【ANBOUND GEOPOLITICAL REVIEW】 The supporters of the Democratic Party are often individuals born and living in the consumption era. They freely spend their money, consider everything as a matter of course, and seldom consider the issue of earning money. They primarily focus on the global sharing of the American Dream. In contrast, the Republican Party lives in the production era, primarily concerned with the wealth and earnings of Americans, i.e., the realization of the American Dream for the American people. These are two entirely different groups of people. The concern lies solely in specific international relations and policies, said
ANBOUND’s founder Kung Chan. The team led by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan fails to perform well in handling major issues like the Houthi uprising, the U.S. military retreat from Afghanistan, the situation in Iran, the war in Ukraine, the Hamas-Israel conflicts and so on.
>> As the new year unfolds, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has proposed a $1.99 billion (a 9.2 percent increase over 2023) operating budget that maintains the fare as it currently stands, but aims to add additional services to accommodate increasing ridership while remaining open to investment regarding system upgrades and modernization. The proposal includes the upkeep of ongoing initiatives such as new hiring and personnel retention plans, but also introduces various new measures to enhance customer experience. This includes improved security, a new chatbot for improved customer service as well as the provision of pre-loaded Ventra cards to victims of domestic violence. This proposal comes as an addition to the existing CTA initiative called “All Stations Accessibility Program” (ASAP), which was introduced in July 2018. The initiative is currently striving to develop a design for making non-accessible rail stations vertically accessible by 2038 and has secured funding to replace 14 stations. ASAP goes beyond federal requirements and includes plans for the replacement of over 160 station elevators, as well as improvements to system signage to assist the visually impaired. Given the size and significance of Chicago as a social, economic, and tourist hub, these enhancements to the region’s public transit system are surely a welcome and prudent investment, discussed
Uswa Mutaal, analyst at Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI).
>>The shift of these automotive manufacturers toward new energy vehicles represents a systematic transformation in the global automotive industry. Judging from the transformation efforts and determination of major traditional automotive giants, this is not a typical industry innovation or incremental expansion, but a "change of track" type of path transformation, where the industry and supply chains are being reconstructed. With more and more industrial and financial capital pouring into the field of new energy vehicles, their production and sales scales are rapidly expanding, and the industry itself is maturing. As market competition intensifies, the production expansion of major new energy vehicle manufacturers is continuously escalating, and competitiveness is on the rise. In this emerging and rapidly expanding market, there are even signs of overcapacity. For mass-consumption goods like new energy vehicles, the result of intensified competition inevitably leads to market price reductions, wrote
He Jun, Director of Macro-Economy Research Center and Senior Researcher at ANBOUND.
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