What can we expect from a Trump presidency? 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl finds some of his campaign issues were not meant to be taken literally, but as opening bids for negotiation. Here is a direct video link.
Former Reagan Budget Director David Stockman on the need to rein in America’s mounting debt. Here is a direct video link.
John Hussman explains the present economic challenge well today in Judging Economic Policy:
“The primary source of failure in the U.S. economy over the past 15 years has been a policy environment aimed at encouraging consumption over productive investment. Those policies have been dominated by the Federal Reserve’s quest to punish saving, fuel debt-financed consumption, and produce an illusory “wealth effect” from financial speculation. The chart below shows the 10-year average of net domestic investment (gross domestic investment, less depreciation) as a fraction of U.S. GDP. If you’re looking for the root of U.S. economic stagnation, there’s your trouble.”
Vegan ultra-athlete Rich Roll appears in the documentary Food Choices (here is the trailer) which is now available on Netflix.
I recently found Roll on Youtube where he shares his journey from addiction to sobriety at 31, and then from toxic food to a plant-based diet at 40, and eventually to becoming an ultra-athlete ‘fittest man alive’ at 42. His candor is generous and offers inspiration to others hoping to improve their health. Roll is also a living refute to the common misconception that one has to eat animal protein to be strong and healthy. Here is a direct video link to a 2013 discussion.
Rich Roll is an author, a podcaster (“Rich Roll Podcast” on iTunes), as well as founder and first person to complete the EPIC5 Challenge. The EPIC5 challenge involves completing 5 Full Iron Distance triathlons on 5 Hawaiian islands in under a week. You can read about Rich’s journey to Ultraman competitor in his book, “Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself”.
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