization. So, of course, we ask our fellow members to be generous with their ideas. From time to time we also get outsiders from around the work sending in their best mental brain storms. Not long ago, we had someone explain their plan to ditch the money rat race in society, actually to ditch money all together and increase our productivity by some 30%, here is what he had to say.

Back in the early 2000s, I had read an article about a man who would not take a step outside his home for an entire year. This was part of an experiment on whether it would be possible to do every transaction for goods and services through the internet. I don’t know about the results of that experiment, but I remember being awed by the potential of the internet then.

Strong is good. Strong earnings. Strong sales. These paint a picture of economic growth, which is good for the country. But when it comes to the U.S. dollar in a global market… strong is a problem.

After the 2012 re-election of Barack Obama our think tank was discussing the challenges the Obama Administration’s policies and continued direction would do to our small business community, jobs, and our economy. One of the think tank members stated she believed help was right around the corner.

Here we are ready to inaugurate a new president in 2017 and our stock markets are at all-time highs after a huge ‘Trump Bounce’ after the election. Many that study stock market history admit that we are in a need for a pull back as the DOW is almost ready to break 20,000 pts. What does all this mean?

The European Union seems to be trying to hold itself together, but it is indeed wobbling itself apart like an aircraft engine with an unbalanced propeller and the vibrations are getting worse reverberating from one side of the continent to the other, where no nation is spared from the challenges which await – so what can we expect in 2017 you ask? Well, “Brexit” has already had some effect on Germany and other nations are considering similar exits from the EU, which could quicken its demise. The recent Italian vote was problematic as is the condition…

America is stuck on a merry-go-round that is failing to boost our weak economy. It’s time for investors to return to hard assets for security and growth.

Most people probably inherently realize that artificially raising the minimum wage is wrong – it’s morally irresponsible – not the other way around. Paying someone for something – more than they are worth – or rather more than that job is worth only adds cost to the product or service. It also causes many companies to be unable to make a profit and thus, go out of business or are unable to expand to provide more jobs. If we allow minimum wage to float – that is the fairer for all concerned. Besides when more people are employed – the employers have to pay people more as the supply of labor decreases since everyone already has a job. Why? Simple, businesses make money, re-invest that money to expand, thus, more labor is needed.

Apparently, economic warfare is the new norm. Many at the Council on Foreign Relations, RAND Corp and our State Department believe that economic sanctions work better than war in serving our political will, as well as the theory that they save lives. I’d like to challenge that notion. You see, economic sanctions can lead to ‘regime change’ and instability and eventual economic collapse, of course this puts the country in question in jeopardy and potential of a total societal meltdown, civil war, and can lead to starvation and ruining the lives of an entire generation.