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It’s Trump’s casino economy now. You’ll probably lose
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US President Donald Trump has ushered in a casino economy – built on speculation and risk – in America, says the writer.
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Kyla Scanlon
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NEW YORK – Step into the casino that now passes for the American economy.
US President Donald Trump campaigned on bringing back American manufacturing and rebuilding what America once was – factories, workers in hard hats – from the ground up. But the investment needed to get there, in both the factories and the workers, has not happened.
