The mainstream media’s “foreign affairs” coverage is obsessed with leaders and personality.

Those stories matter little because leaders make decisions on national realities and interests created by geography, economics, military capability and demography.

History changes leaders, not vice versa.

Politics is the means you use to get the power to do the things you want to do.

Policy is what you should be doing.

So what should governments be doing on Economy, Education, Health, Housing, and Infrastructure, among others?

The father’s of geopolitical strategy are more relevant today than ever. What do they tell us about the U.S., China and the potential for conflict.

Marx is terrible prescription for the flaws of capitalism.

But it is a wonderful diagnosis of its biggest weakness: without intervention, too much capital ends up in the hands of too few.

Healthy economies need a middle class with purchasing power. How do we create that without killing the goose that lays golden eggs?

Seems like a simple and condescending question.

But, policy clarity comes when we remind ourselves of the fundamentals. Jobs, prosperity, and opportunity depend on economic growth.

So what must be done to make an economy grow to its full potential?