Connecting the Dots Archive - Patrick Watson

Connecting the Dots Archive, December 2018

December 18, 2018

Lonely Boomers Are an Economic Opportunity

Baby Boomers get blamed for all kinds of problems. Much of the blame is unfair, but there is no doubt the first postwar generation brought a lot of changes—culturally, economically, and otherwise.

December 11, 2018

Trade War and Real War

We have a temporary truce in the trade war. No one is quite sure if it will last, especially financial markets, which after a short-lived rally saw little to celebrate in the latest Trump-Xi meeting.

December 4, 2018

How to Kill American Jobs

Here’s a question whose answer is rarely pleasant: “What could go wrong?”