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Introduction            “Morning Joe” on Sunday morning 2-18-24 listed the following video quotes by Trump about Russian dictator Putin:October 5, 2013            “I think he has done really a smart job of outsmarting our country.”November 9, 2013  &amp...

Introduction            High Military Spending is the measuring stick of Empire for my research purposes.  I use the terms interchangeably.  Mainstream economists do not recognize that the different uses of the major resources of capital and research make a profound difference in opportunity cost.   Putting those key assets into the military

 Military Industrial ComplexThose in the military industrial complex are confident that they provide jobs and income to communities where the military money is spent.  But they are blind to the simultaneous loss of jobs and income in the civilian manufacturing sector.  This second point is why the economy suffers in

Presentation at Freedom and Authenticity Conference, University of Poland 8-24-23:“Freedom and Authenticity:  Economic Engineering Explains Empire State in the United States” Professor Robert Reuschlein, CPA, MBA, EE (UW Madison), Ed.D. (Edgewood College)www.realeconomy.com.Freedom and Authenticity The concepts of freedom and authenticity relate to this presentation in the

Trump Steals 2016 ElectionRussia, Comey, and Stormy combined in a perfect storm to elect Trump in 2016.  Russia has been grooming Trump since Trump’s 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, when Trump met with a group of Russian oligarchs afterwards.  When the Trump team welcomed illegal foreign assistance from Russia,

Basic Human NeedsWe are social creatures in need of love community and family.  But the other two basic needs for achievement and power, define the essence of the manufacturing and military contradiction.  Achievements lead to economic growth mainly through new manufacturing, while Power is the essence of the international political

Taking Robots And AI SeriouslyLast month, I sent out a press release on a very important new book by Jo Ann Oravec, Good Robot, Bad Robot: Dark and Creepy Sides of Robots, Autonomous Vehicles, and AI (Springer Nature, 2022). I did not realize then how hot a topic robots and

What have I been reading lately?  There is a new book about the problematic dimensions of robots, autonomous vehicles, and artificial intelligence that will be of interest to economists and technology developers as well as consumers: Good Robot, Bad Robot: Dark and Creepy Sides of Robots, Autonomous Vehicles, and AI.

“Reduction of Armies” This is the second of three reasons Albert Nobel gives to award the Nobel Peace Prize.  The other two are for peace deals and peace congresses.  These other two reasons are temporary, ineffective, or short term.  My proof that military spending is nearly 100% a cause for

Party of Jefferson Davis 1860 and Trump 2020The Democratic Party was the party of the South in 1860.  But in 1964 that all changed with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  Opposition to black rights was so fierce that Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Richard Nixon in