The Fed’s Most Convenient Lie: A CPI Charade
The Fed’s Most Convenient Lie: A CPI Charade Despite a penchant for double-speak that would make a politician blush, the Fed tells us that its primary focus is unemployment not inflation. Let me remind readers, however, that an openly nervous Mr. Powell came out in the summer of 2020 with a specific, as well as […]
Citizen power: A force for change
Citizen power: A force for change During the run up to the COP 26 meeting which will take place in Glasgow this November, the discussion about food related policies and practices is livelier than ever. Currently, there are several government consultations taking place – gene editing, bovine TB, the Welsh Agriculture Bill, food trade and more, some […]
Electricity Sales to End Users Dropped Below 2008 Level: What it Says about the Pandemic Economy, Households, Commercial & Industrial Activity, and Public Transportation
Electricity Sales to End Users Dropped Below 2008 Level: What it Says about the Pandemic Economy, Households, Commercial & Industrial Activity, and Public Transportation In 2020, by source, coal collapsed to record low, natural gas dominated, wind and solar surged, while hydro and nuclear remained roughly flat. Electricity sales to all end users in the […]
David Schindler, the Scientific Giant Who Defended Fresh Water
David Schindler, the Scientific Giant Who Defended Fresh Water Among the world’s greatest ecologists, his boreal research has touched all of our lives. David Schindler was among ‘the most important and effective ecologists and environmental scientists in history, not just in Canada. I’d like to think Canadians will understand and recognize that,’ says his colleague Bill […]
Everything Is Broken
Everything Is Broken Broken Credit Broken Retirement Broken Stocks Broken Data Broken Unemployment System Puerto Rico, Vaccines, and Some Good News Broken lines, broken strings, Broken threads, broken springs, Broken idols, broken heads, People sleeping in broken beds —Bob Dylan, “Everything is Broken” from the album Oh Mercy, 1989 I was on a client call earlier […]
Antal Fekete, Gold, and Central Banks
Antal Fekete, Gold, and Central Banks On the fourteenth of October 2020, Antal E. Fekete, the Hungarian-Canadian economist who saw himself as a monetary theorist following the tradition of Carl Menger, died in Budapest. Behind him was an eventful and fruitful life which was quite typical of the crazy last century. His experiences eventually filled Fekete with dark forebodings for […]
9 Signs That Chess Pieces Are Being Moved Into Place For A Major War In The Middle East
9 Signs That Chess Pieces Are Being Moved Into Place For A Major War In The Middle East The American people are really going to regret putting the warmongers back in control. Joe Biden has been in the White House for less than two months, and the warmongers that Biden has surrounded himself with have […]
Is Europe Finished?
Is Europe Finished? COMMENT: Well Marty, I guess you ever holding another WEC here in London will never happen. I feel like I am in prison. GH REPLY: Europe is totally in the hands of Klaus Schwab and his World Economic Forum which is pushing this new Global Marxist Takeover. I do not think I will ever […]
Is The World About To See An Oil Shortage?
Is The World About To See An Oil Shortage? It’s possible we could be headed for a shortfall in global oil supply as soon as next year – pretty remarkable considering where oil demand was last spring, with economies slowing under the weight of the pandemic. Based on projected rising demand, the natural production decline […]
Massive Protest in Quebec Against Lockdowns over Weekend
Massive Protest in Quebec Against Lockdowns over Weekend Resistance is NOT futile! They have a very short window for their Tyranny.
Record Warmth In Plains, Midwest?; NYC To Top 60s This Week
Record Warmth In Plains, Midwest?; NYC To Top 60s This Week About ten days ago, we penned a weather note to readers titled “”Early Spring, Winter Is Over?” – New Weather Models Suggest Warmer Weather Nears,” outlining how after a polar vortex split poured Arctic air into much of the US, wreaked havoc on power grids, but there […]
Too Busy Frontrunning Inflation, Nobody Sees the Deflationary Tsunami
Too Busy Frontrunning Inflation, Nobody Sees the Deflationary Tsunami Those looking up from their “free fish!” frolicking will see the tsunami too late to save themselves. It’s an amazing sight to see the water recede from the bay, and watch the crowd frolic in the shallows, scooping up the flopping fish. In this case, the crowd […]
Social innovation for a just transition to sustainability
Social innovation for a just transition to sustainability At a time of climate emergency and rapid biodiversity loss, the need for transformation to a more sustainable economy and society becomes ever more urgent. Rapid change requires social innovations of different types and at different scales, Prof Fergus Lyon writes ahead of the #ISIRC2021 conference—a just transition […]
On a finite planet, maintaining endless economic growth is not a viable option
On a finite planet, maintaining endless economic growth is not a viable option Cooperative conservatism could help to get us off growth with minimum pain and maximum gain, says Richard Heinberg. — Richard Heinberg “Both the U.S. economy and the global economy have expanded dramatically in the past century, as have life expectancies and material progress. […]
