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The Collapse Chronicle-December 13, 2021
The Collapse Chronicle-December 13, 2021
Get in Crash Positions
Get in Crash Positions When the market goes bidless, it’s too late to preserve capital, never mind all those life-changing gains. Everyone with some gray in their ponytails knows the stock market has ticked every box for a bubble top, so everybody get in crash positions: Let’s run through the requirements for a bubble top: […]
Fear and Inflation — The Timeless Policy Tools of Discredited Systems
Fear and Inflation — The Timeless Policy Tools of Discredited Systems If you’re wondering why the media, markets and mandates are making less sense despite a constant flow of hard facts contradicting their message, it’s critical to watch what is done rather than said by the policy makers behind the fear and inflation “new normal.” The Latest Fed-Speak Translation: […]
Biden’s New “Regressive” Methane Tax Will Raise Average American’s Gas Bill By 17%: Op-Ed
Biden’s New “Regressive” Methane Tax Will Raise Average American’s Gas Bill By 17%: Op-Ed At a time when the Biden administration is panicking in an attempt to keep energy prices down, the House has slapped a “fee” on methane that is being called a “stealth tax” on natural gas and everyone who uses it. The […]
UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose
UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose In October 2021 Sustain, the UK-based alliance working for food and farming system change, published ‘Beyond the farmgate – Unlocking the path to farmer-focused supply chains and climate-friendly, agroecological food systems’. The report explores the results of a survey of 500 farmers in England and Wales, with […]
World Economy Entering Period of Oil Scarcity, Halliburton CEO Says
An oil worker removes a thread cap from a piece of drill pipe on a drilling lease owned by Elevation Resources near Midland, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2019. (Nick Oxford/Reuters) World Economy Entering Period of Oil Scarcity, Halliburton CEO Says Jeff Miller warns that global oil supply could soon be surpassed by demand for the […]
The next recession: Here’s when the ‘everything bubble’ will burst
The next recession: Here’s when the ‘everything bubble’ will burst In October 20XX. That’s not a typo. To reach the best guesstimate of when the next recession will begin, we need to understand how the Federal Reserve creates unsustainable booms and why the next bust may be just around the corner. A caveat is in […]
And Just Like That, Inflation Is About To Disappear?
And Just Like That, Inflation Is About To Disappear? Earlier this year, when inflation was still “transitory” two Fed chairs, Powell and Bernanke, made comments which we joked only make sense if the definition of inflation is changed: Sadly, our feeble attempts at humor were not unjustified, and as any economic history buff knows the […]
Prices Climb At Fastest Pace Since 1982… But It Could Have Been Worse
Prices Climb At Fastest Pace Since 1982… But It Could Have Been Worse Having surged faster than expected in 7 of the last 8 months, all eyes are on this morning’s Consumer Price Index as this is the last big release ahead of next Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision, where Deutsche Bank economists (among many others) are expecting […]
Can Any Nation-State Survive the Era of Inequality and Scarcity?
Can Any Nation-State Survive the Era of Inequality and Scarcity? We have an extraordinary opportunity to transform our unsustainable “waste is growth” economy and toxic inequality to sustainable systems that optimize well-being rather than collapse. The possibility that the United States could fragment is no longer a marginalized topic. Maps displaying various post-U.S. regional configurations accompany […]
Irish central bank raises gold reserves by 33%, worried by inflation
Irish central bank raises gold reserves by 33%, worried by inflation Recently the Central Bank of Ireland joined the ranks of sovereign gold buyers, adding 2 tonnes of gold to its monetary gold reserves in 2 months, consisting of a tonne of gold bought in each of September and October 2021. While in relative terms, […]
China Could Cause The Next Massive Crash In Oil Prices
China Could Cause The Next Massive Crash In Oil Prices China has been one of the main drivers of the 2000-2014 commodities supercycle Slower economic growth and a huge debt bubble pose a tremendous risk to oil markets China’s Evergrande crisis shows the fragility of the Chinese debt market Given the extreme disconnect between China’s […]
How the world embraced consumerism
How the world embraced consumerism (Image credit: Getty Images) Over the course of the 20th Century, capitalism moulded the ordinary person into a consumer. Kerryn Higgs traces the historical roots of the world’s unquenchable thirst for more stuff. _____ The notion of human beings as consumers first took shape before World War One, but became commonplace […]
Extreme weather and pandemic help drive global food prices to 46-year high
Extreme weather and pandemic help drive global food prices to 46-year high Current high food prices, combined with the ongoing pandemic, will make the global food supply highly vulnerable to extreme weather shocks in 2022. Aerial view of stranded barges along the Mississippi River in Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, in the wake of category […]
Printing and Borrowing Always Ends Badly
Printing and Borrowing Always Ends Badly As more countries copy the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy without the global demand of the US dollar, financing trade and fiscal deficits printing a weakening currency, nations become more dependent on the US dollar. Neither domestic nor international citizens demand local currency, and governments continue to build large fiscal and trade […]
