Chinese Culture what can Black Americans Learn
“May You Get Rich”: Prosperity, Wealth, and Success in Chinese Culture One of the most fascinating aspects of Chinese culture is the openness with which prosperity and financial success can be celebrated. During Chinese New Year, millions of people exchange the famous greeting “Gong Xi Fa Cai” (恭喜发财), commonly translated as “Wishing you prosperity” or […]
Napoleon Hill on Education
Napoleon Hill’s Critique of Education in Outwitting the Devil: Teaching Students How to Think Napoleon Hill’s Outwitting the Devil presents one of his strongest criticisms of conventional education. Written in 1938 but withheld from publication for decades, the book takes the form of an imaginary interrogation between Hill and the “Devil.” Hill uses the Devil […]
The WHY?
From the Classroom to the Courtroom: Why a Bail Bondsman Cares About Education Reform People often ask me a simple question: Why would a bail bondsman be interested in education reform? My answer is equally simple: because after spending time in the criminal justice system, I have seen what happens when our educational system fails […]
JD Vance is Wrong about China
JD Vance Is Wrong About China: America’s Real Competitor Is Its Own Educational Failure Vice President JD Vance and many other American political leaders increasingly speak about China as though China’s economic rise is something being done to the United States. China is portrayed as an adversary responsible for the loss of American manufacturing, America’s trade deficits, […]
China and Africa
Building Bridges Across the Diaspora: What Black America Can Learn From China’s Economic Engagement With Africa One of the most important economic developments of the twenty-first century is taking place across Africa. Roads, railroads, ports, power plants, telecommunications networks, industrial parks, data centers, and manufacturing facilities are being constructed throughout the continent. China has become […]
Can learn from China
China Should Be Viewed as an Economic Competitor, Not an Inevitable Military Threat The rise of China is one of the most important geopolitical developments of the twenty-first century. In Washington, China is increasingly described as America’s principal strategic competitor and, at times, as an existential threat to the United States. There are legitimate disagreements […]
GDP
The United States can substantially increase GDP even if traditional manufacturing employment continues to decline. The key is to stop thinking of GDP growth simply as “more factory jobs” and instead focus on productivity, investment, exports, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, energy, and high-value manufacturing. Manufacturing is still significant: BLS estimates it represented about 13.7% of U.S. GDP […]
Industrial Education
America’s Industrial-Age Education System Is Outdated The American educational system was not created by John D. Rockefeller, but Rockefeller and other industrial-era reformers had enormous influence over the direction education took during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The system that emerged made considerable sense for an industrializing nation. America needed a population that […]
A Nation Deceived
What A Nation Deceived argued The central argument is surprisingly simple: American schools often organize education around a student’s age rather than around what that student is actually ready to learn. A highly capable 10-year-old might be ready for seventh- or eighth-grade mathematics, but the traditional system tends to keep that student with other 10-year-olds. […]
China & inflation
Could Zero Tariffs on China Help Defeat Inflation in America? Inflation remains one of the most important economic challenges facing the United States. Americans experience it every day through the cost of food, automobiles, housing, energy, insurance, appliances, electronics, and other necessities. While the Federal Reserve traditionally fights inflation by raising interest rates and reducing […]