Returning manufacturing to our nation is the most important step we can take to balance China's growing influence and power, both economic, military and political.

A big part of that news is the technological arms race underway between China, the United States, and Western Europe, as I lay out in my new book, The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America.

The stakes include military superiority, economic prosperity, and — perhaps most important — the status of being the political and economic system the world most wants to emulate.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Hour One: It's Anything Goes Friday!

Article: "If America Doesn't Embrace "Buy American" Now, this will be the Chinese Century" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman.

Book: Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton.

Article: "The First Inauguration of George Washington" by Matthew A. McIntosh.

Article: "Report on the Subject of Manufactures" by Alexander Hamilton.

Article: "Is US industrial policy undergoing Japanification?" by Leo Lewis.

Article: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith.

Article: "Intelligence officials warn Americans against buying Huawei and ZTE phones" by Luis Sanchez.

Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Manufacturing of Germany" by Britannica.

Article: "Trade & Foreign Policy" by Sherrod Brown.

Show: "Fareed Zakaria".

Article: "Tariff Revenues Up 75% in FY19; Still Equal Only 1.9% of Total Federal Tax Receipts " by Terence P. Jeffrey.

Article: "The Chinese Century" by Ted C. Fishman.

Article: "USA: Government spending, percent of GDP" by The Global Economy.

Article: "The Buy American Act and Buy America requirements" by Government of Canada.

Article: "U.S. Trade Policy since 1934" by USITC.

Law: "Buy American Act", 1933.

Article: "In Tokyo, Kamala Harris calls US-Japan alliance 'a cornerstone'" by AP.

Article: "Michael Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charles A. Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden’s Justice Department moves to defend Trump in defamation suit from accuser E. Jean Carroll" by Dennis Romero.

Article: "Gulf of Tonkin incident" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Fog of War" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know." - Donald Rumsfeld.

Article: "Aspartame" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Rumsfeld and the Strange History of Aspartame" by Robbie Gennet.

Article: "Richard Nixon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Lyndon Johnson tapes: Richard Nixon's 'treason'" by David Taylor.

Article: "Nixon's Secret Plan to End the Vietnam War" by History.com.

Article: "5 Presidents Who Lost the Popular Vote But Won the Election" by History.com.

Article: "List of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Solar power in Germany" by Wikipedia.

Article: "German Renewable Energy Sources Act" (100,000 roofs program) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Energy and National Goals: Address to the Nation", July 15, 1979 speech by Jimmy Carter.

Article: "PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter in devastating Camp Fire" by Phil Helsel.

Article: "Bank of North Dakota" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fractional-reserve banking" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Human Development Index" by Wikipedia.

Article: "List of U.S. states and territories by Human Development Index" by Wikipedia.

Article: "State government trifectas" by Ballotpedia.

Site: End The Bribe System.

Article: "Putin declares 'four new regions of Russia' as Moscow annexes parts of Ukraine" by BumRushDaShow.

Article: "Vladimir Putin is putting all the steps in place to deploy a nuclear weapon in Ukraine" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Nuclear Weapons: The Only Use Of Nuclear Weapons In Warfare" by Kimota.

Video: Florida’s Cape Coral real estate boom show reality of climate crisis era.

Video: American Experience: The American Diplomat.

Article: "Ralph Bunche: Diplomat" by National Museum of American Diplomacy.

Article: "Ralph Bunche" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Inflation hits record 10% in 19 EU countries using euro" by AP.

Article: "Fed's preferred gauge shows inflation accelerated even more than expected in August" by mahatmakanejeeves.

Article: "What Is Orthopox and What Does It Have to Do With Monkeypox?" by Korin Miller.

Article: "U.S. Issues New Russia Sanctions for Annexations in Ukraine; Targets Firms, Lawmakers" by Reuters.

Article: "After Putin’s Land Grab, Zelensky Wants to Fast-Track NATO Membership" by Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch, and Amy Mackinnon.

Article: "Fourth Nord Stream pipeline leak discovered off Sweden after ‘premeditated bomb explosion to cripple Europe’s gas supply’" by Sugar Mizzy.

Article: "Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican" by John Gray.

Article: "Robin Hood" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Black mermaid outrage: Even under the sea, we can’t escape the racists" by Leonard Greene.

Article: "All 5 Versions Of Star Trek's Klingons Explained" by Dana Hanson.

Article: "Tuvok" (black Vulcan) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Watch: DeSantis calls Hurricane Ian destruction 'a 500-year flood event'" by Maria Leaf.

Article: "DeSantis vs. Disney: A timeline" by Madison Selcho.

Article: "Justices shield spouses’ work from potential conflict of interest disclosures " by Hailey Fuchs, Josh Gerstein and Peter S. Canellos.

Article: "'The name of the game is delay': Legal expert accuses Judge Cannon of 'calling every ball in Trump’s favor'" by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "Chuck Schumer outpaces Joe Manchin in Mountain Valley Pipeline backer NextEra campaign donations" by April Siese.

Article: "10 Health Benefits of Cardamom, Backed by Science" by Lizzie Streit.

Article: "DOJ Indicts Deripaska" by ericlewis0.

Book: No Snowflake in an Avalanche by Michael L. Weinstein.

Article: "Why Did Sen Johnson Spend 4th of July in Moscow?" by Josh Dukelow.

Quote: "A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes" - various.

Article: "Signs of white supremacy, extremism up again in poll of active-duty troops" by Leo Shane III.

Article: "2022 Advisory Referendum" by Waukesha County.

Site: "Convention of States".

Article: "Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman confirmed to Supreme Court" by Maureen Chowdhury, Ji Min Lee, Meg Wagner and Melissa Macaya.

Article: "Graham announces he won’t vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination" by Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav.

Article: "Rick Scott just laid out a Republican agenda. He has done his party no favors." by Jennifer Rubin.

Video: How "The Jungle" Changed American Food | The Poison Squad | American Experience | PBS.

Video: The CIA Agent Running for Congress? Featuring Matt Castelli.

Article: "Progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner Triumphs Over Big Pharma Ally Kurt Schrader" by Sharon Zhang.

Site: "Jamie McLeod-Skinner".

Article: "Matt Cartwright" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Michelle Vallejo" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Christopher Deluzio" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Andrea Salinas" by Ballotpedia.

Video: USPS customers brace for price increase in shipping packages for the holidays.

Article: "USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show" by Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy.

Article: "When will Sweden and Finland join NATO? Tracking the ratification process across the Alliance." by Atlantic Council.

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