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Look inside China’s secretive Olympic training camps | The Economist

2015-12-22

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With 400,000 children in special Olympic schools, China has the biggest mass recruitment and training programme in the world. Will it translate to medals in Rio 2016? Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.trib.al/rWl91R7 Check out Economist Films: http://films.economist.com/ Check out The Economist’s full video catalogue: http://econ.st/20IehQk Like The Economist on Facebook: …

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Charles Hugh Smith: Radical Changes in Jobs Market Now & in Future

2015-12-17

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Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on returning guest, author and popular economic blogger, Charles Hugh Smith http://www.oftwominds.com/blog.html. Charles came on to discuss his new book, A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All: The Future Belongs to Work That Is Meaningful which can be purchased on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0178MQI1M/. …

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MARO ANALYTICS – 12 04 15 THE PARTICIPATION RATE MYSTERY – SOLVED! -w/ Charles Hugh Smith

2015-12-07

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Charles Hugh Smith and Gordon T Long discuss the puzzle of the falling US Civilian Labor Participation Rate in which all the pundits express concern but few agree on what the root cause is. RELENTLESS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT – Gaining The Right Perspective Together they show that it is instructive to start with the larger picture …

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China, the SDR, and Toward a Less Euro-Centric World

(Here is a draft of a monthly column I write for a Chinese paper) It is official.  The Chinese yuan will be in the SDR.  At a 10.4% share, it is a bit more than I expected, but less than the 14%-16% share that the IMF staff has intimated a few ...

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Emerging Markets: What has Changed

2015-11-27

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2015-11-27

(from my colleagues Dr. Win Thin and Ilan Solot) 1) Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, won the Argentine presidential election with 52% of vote  2) The latest political developments in Brazil rocked asset prices  3) The Brazilian cent...

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Charles Hugh Smith: Fixing The Way We Work

2015-11-15

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Full Description and Comments at: http://www.peakprosperity.com/podcast/95323/charles-hugh-smith-fixing-way-we-work Charles Hugh Smith returns to the podcast this week to discuss the theme of his new book A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All. Automation and artificial intelligence are changing the landscape of work. Tens of millions of jobs are on track to be eliminated …

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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE FED – 11 13 15 – FRA w/Charles Hugh Smith & Rick Ackerman

2015-11-13

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GSR interviews CHARLES HUGH SMITH – Oct 30, 2015 Nugget

2015-10-31

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GoldSeek Radio’s Chris Waltzek talks to Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds http://www.oftwominds.com/blog.html http://www.goldseek.com/ http://radio.goldseek.com/

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Charles Hugh Smith: The US Healthcare Debacle

2015-10-15

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Charles Hugh Smith and Jeff Deist discuss the absurdly anti-market healthcare system in the US, which has been captured both by regulators and insurance lobbyists. Why do US consumers tolerate not knowing what drugs and procedures really cost? What will it take to allow market pricing in medicine? Will the best and brightest continue to …

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REP STEVE STOCKMAN & CHARLES HUGH SMITH (TRUNEWS RADIO 080315)

2015-09-09

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WWW.TRUNEWS.COM SPECIAL GUESTS: REP STEVE STOCKMAN & CHARLES HUGH SMITH Former . WWW.TRUNEWS.COM SPECIAL GUESTS: REP STEVE STOCKMAN & CHARLES HUGH SMITH Former . REP STEVE STOCKMAN & CHARLES HUGH . TRUNEWS – The Endtimes Newscast – Join citizen/reporter Rick Wiles as he shares the latest news commentary and speaks with profound guests, all geared …

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RTD Ep:20 “Currency Created Out Of Thin Air” – Charles Hugh Smith (Why Things Are Falling Apart)

2015-08-13

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Thanks for watching RTD Interviews. Leave a comment and share. Charles Hugh Smith, creator of the blog oftwominds.com, sits down to discuss his book “Why Things Are Falling Apart” and the economy. Visit the RTD Bookstore to support Charles Hugh Smith as well as the RTD channel► http://rethinkingthedollar.com/bookstore In our discussion we cover the following …

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China in Continuous PPI Deflation and No Depression In Sight?

Both Chinese PMI and the producer price index (PPI) are in deflation since 2012. This opens a lot of questions about the sustainability of Chinese economic growth, but also about the certain economic theories that consider deflation as a precursor of depression, as it did in the early 1930s. China's speed of economic growth simply slows, recently to 7%, according to China statistics "China’s Economy Showed Moderate but Steady Growth".

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Charles Hugh Smith Financial Crash Definitely by 2016

2015-07-14

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Originally Published on Jul 12, 2015 Plenty of people think there could be another financial calamity as early as fall of 2015. What is financial writer Charles Hugh Smith’s timeline? Smith predicts, “I see the motivation and the trend unfolding along those lines. They may be able to save it for another quarter, or maybe …

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Charles Hugh Smith-Financial Crash Definitely by 2016

2015-07-12

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Plenty of people think there could be another financial calamity as early as fall of 2015. What is financial writer Charles Hugh Smith’s timeline? Smith predicts, “I see the motivation and the trend unfolding along those lines. They may be able to save it for another quarter, or maybe it will be the first quarter …

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Will wage inflation stop the stock market rallye?

wage inflation United States
Stock markets can only improve if sales increase more than the costs of the companies. Wage inflation describes the development of the major component of company costs. Torsten Sløk of Deutsche Bank describes the development of American wages

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GSR interviews CHARLES HUGH SMITH – June 17, 2015 Nugget

2015-06-18

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GoldSeek Radio’s Chris Waltzek talks to Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds http://www.oftwominds.com/blog.html http://www.goldseek.com/ http://radio.goldseek.com/

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Charles Hugh Smith on Accrediting Yourself

2015-06-12

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Charles Hugh Smith: Rising Healthcare Costs

2015-06-03

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Jun 4 – US healthcare costs are now close to 20% of our entire economy and are climbing steadily. Cris welcomes Charles Hugh Smith, writer of the Of Two Minds blog, who discusses why healthcare costs are out of control, why Obamacare… http://www.financialsense.com/subscribe

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The Self-Employed Middle Class Hardly Exists Anymore

The revenue breakdown of non employer businesses in 2011
It's sobering that in a nation of 317 million people (of which 145 million people file tax returns), only 3% of all those reporting income are self-employed people earning enough to support a middle class life without the additional income earned by a working spouse. Many people rightly aspire to improve their household's state of resilience through actions such as storing emergency supplies, starting a vegetable garden, and learning basic...

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Endangered Species: The Self-Employed Middle Class

The revenue breakdown of non employer businesses in 2011
Including the professional class, perhaps 3% of the workforce is truly independent. Being self-employed (i.e. owning your own small business that does not require employees) is an integral part of the American Dream. Many start out dreaming of a corner office in Corporate America, but as they move up the ladder, many become disillusioned by the process and the goal: do I really want to spend my life making big-shots even wealthier?

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