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The Falling Productivity of Debt
The Falling Productivity of Debt Discounting the Present Value of Future Income Last week, we discussed the ongoing fall of dividend, and especially earnings, yields. This Report is not a stock letter, and we make no stock market predictions. We talk about this phenomenon to make a different point. The discount rate has fallen to […]
Why We’re Doomed: Stagnant Wages
Why We’re Doomed: Stagnant Wages The point is the present system cannot endure. Despite all the happy talk about “recovery” and higher growth, wages have gone nowhere since 2000–and for the bottom 20% of workers, they’ve gone nowhere since the 1970s. Gross domestic product (GDP) has risen smartly since 2000, but the share of GDP […]
Saving and Money–What is the Relationship?
SAVING AND MONEY – WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP? Conventional wisdom says that savings is the amount of money left after monetary income was used for consumer outlays, implying that saving is synonymous with money. Hence, for a given consumer outlays an increase in money income implies more saving and thus more funding for investment. This […]
Hell To Pay
SkillUp/Shutterstock Hell To Pay The final condition for a market crash is falling into place Sometimes I wonder if I’m ever going to run out of new things to say about the economy. Nothing interesting has happened in a long time. Our liquidity-drunk “markets” remain over-priced due to the chronic intervention of the global central […]
Guided By Nonsense
Guided By Nonsense “Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.” — Lewis Carroll U.S. consumers are at it again. After a seven year hiatus they’re once again doing what they do best. They’re buying stuff. According to the Commerce Department, personal consumption expenditures (PCE), which is the primary measure of […]
No Wonder We’re Poorer: Wages’ Share of GDP Has Fallen for 46 Years
No Wonder We’re Poorer: Wages’ Share of GDP Has Fallen for 46 Years The problem is that limiting financialization will implode the system. The majority of American households feel poorer because they are poorer. Real (i.e. adjusted for inflation) median household income has declined for decades, and income gains are concentrated in the top 5%: Even […]
The Root of Rising Inequality: Our “Lawnmower” Economy (hint: we’re the lawn)
The Root of Rising Inequality: Our “Lawnmower” Economy (hint: we’re the lawn) This predatory exploitation is only possible if the central bank and state have partnered with financial Elites. After decades of denial, the mainstream has finally conceded that rising income and wealth inequality is a problem–not just economically, but politically, for as we all […]
The Fed’s 2% Inflation Fairytale—–Who Made It Up And What Does It Mean?
The Fed’s 2% Inflation Fairytale—–Who Made It Up And What Does It Mean? Once upon a time, not too long ago, central bank wizards began telling a fairytale that economies need inflation. But not just any inflation. In their Goldilocks make-believe world, the not too hot, not too cold, just right dose of two percent […]
Six Ways You Can Make More Money To Buy More Preps (Or Just Pay Off Your Bills)
Six Ways You Can Make More Money To Buy More Preps (Or Just Pay Off Your Bills) I get thousands of emails each month (usually over 3,000 to be exact) and the one problem that I see mentioned over and over is a lack of money to prep, and while I try to keep the advice […]
That 70s Show – Episode 2
That 70s Show – Episode 2 In Episode 1 we showed how the US labour market changed dramatically from the 1970s on back of excess money printing which allowed Americans to buy tradable goods on the international market, hollowing out its own manufacturing base, and essentially creating an unsustainable consumer driven economy where the broad masses get their […]
The Economy is in Liquidation Mode
The Economy is in Liquidation Mode Capital Consumption If you’re an American over a certain age, you remember roller skating rinks (I have no idea if it caught on in other countries). This industry boomed in the 1970’s disco era. However, by the mid 1980’s, the fad was fading. Imagine running a rink company at […]
Stop Financializing the Human Experience
Stop Financializing the Human Experience In this financialized hall of mirrors, narcissism replaces identity and the authentic self is rendered incoherent. Correspondent Dani A.M. (of Removing the Shackles) was kind enough to identify three bits of advice from my recent conversation with Max Keiser onSummer Solutions (25:45): (9:20 min: “We’ve been brainwashed into financializing the human experience.”) 1. […]
2-income families nearly doubled from 1976 to 2014
2-income families nearly doubled from 1976 to 2014 As Canadian families change, number of stay-at-home parents plunges, but more of them are dads Families with both parents working are a substantial majority in Canada, with 69 per cent of couples with a child under 16 years of age having two incomes, according to Statistics Canada. […]
Younger workers more likely to see less income in retirement, CIBC says Average person born in ’80s and after may see only 70% of pre-retirement income, economist Benjamin Tal says
Younger workers more likely to see less income in retirement, CIBC says Average person born in ’80s and after may see only 70% of pre-retirement income, economist Benjamin Tal says Urgent attention needs to be given to what Canadians can expect to get in retirement income — something that’s become a real divide along generational lines, […]
U.S. Households Under Pressure: Stagnant Incomes, Rising Basic Expenses
U.S. Households Under Pressure: Stagnant Incomes, Rising Basic Expenses How do you support a consumer economy with stagnant incomes for the bottom 90%, rising basic expenses and crashing employment for males ages 25-54? Answer: you don’t. Frequent contributor B.C. passed along a sobering set of charts that provide context for How The Average U.S. Consumer Spends […]
