Expect Another Surge in Food Prices Fueled by Dynamic Pricing
Expect Another Surge in Food Prices Fueled by Dynamic Pricing Restaurants are moving towards dynamic menu prices. Expect big surcharges for peak times. Don’t expect off peak prices to drop much. Labor costs are rising too. CPI food indexes prices, data from the BLS, chart by Mish Surge Pricing Is Coming to You Restaurants are […]
Getting vacancies wrong
Getting vacancies wrong Like everything else that was shut down in 2020 and 2021, Britain’s job market was broken. As businesses attempted to reopen, they were faced with a massive labour shortage. Lorry drivers, for example, had all but disappeared. Skilled construction workers were also in short supply. But the biggest shortages were in traditionally […]
Israel Making Preparations To Launch Invasion Of Southern Lebanon
Israel Making Preparations To Launch Invasion Of Southern Lebanon Israel has continued signaling that it is preparing to launch a major new operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon following months of tit-for-tat escalation. Some 80,000 Israeli residents whose homes are near the border have remained evacuated since October and November, and are essentially internally displaced. Because […]
Only the US Can Destroy the US Dollar
ONLY THE US CAN DESTROY THE US DOLLAR US Dollar as a reserve asset was the first “flywheel” – and only the US can destroy its own ecosystem. Being the reserve currency has enormous benefits. And in the entirety of financial history, the US is the first and only fiat reserve currency. Sterling, and any […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXIV–Our Ruling Class: Always Pushing In the Wrong Direction
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXIV November 7, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Our Ruling Class: Always Pushing In the Wrong Direction A very brief contemplation that is a comment I posted on the Honest Sorcerer’s latest piece of writing. It’s pretty self-evident (at least to everyone outside of the hypnotic manipulation […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXIII–Pessimists Are Optimists That Have All the Facts
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXIII October 31, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Pessimists Are Optimists That Have All the Facts This contemplation has been prompted by another great article by The Honest Sorcerer. If you’ve not read their work, I highly recommend it. A couple of thoughts in reading your splendid […]
Why Are We Not Talking About Ecological Overshoot?
Why Are We Not Talking About Ecological Overshoot? Editor’s Note: We cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet. Something that should be a part of common sense is somehow lost in meaning among policymakers. In this piece, Elisabeth Robson explains the concept of overshoot to explain just that. She also delves into how the major policy […]
Over 140,000 Farms Lost in 5 Years
Over 140,000 Farms Lost in 5 Years photo credit: North Carolina Farm Bureau, Used with Permission Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms in the U.S. declined by 141,733 or 7%, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, released on Feb. 13. Acres operated by farm operations during the same timeframe declined by 20.1 million […]
Are France & The UK Plotting A Ukrainian Power Play Right Under Germany’s Nose?
Are France & The UK Plotting A Ukrainian Power Play Right Under Germany’s Nose? There are indeed plans for a conventional Western intervention in Ukraine despite their leaders’ denials over the past two weeks, but they’ve yet to fully form and their execution can’t be taken for granted, but they also can’t be ruled out […]
What the Western Press Didn’t Say About the Leaked Luftwaffe Conversation
What the Western Press Didn’t Say About the Leaked Luftwaffe Conversation What if a conversation between Russian officials discussing the explosion of a bridge in Germany had been revealed? Would Western press coverage also treat the leak as something more serious than threats of military attack? On March 1, the editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya […]
Eventual Financial Death Spiral Now Imminent – John Rubino
Eventual Financial Death Spiral Now Imminent – John Rubino Analyst and financial writer John Rubino warned nearly four months ago of a “U.S. Financial Death Spiral.” This past week, Bank of America caught up to Rubino and issued a warning about a “US dollar death spiral” because the federal government was going deeper in the red by […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXII–Differing Opinions on ‘Renewables’
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXII October 19, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Differing Opinions on ‘Renewables’ While I work on a longer (perhaps several part) contemplation regarding the myth of infinite growth on a finite planet that infiltrates and dominates many mainstream narratives — especially economic in nature — I thought I would share a […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXI–The Pursuit Of ‘Renewables’: Putting Us Further Into Ecological Overshoot
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXXI October 10, 2022 (original posting date) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. The Pursuit Of ‘Renewables’: Putting Us Further Into Ecological Overshoot Today’s very brief contemplation has been prompted by a couple of recent articles/posts (see links below) by thinkers/writers whose works/ideas I have followed for some time and respect greatly — but […]
A Blueprint for Disaster: Humans Have Pushed Earth’s Freshwater Cycle to Breaking Point
A Blueprint for Disaster: Humans Have Pushed Earth’s Freshwater Cycle to Breaking Point Human activities have pushed the Earth’s freshwater cycle beyond its natural state, with significant alterations observed since the mid-twentieth century due to pressures like damming, irrigation, and climate change. This underscores the critical need for immediate action to safeguard vital freshwater resources. […]
