When Donald Trump gave a speech last Friday at Boeing‘s factory in North Charleston, South Carolina, unveiling Boeing’s new 787 “Dreamliner,” he congratulated Boeing for building the whole plane “right here” in South Carolina.　It‘s pure fantasy. I’ll let you know why in a moment.　Trump also used the occasion to tout his “America First” economics, stating “our goal as a nation must be to rely less on imports and more on products made here in the USA,” and “we want products made by our workers in

Newspaper reports about fake news becoming rampant online in America are surprising.Obviously, America has changed radically since 9/11. Nowadays, many people agree that America is no longer the same idealistic country we used to know in the 1960s and 1970s, a nation that was decent and generous, honored candor and emphasized the importance of cross-cultural understanding.However, it may not be a solely American problem. In fact, the whole world is plagued by fake news and hoaxes that spread lik

It’s about time -- though it has actually come earlier than expected: The national Lego bricks game that comes once every presidential election, which often involves so much governmental reorganization that it resembles playing with the toy. You have interlocking bricks, parts and connectors of all sorts. Let your imagination unfold by moving and shifting them around. Here comes a dragon. With some pulling and plugging, you turn the dragon into a car. An airplane in the next half hour. Onward to

We all live in our own self-made bubbles. It is a never-ending effort to get outside that filter to find out what we might be missing. One way I try to do that is by listening to people who manage money for clients. It is always fascinating to learn what they are hearing from the front lines.There are lots of topics that come up -- the Federal Reserve, interest rates, equity valuations and so on. But these days, nothing dominates the conversation so much as the surprising start of Donald Trump’s

When the British decided to leave the EU, Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, called June 23, 2016, British Independence Day and Brexit a victory against big business and “big politics.”US President Donald Trump in his inaugural address shouted the “America first” principle and declared “what truly matters is not what party controls our government but that people should become the rulers of the country again.” In France, Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front, praised Brexit

Data are the most important resource of the 21st century. The capacity to transform raw data into decision-making recommendations is changing the world in ways that rival the Industrial Revolution.Much of the data being created and shared are about our personal lives: where we live, where we work, where we go; who we love, who we don’t and who we spend our time with; what we ate for lunch, how much we exercise and which medicines we take; what appliances we use in our homes and which stories gra