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No One Gets Out Of Here Alive
NO ONE GETS OUT OF HERE ALIVE “The seasons of time offer no guarantees. For modern societies, no less than for all forms of life, transformative change is discontinuous. For what seems an eternity, history goes nowhere – and then it suddenly flings us forward across some vast chaos that defies any mortal effort to […]
IMF Chief Warns Global Economy Faces New “Great Depression”
IMF Chief Warns Global Economy Faces New “Great Depression” How’s this for some New Years optimism? The new head of the IMF, who took over from Christine Lagarde in November, warned that the global economy could soon find itself mired in a great depression. During a speech at the Peterson Institute, IMF Chairwoman Kristalina Georgieva […]
Underestimating Them & Overestimating Us
UNDERESTIMATING THEM & OVERESTIMATING US “Do not underestimate the ‘power of underestimation’. They can’t stop you, if they don’t see you coming.” ― Izey Victoria Odiase During the summer of 2008 I was writing articles a few times per week predicting an economic catastrophe and a banking crisis. When the biggest financial crisis since the Great […]
Fourth Turning Economics
Fourth Turning Economics “In retrospect, the spark might seem as ominous as a financial crash, as ordinary as a national election, or as trivial as a Tea Party. The catalyst will unfold according to a basic Crisis dynamic that underlies all of these scenarios: An initial spark will trigger a chain reaction of unyielding responses […]
The Coming Credit Meltdown Will Be As Bad As The Great Depression And The Financial Crisis: Deutsche
The Coming Credit Meltdown Will Be As Bad As The Great Depression And The Financial Crisis: Deutsche With investor attention increasingly focusing on what most believe will be the catalyst for the next financial crisis, namely a tsunami in corporate defaults as a result of the disastrous combination of record leverage, higher rates and an […]
“Past Is Not Prologue” But Over The Long-Run, We’re All Skeptical
“Past Is Not Prologue” But Over The Long-Run, We’re All Skeptical The last 20 years have been the toughest stretch for US stocks since the Great Depression into World War II. The next 5 years will either confirm investors’ worst fears that stocks are no longer “for the long term” or begin to re-instill confidence in […]
As The Perfect Storm Approaches, Most Americans Are Partying Instead Of Preparing
As The Perfect Storm Approaches, Most Americans Are Partying Instead Of Preparing I can’t think of a time when Americans were more apathetic about getting prepared, and yet this is exactly the time when the urgency to get prepared should be at the highest. Earlier today, my wife Meranda and I were discussing the fact […]
Ron Paul: The Market Correction Could Make Things ‘Worse Than 1929’
Ron Paul: The Market Correction Could Make Things ‘Worse Than 1929’ Former presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul says that the current market conditions are ripe for a correction of 50% and Wall Street is vulnerable to depression-like conditions in the next year. “It could be worse than 1929,” Dr. Paul said recently in an interview. Paul […]
Historic Debt Is At The Core Of Our Economic Decline
Historic Debt Is At The Core Of Our Economic Decline From Brandon Smith As I predicted just after the 2016 presidential election, a sordid theater of blame has exploded over the state of the U.S. economy, with fingers pointing everywhere except (in most cases) at the true culprits behind the crash. Some people point to […]
Coffee Sellers Are Not Fundamentally Different From Banks
COFFEE SELLERS ARE NOT FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM BANKS With the 2007-8 financial crisis came a splendid alphabetical soup of central bank interventions to stimulate financial markets, lower interest rates, provide astonishing amounts of liquidity to banks and, allegedly, prevent another Great Depression. Likening the failure of big banks to falling elephants crushing even the smallest grass, […]
Elite Terrified of 1930’s Depression or Weimar Hyperinflation – John Rubino
Elite Terrified of 1930’s Depression or Weimar Hyperinflation – John Rubino Financial writer John Rubino says everywhere you look, debt is exponentially mounting. Nothing demonstrates the “imminent bankruptcy” problem better than the financial obligations of New York City. Rubino says, “They just announced that they have unfunded liabilities for retiree healthcare, just retiree healthcare and […]
The Fourth Turning & War of the Worlds
THE FOURTH TURNING & WAR OF THE WORLDS “In retrospect, the spark might seem as ominous as a financial crash, as ordinary as a national election, or as trivial as a Tea Party. The catalyst will unfold according to a basic Crisis dynamic that underlies all of these scenarios: An initial spark will trigger a […]
How Politicians Are Creating the Worst Economic Crash in History
How Politicians Are Creating the Worst Economic Crash in History Politicians have totally and completely misunderstood the trends within the global economy and as a result, they are actually creating one of the worst economic debacles in history. I have explained several times that the bulk of investment capital is tied up in two primary […]
The Market Isn’t The Economy: A Snapshot From The Depression
The Market Isn’t The Economy: A Snapshot From The Depression “We gathered on porches; the moon rose; we were poor. And time went by, drawn by slow horses. Somewhere beyond our windows shone the world. The Great Depression had entered our souls like fog.” – Pantoum of the Great Depression – Donald Justice. Wall Street insiders relish […]
IMF Issues Dire Warning – ‘Great Depression’ Ahead?
IMF Issues Dire Warning – ‘Great Depression’ Ahead? – “Large challenges loom for the global economy to prevent a second Great Depression” warn IMF – Massive government debts and eroded fiscal buffers since 2008 suggest global dominos await a single market crash – 2008 crisis measures cast long, dark “terrifying” shadow Is another “Great Depression” on the horizon? […]
