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The Distortions of Doom Part 2: The Fatal Flaws of Reserve Currencies
The Distortions of Doom Part 2: The Fatal Flaws of Reserve Currencies The way forward is to replace the entire system of reserve currencies with a transparent free-for-all of all kinds of currencies. Over the years, I’ve endeavored to illuminate the arcane dynamics of global currencies by discussing Triffin’s Paradox, which explains the conflicting dual […]
The Global Distortions of Doom Part 1: Hyper-Indebted Zombie Corporations
The Global Distortions of Doom Part 1: Hyper-Indebted Zombie Corporations The defaults and currency crises in the periphery will then move into the core. It’s funny how unintended consequences so rarely turn out to be good. The intended consequences of central banks’ unprecedented tsunami of stimulus (quantitative easing, super-low interest rates and easy credit / […]
The Dynamics of Decadence
The Dynamics of Decadence In the present era of decadence, Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the modern equivalent of Bread and Circuses. The dynamics of decadence are easy to understand: as affluence becomes the norm that is widely assumed to be permanent, shared purpose and sacrifice for the common good is replaced by self-absorbed decadence […]
Pensions Now Depend on Bubbles Never Popping (But All Bubbles Pop)
Pensions Now Depend on Bubbles Never Popping (But All Bubbles Pop) We’re living in a fantasy, folks. Bubbles pop, period. The nice thing about the “wealth” generated by bubbles is it’s so easy: no need to earn wealth the hard way, by scrimping and saving capital and investing it wisely. Just sit back and let central […]
How Do We Change Our Lives in a System That’s Broken?
How Do We Change Our Lives in a System That’s Broken? Rather than fight a system designed to thwart us, we need a model for our own lives that bypasses the perverse tides and obsoletes the impediments in our path. Everyone wants to change their lives for the better (or preserve what’s positive), and this […]
Fixing Infrastructure Isn’t as Simple as Spending Another Trillion Dollars
Fixing Infrastructure Isn’t as Simple as Spending Another Trillion Dollars It isn’t easy to add new subway lines or new highways, and so “solutions” don’t really exist. If there’s one thing Americans can still agree on, it’s that America needs to spend more on infrastructure which is visibly falling apart in many places. This capital […]
Droit du Seigneur and the Neofeudal Privileges of Class in America
Droit du Seigneur and the Neofeudal Privileges of Class in America Want to understand the full scope of neofeudalism in America? Follow the money and the power and privilege it buys. The repugnant reality of class privilege in America is captured by the phrasedate rape: the violence of forced, non-consensual sex is abhorrent rape when […]
The Four Disastrous Presidential Policies That Are Destroying the Nation
The Four Disastrous Presidential Policies That Are Destroying the Nation The nation is failing as a direct consequence of these four catastrophic policies. It’s admittedly a tough task to select the four most disastrous presidential policies of the past 60 years, given the great multitude to choose from. Here are my top choices and the […]
When Does This Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham Finally End?
When Does This Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham Finally End? Credit bubbles are not engines of sustainable employment, they are only engines of malinvestment and wealth destruction on a grand scale. We all know the Status Quo’s response to the global financial meltdown of 2008 has been a travesty of a mockery of […]
We’re All Speculators Now
We’re All Speculators Now When the herd thunders off the cliff, most participants are trapped in the stampede.. One of the most perverse consequences of the central banks “saving the world” (i.e. saving banks and the super-wealthy) is the destruction of low-risk investments: we’re all speculators now, whether we know it or acknowledge it. The […]
Massive Deficit Spending Greenlights Waste, Fraud, Profiteering and Dysfunction
Massive Deficit Spending Greenlights Waste, Fraud, Profiteering and Dysfunction America’s problem isn’t a lack of deficit spending/consumption. America’s problems are profoundly structural. The nice thing about free to me money from any source is the recipients don’t have to change anything. Free money is the ultimate free-pass from consequence and adaptation: instead of having to […]
The Next Financial Crisis Is Right on Schedule (2019)
The Next Financial Crisis Is Right on Schedule (2019) Neither small business nor the bottom 90% of households can afford this “best economy ever.” After 10 years of unprecedented goosing, some of the real economy is finally overheating: costs are heating up, unemployment is at historic lows, small business optimism is high, and so on–all […]
How Things Fall Apart: Extremes Aren’t Stable
How Things Fall Apart: Extremes Aren’t Stable A funny thing happens on the way to stabilizing things by doing more of what’s failed: the system becomes even more unstable, brittle and fragile. A peculiar faith in pushing extremes to new heights has taken hold in official circles over the past decade: when past extremes push […]
After 10 Years of “Recovery,” What Are Central Banks So Afraid Of?
After 10 Years of “Recovery,” What Are Central Banks So Afraid Of? If the world’s economies still need central bank life support to survive, they aren’t healthy–they’re barely clinging to life. The “recovery”/Bull Market is in its 10th year, and yet central banks are still tiptoeing around as if the tiniest misstep will cause the […]
The Global Financial System Is Unraveling, And No, the U.S. Is Not immune
The Global Financial System Is Unraveling, And No, the U.S. Is Not immune Currencies don’t melt down randomly. This is only the first stage of a complete re-ordering of the global financial system. Take a look at the Shanghai Stock Market (China) and tell me what you see: A complete meltdown, right? More specifically, a […]
