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3 Reasons Why 2022 Will Be Unforgettable
3 Reasons Why 2022 Will Be Unforgettable Photo by Milan Seitler After the crazy year we’ve just had, one good question to ponder for a moment is: What does the U.S. economy look like as we head into next year? To answer that, this article will examine three sectors by looking at economic activity (including Wall Street), […]
Inflation Is a Policy That Cannot Last
Inflation Is a Policy That Cannot Last Are we heading toward a Fed policy that fixes inflation at a permanent rate of five to six percent? We could be. But inflation is a policy that cannot last. We’re currently experiencing a massive wave of price inflation. This should come as no surprise. The Fed has increased […]
The Fed’s Catch-22 Taper Is A Weapon, Not A Policy Error
The Fed’s Catch-22 Taper Is A Weapon, Not A Policy Error Back in 2018 leading up to Christmas the Federal Reserve began publicly flirting with the notion of ending asset purchases, reducing their balance sheet and committing to an all around taper of stimulus. I wrote about it extensively at the time along with my […]
The Sovereign Debt Crisis Arrives
The Sovereign Debt Crisis Arrives While the world is turning, the economic crisis emanating from the SovereignDebt Crisis in Europe is propelling a very serious outlook as we head into 2022. I have been warning for the past 10 years that the situation would become critical. I have attended meetings with many central banks over […]
Chaos and the Triumph of Survival
CHAOS AND THE TRIUMPH OF SURVIVAL One of the most horrifying works of art is Bruegel’s “The Triumph of Death” painted in 1562. The painting depicts the end of life on earth. I sincerely hope that this is not what the world will literally look like in the next decade or two but metaphorically this is not […]
The hidden recession of 2020
The hidden recession of 2020 After 20 months of economy-wrecking lockdowns and restrictions, 2019 is fondly remembered as a period of prosperous calm. Memories though, are deceptive. And in the days before we learned what gain-of-function meant, things were not as rosy as they now seem. Although the decade 2009-2019 was officially one of the […]
Blueprints for impossible futures
Blueprints for impossible futures “A People’s Green New Deal” demands a different kind of impossible Over the past two decades, a proliferation of “Green New Deal” literature has promoted various strategies for changing the structure of the global energy system to combat climate change. While the term was first coined by the neoliberal economist Thomas Friedman, […]
Putting Post Growth Theory Into Practice
Putting Post Growth Theory Into Practice The Post Growth Entrepreneurship Incubator helps founders break free from traditional business models and implement sustainable non-extractive practices. Annie Spratt via Unsplash Melanie Rieback is the founder of the Post Growth Entrepreneurship (PGE) Incubator, Nonprofit Ventures, as well as her own successful post growth business, Radically Open Security (ROS). We sat down with […]
The Selling of Degrowth
Shutterstock THE “SELLING” OF DEGROWTH Can those who advocate hitting the brakes on economic growth get their message across before it’s too late? Over the last three decades, a growing number of scientists and ecologists have argued that economic growth has long outstripped the capacity of the planetary ecosystem. They have developed numerous sophisticated models […]
#218. The real state of the economy
#218. The real state of the economy A FUNCTIONAL SYNOPSIS As this might be the last article to appear here before the festive season, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year, and to thank you for your interest in, and your contributions to, […]
Inflation In 2021 Far Different From What We Had In 1979
Inflation In 2021 Far Different From What We Had In 1979 The inflation of today is a starkly different creature than what we faced in 1979. The world is massively different and presenting us with a strain of inflation that will most likely be stronger and more difficult to combat without major disruptions to our […]
European Firms Warn “Unbearably High Energy Costs” May Spark Wave Of Production Shutdowns
European Firms Warn “Unbearably High Energy Costs” May Spark Wave Of Production Shutdowns Years of mindless green energy policies across the European continent are about to unleash an economic crisis. Energy-intensive companies are paying “unbearably high energy prices” that may force them to shutter operations. Eleven European associations (from steel to fertilizers to cement to paper mills) […]
UK Natural Gas Prices Hit New High, Trigger “Marketwide Crisis”
UK Natural Gas Prices Hit New High, Trigger “Marketwide Crisis” Update (1120ET): The latest jump in U.K. natural gas prices has been called a “national crisis” by multiple energy firms and industry groups in the country. They’re requesting the government protect customers and suppliers as critical Russian gas flows into Europe plunge, nuclear outages in France, and cold […]
“Potential For Extreme Havoc”: $50 Trillion Question Is What If Yields Spike Higher
“Potential For Extreme Havoc”: $50 Trillion Question Is What If Yields Spike Higher The size of the global government bond market surged by $10 trillion in the space of two years to reach about $50 trillion. Those outstanding borrowings are at least one gorilla in the room as investors gear up for a year in […]
