Dr Birx, White House task force coordinator: US in ‘new phase’ of pandemic: CNN
US stimulus plans still deadlocked in Washington: CNBC
Fed may end policy of pre-emptively lifting rates to fight inflation: WSJ
New US Covid-19 cases and deaths fell to 4-week lows on Aug 2: JHU
Is US dollar’s slide a reaction to country’s struggle with coronavirus? BBG
Microsoft says it’s still in talks to buy China’s US division of TikTok: NYT
Lord & Taylor, oldest dept. store in US, files for bankruptcy: NPR
Eurozone Mfg PMI survey data shows a return to modest growth in July: IHS Markit
UK mfg output rises to 32-month high as growth returns in July: IHS Markit
US 10-year Treasury real yield fell to -1.0% last week, a record low:

● How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
Ben Shapiro
Excerpt via NY Post
It is simply undeniable that capitalism, founded on protection of property rights — the ideology of the Founding Fathers — has been uniquely successful in spreading peace and prosperity both domestically and around the globe. Since the dawn of the Enlightenment, the enshrinement of individual rights, and the advent of protection for private property — the roots of capitalism — global GDP has increased exponentially, in shocking fashion.

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