The John Batchelor Show

Tuesday 14 December 2021

Air Date: 
December 14, 2021

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915 
The Fed is late to the inflation story. LizPeek  @TheHill @FoxNews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-making-transitory-inflation-rising-prices-powell-stagflation-wage-stagnation-carter-bbb-11639409062?mod=opinion_featst_pos2

915-930 
Global minimum tax fading with the Omicron and inflation facts. LizPeek
https://www.wsj.com/articles/janet-yellen-and-the-global-tax-stall-corporate-tax-increases-build-back-better-democrats-congress-11639419999?mod=opinion_lead_pos4

930-945  
Mayor Adams meets NYC 10% unemployment. Harry Siegel @NYDailyNews
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/nyregion/nyc-economy-jobless.html?referringSource=articleShare

945-1000 
China dominates the UN. @AmbJohnBolton @NYPost
https://nypost.com/2021/12/11/hunter-biden-never-fails-to-catch-a-break-from-white-house-or-elite-media/
 
 
 

SECOND HOUR  

10-1015 
#LondonCalling: Omicron confusion  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ski/advice/day-by-day-checklist-everything-need-do-ski-holiday/

1015-1030 
#LondonCalling: Boris Johnson rebuked.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/johnson-pushes-through-plan-b-despite-largest-rebellion-of-his-premiership-jxw0hq3gg

1030-1045 
#LondonCalling: Inflation denialism.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-producer-prices-climbed-sharply-in-november-11639500799?mod=hp_lead_pos6

1045-1100 
#LondonCalling:  The New Caution for Christmas. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/12/14/france-considering-tighter-restrictions-brits-entering-country/
 
 

THIRD HOUR 

1100-1115 
#StateThinking: Putin plays well in turmoil. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://www.ft.com/content/17b58434-be03-4cb8-b75a-456e49f3bc0b

1115-1130 
#StateThinking: The White House fumbles Taiwan at the Democracy Summit.  @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/japans-shinzo-abe-warns-china-invasion-of-taiwan-would-be-suicidal
 

1130-1145  
Ethiopia is a battlefield of the powers. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/drones-are-winning-the-war-in-ethiopia/

1145-1200  
PRC in the Atlantic & What is to be done? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3159253/how-equatorial-guinea-became-backdrop-china-us-rivalry
 
 

FOURTH HOUR  

12-1215 
#Japan: Department store of catastrophes & What is to be done. Noah Sneider @TheEcono mist
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/12/07/japan-has-a-chequered-record-on-climate-change

1215-1230  
#Japan: New chapters for Adam Smith on personal growth with overwhelming debt. Noah Sneider @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/12/07/japans-economy-is-stronger-than-many-realise

1230-1245  
#Japan: Laboratory of old.  Noah Sneider @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/12/07/an-ageing-country-shows-others-how-to-manage

1245-100 AM 
#Japan: Reiwa (orderly harmony) needing a marketplace of ideas. Noah Sneider @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/12/07/a-country-that-is-on-the-front-line
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