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These Dangers Loom Over the Fragile U.S. Economy in the Next 12 Months
These Dangers Loom Over the Fragile U.S. Economy in the Next 12 Months Photo by Connor Daylenko The U.S. and most of the world is at the threshold of what I would call a nexus point in history. There are establishment forces at play that seek to impose a permanent authoritarian presence within our nation in […]
Desperate Money Printing Leads to Depression – Dr. Marc Faber
Desperate Money Printing Leads to Depression – Dr. Marc Faber Legendary investor, economist and market forecaster Dr. Marc Faber thinks central banks (CB) are not going to cut back the money printing. Just the opposite. He predicts CBs are going to print even more money at a faster pace to hold the failing economic system […]
Who determines prices?
Who determines prices? One of the consequences of the response to the pandemic and the disruption from Brexit is that labour shortages are appearing across the low-paid sectors of the economy. So much so that even the metropolitan liberal Guardian has begun to wonder whether the benefits of higher wages for the low-paid might outweigh the cost […]
Record-Breaking Energy Prices Could Soar Even Higher In Europe
Record-Breaking Energy Prices Could Soar Even Higher In Europe The European electricity market is in crisis as a perfect storm is driving up prices to ever greater heights. The timing couldn’t have been worse as countries across the continent are reopening and energy demand is rising. Most signs point towards the likely continuation of the […]
The ECB is the Reason We Have the Great Reset
The ECB is the Reason We Have the Great Reset The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its monetary policy unchanged. However, it did slow down the pace of net asset purchases under its pandemic emergency purchase program. The ECB’s main refinancing operations remain at 0%, on the marginal lending facility at 0.25%, and on […]
EU To Propose Exempting “Green” Bonds From Deficit And Debt Limit Calculations
EU To Propose Exempting “Green” Bonds From Deficit And Debt Limit Calculations Yesterday, the ECB announced that in Q4, it would “modestly lower the pace of net asset purchases under the PEPP than in the previous two quarters” (even as Lagarde scrambled to convince markets not to call it tapering) with Reuters sources adding that “policymakers set a monthly target of between […]
Is Anyone Willing to Call the Top of the Everything Bubble?
Is Anyone Willing to Call the Top of the Everything Bubble? Can extremes become too extreme to continue higher? We’re about to find out. Is anyone willing to call the top of the Everything bubble? The short answer is no. Anyone earning money managing other people’s money cannot afford to be wrong, and so everyone in […]
The Illusion of Stability, the Inevitability of Collapse
The Illusion of Stability, the Inevitability of Collapse Beneath the illusory stability of rising GDP, the extremes of debt, leverage, stimulus and speculative frenzy required to keep the ‘phantom wealth bubble’ from imploding are all rising parabolically. Imagine being at a party celebrating the vast wealth generated in the last ten months in stocks, cryptocurrencies, […]
Building Community by Buying Nothing
Building Community by Buying Nothing “It’s like a radical new economy, except of course it’s an old economy that has been around forever.” Following knee surgery five years ago, Myra Anderson was having difficulty getting around. Living alone in Charlottesville, Virginia, she began asking on Facebook if anyone could assist her in getting a few […]
‘The Limits to Growth’ (1972)
‘The Limits to Growth’ (1972) Published in 1972, and shrouded in controversy since that date, ‘The Limits to Growth’ is the most successful econometric projection ever made. The idea of these of blog posts is to introduce people to some ‘historic’ books and reports, which I think should be more widely read. To start, I […]
The Age of Low Tech by Philippe Bihouix: review by Mark Garavan
The Age of Low Tech by Philippe Bihouix: review by Mark Garavan For some time now a simple climate change narrative has been foregrounded in the political and media mainstream. This has been particularly evident in the wake of the most recent IPCC Report. In this narrative, climate change is acknowledged but is seen primarily […]
