"Greenville's Spin Away From Textiles Brings Million-Dollar Condos" costar.com/article/205751…
"Greenville... has transformed from a city once reliant on the textile industry into one with a diverse economy and vibrant downtown that's lured major companies..."
"As the city’s textile industry started to diminish, auto manufacturing began replacing those lost jobs from companies such as French tiremaker Michelin and German automaker BMW."
"Michelin brings in people from France, BMW draws from Germany and TD Bank, based in Toronto, brings executives from Canada. The buyers of the pricey townhouses downtown are from cities such as Chicago and Washington, mostly retirees or people buying second homes"
Ah, the good ol' days: "The waterfalls, which once powered textile mills and other factories downtown that led to Reedy River's long history of pollution from sewage and factory discharge..."
Seriously, why has so-called "science" NOT made a supercomputer AI that does nothing but compute hypothetical fight scenarios?
I swear if we someday discover tjay the Billionaire Tech Bros keeping this breakthrough technology all to themselves, I'm gonna go Full Bernie on them.
🚨OUT TODAY🚨: a new @CatoInstitute paper from @inumanak & me on arguably the worst US trade law on the books (and the basis for much of Trump's trade mayhem):
As someone who litigated several Section 232 cases in my former life, lemme tell ya: it is AWFUL - an affront to basic economics, separation of powers, good government, & the rule of law.
Trump deserves blame for abusing it, but it's the LAW that lets him get away with it.
What other law can a president basically tell his Commerce Dept to find imported cars (CARS) to be a "national security" threat; refuse to publish (defying Congress) the report justifying the claim; & repeatedly threaten economy-cripplin tariffs based on said secret report?
"local officials have become so focused on pleasing Mr. Xi and fulfilling party mandates that they can neglect their basic duties as public servants, sometimes with dire results"
"Party observers say the drive for centralization in a sprawling nation too often fosters bureaucratic inertia, duplicity and other unproductive practices that are aimed at satisfying Beijing and protecting careers but threaten to undermine Mr. Xi’s goals."
"Historians say Mao was so troubled by the [box-ticking] phenomenon that he repeatedly launched campaigns to shake up what he saw as an ossifying and increasingly self-serving party bureaucracy. Today, under Mr. Xi, the problem appears to have returned with a vengeance."
"Nor is it true that all or even most Americans lose out from globalization, which has on the whole boosted many exporters and helped consumers access a broader array of high-quality goods, both U.S.- and foreign-made."