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Piles Of Rare Earth Elements Mined And Refined

^{Scott S. Powell
May 22, 2025
Economic Policy

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With Sovereign Wealth Fund, Trump Seeks to Strengthen Nation

_{Scott S. Powell
May 22, 2025
Economic Policy

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There is no greater betrayal by the U.S. government than failing to protect the safety and security of the American people. But this, in fact, was the case prior to Trump, because Washington abdicated its responsibility to protect and develop all-important rare earth elements that are critically necessary in the production of high-tech military weapons systems, like F-16, F-22 and F-35 jet fighters, drones, and AI-driven systems. Rather, the U.S. has become dependent on China. Read More ›

Piles of refined rare earth elements from mining activities: mining techniques, mineral refinement, aggregation of elements, industry procedures

^{Scott S. Powell
May 13, 2025

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How Trump Can Simultaneously Strengthen America’s Financials and Its National Security

_{Scott S. Powell
May 13, 2025

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As with the production of lithium and cobalt, which power electric vehicles, China also controls most of the global rare earth supply chain, including mining, processing, and refining. At present, the U.S. has only one operational rare earths mine. But we can't process heavy rare earths, so we send the mine's ore to China for processing. Read More ›

Sample social media app interface on mobile phone showing shared video content

^{Scott S. Powell
January 28, 2025
Politics

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Does President Trump Have It Wrong on TikTok?

_{Scott S. Powell
January 28, 2025
Politics

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Trump is mistaken if he thinks that the restructuring of TikTok can be pulled off quickly, given the risk of residual backdoors to China that are likely baked into the system. Everyone understands that Facebook harvests data from users' devices even when they are not on the Facebook site. According to Sam Faddis, a 20-year veteran of the CIA, TikTok is four to five times more intrusive than Facebook in harvesting data from Americans who have downloaded the TikTok app. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
April 9, 2024
Growth, Wealth Creation

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The U.S. Has No Choice but to Undertake Radical Economic Change

_{Scott S. Powell
April 9, 2024
Growth, Wealth Creation

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Burdened with $34.5 trillion in national debt that is currently growing by $1 trillion every 100 days, the U.S. economy is headed for disaster. It falls on the next administration to change that trajectory while also introducing policies that increase and broaden economic growth and wealth creation for everyone. Read More ›

^{Bill Walton
November 8, 2023
Politics

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Confronting Brute Force Economics with Robert D. Atkinson on the Bill Walton Show

_{Bill Walton
November 8, 2023
Politics

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The Chinese Communist Party sees technology innovation as the main battlefield of its industrial policy - and its ultimate weapon for achieving global dominance. Read More ›

^{Bill Walton
August 2, 2023
Free Enterprise

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“When ‘Free Trade’ Does More Harm Than Good” with Robert Lighthizer

_{Bill Walton
August 2, 2023
Free Enterprise

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Click here to watch the interview. For regular listeners, you know I like to take on complicated subjects, and try to make clear what’s at stake for all of us. Thanks for reading The Bill Walton Show! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Pledge your support In this episode the Bill Walton Show we take a another deep dive into one of the most complicated and contentious areas of economic policy: International trade. International trade negotiations are incredibly complex multilevel games—there are negotiations not just with America’s trading partners, but with Congress, domestic constituencies, and rival factions within the executive branch. There are sharp – almost theological – differences in how trade policy ought Read More ›

^{Nathan Lewis
July 16, 2023
Inflation

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The BRICs Go For Gold

_{Nathan Lewis
July 16, 2023
Inflation

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After months of debate about various currency and commodity baskets, a Russia- and China-led consortium has apparently settled on using gold as the basis of a planned new international currency system separate from the US dollar and euro. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
April 28, 2022
Inflation

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Mounting U.S. Debt and Misguided Foreign Policy Risk a Dollar Doomsday

_{Scott S. Powell
April 28, 2022
Inflation

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The U.S. dollar is getting perilously close to losing its status as the world’s reserve currency, and there is less room than ever for error on the international stage. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Politics

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How the Changes in China Constitute a Strategic Threat to the U.S. and the World

_{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Politics

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In part three of Scott Powell’s Discussion with China expert Bill Perry, Powell and Perry discuss how the ascendance of Xi Jinping, and his consolidation of power–becoming a communist dictator for life in 2018—now constitute an unprecedented strategic threat to the U.S. and the World. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Politics

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How China’s Economy and Trade Policies with the U.S. Have Changed

_{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Politics

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Part two of Discovery Senior Fellow Scott Powell's three-part discussion with China expert Bill Perry. Powell and Perry discuss how the economy of China has changed and why it’s necessary for the U.S. to have trade policies that protect our intellectual property and demand fairness and reciprocity. Read More ›