40 years ago, Bob Greene began a 9,000-mile tour of California. He wrote a book titled "The New California: Facing the 21st Century". The book's overall theme was that massive changes in the state’s economy, shifting from manufacturing to services and technology, cultural and ethnic changes, and rapid population growth are reshaping the state's future. In Forbes magazine, Michael Bernick …

Maryland soybean farmers who used to sell a lot of their crops to China have no orders this year because of trade tensions between the U.S. and China. China slapped a 34% tariff on soybean imports in an ongoing dispute with the Trump administration over tariffs and rare earth minerals. The price of a bushel of soybeans has dropped 30% …

Elizabeth MacBride is a journalist and author of a new book, Capital Evolution. She believes business has overtaken government in power and influence. MacBride believes the current system is a corrupted mutation of neo-liberalism where government has been co-opted and turned into a tool for punishing people.

The Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said a sharp slowdown in hiring poses a growing risk to the U.S. economy. Lower rates from the Fed could reduce borrowing costs for mortgages, car loans, and business loans. Powell also said the central bank may soon stop shrinking its roughly $6.6 trillion balance sheet.

China buys millions of tons of soybeans a year mainly for cooking oil and livestock feed. The demand has taken a toll on the forests and grasslands of Brazil, China's biggest supplier. China has all but stopped buying American soybeans, giving Brazilian farmers greater incentives to expand into new areas to grow soy.