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Peter Schiff: You Think Inflation Is Bad Now? Wait Until Next Year!
Peter Schiff: You Think Inflation Is Bad Now? Wait Until Next Year! Peter Schiff recently appeared on Real America with Dan Ball to talk about the economy, energy prices, and inflation. Peter said if you think inflation was bad this year, wait until next year with a much weaker dollar. Dan set the interview up with a […]
Winter in Central Europe and for the dollar
Winter in Central Europe and for the dollar In this article I examine the current state of the fight for hegemonic control between America on the one side, and Russia and China on the other. It is being fought on two fronts. Ukraine, the one in plain sight, is about to endure a winter without […]
The Unavoidable Crash
Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Unavoidable Crash After years of ultra-loose fiscal, monetary, and credit policies and the onset of major negative supply shocks, stagflationary pressures are now putting the squeeze on a massive mountain of public- and private-sector debt. The mother of all economic crises looms, and there will be little that policymakers can do […]
Tim Watkins: Anatomy of the Crisis
Tim Watkins: Anatomy of the Crisis
Steve Bull: The Growth Imperative Must Be Maintained At All Costs!
Steve Bull: The Growth Imperative Must Be Maintained At All Costs!
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast: Richard Wolff
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast: Richard Wolff The Chris Hedges Report Podcast speaks with the economist Richard Wolff about inflation, growing income inequality and the looming disasters built into the U.S. economic system Podcast
Why Economic Models Neglect Energy, and Why That’s a Problem
Why Economic Models Neglect Energy, and Why That’s a Problem As the Fed raises interest rates to fight inflation, the economic models they use include energy as a small part of the overall picture. Is that model flawed? Jed Dorsheimer, head of Group Head of Energy & Sustainability at William Blair and former advisor on […]
War Cycle Heats Up & Markets Tank in 2023 – Charles Nenner
War Cycle Heats Up & Markets Tank in 2023 – Charles Nenner Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner said, back in September, the markets would sink and then go back up. Both calls happened right on time. What does Nenner see now? Nenner says, “Two days ago, we started to take profits again. […]
Jeremy Grantham: What’s Coming is Worse Than a Recession
Jeremy Grantham: What’s Coming is Worse Than a Recession https://youtu.be/nBykCZxtICM
One Monetary Policy Fits All – Part II
One Monetary Policy Fits All – Part II In Part one of this series, Our Currency The World’s Problem, we discuss the vital role the U.S. dollar plays in the global economy. With an understanding of the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency, it’s time to discuss how the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy machinations influence […]
The “Oil Curse” and Splashy PR Announcements of Oil Production Cuts
The “Oil Curse” and Splashy PR Announcements of Oil Production Cuts It’s not just the price of oil that matters: how much disposable income consumers have left to buy more goods and services matters, too. The Oil Curse (a.k.a. The Resource Curse) refers to the compelling ease of those blessed with an abundance of oil/resources to […]
The Laws of Thermodynamics Will Not Bend for Landfills
The Laws of Thermodynamics Will Not Bend for Landfills Illustration by Rey Velasquez Sagcal An expert on waste management responds to Palmer Holton’s “Universal Waste.” You handle waste every day. Tissues. Bottles and cans. Kitchen scraps, maybe yard trimmings. And plastics. So many plastics. The wet, the dry, the smelly, and the disgusting. But the stuff […]
Are Progressive “Experts” Fallible? Yes, But Don’t Tell Them That
Are Progressive “Experts” Fallible? Yes, But Don’t Tell Them That It can be argued that the world has reached the sorry state it’s in today largely because academics, politicians, “distinguished experts,” and “recognized authorities” did not have the humility to admit their own mistakes or to at least recognize the limits of their knowledge. Of […]
