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Central Banks Are Wrong about Rate Cuts
Central Banks Are Wrong about Rate Cuts When we talk about monetary policy, people do not understand the importance of interest rates reflecting the reality of inflation and risk. Interest rates are the price of risk and manipulating them down leads to bubbles that end in financial crises, while imposing too high rates can penalize the […]
Kick Back, Watch It Crumble
Kick Back, Watch It Crumble Monetarily and fiscally there seems to be no other way to describe our government’s actions other than willingly and excitedly driving the country full speed ahead toward the death of the dollar. The title to this post comes from one of my favorite NOFX songs, Dinosaurs Will Die. While I’m sure […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVIII–‘Inevitable’ Growth: Helping To Keep the Profiteer Gravy Train Pumping
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XCVIII February 7, 2023 (original posting date) Monte Alban, Mexico. (1988) Photo by author. ‘Inevitable’ Growth: Helping To Keep the Profiteer Gravy Train Pumping The following are two brief comments (followed by a couple of shorter responses to others) I put out on one of my town’s FB pages regarding the ongoing conversation/debate […]
This Double Whammy Will Unleash Unprecedented Money Printing… or Break the U.S. Economy
This Double Whammy Will Unleash Unprecedented Money Printing… or Break the U.S. Economy Deficits, Deficits, and More Deficits, Unravelling Social Security, Money Printer Going Brrr “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” ~ Gerald Ford The Federal Reserve is gearing […]
Record Global Debt: A Ticking Time Bomb for the World Economy
Record Global Debt: A Ticking Time Bomb for the World Economy The relentless increase in global debt is an enormous problem for the economy. Public deficits are neither reserves for the private sector nor a tool for growth. Bloated public debt is a burden on the economy, making productivity stall, raising taxes, and crowding out financing […]
The Era of Easy Money Ruined Us
The Era of Easy Money Ruined Us The rot caused by easy money will only become fully visible when the hollowed out institutions start collapsing under the weight of incompetence, debt and hubris. We have yet to reach a full reckoning of the consequences of the era of easy money, but it’s abundantly clear that […]
“This Is Off The Charts”: Economist Claims 2024 Will Bring ‘Biggest Crash Of Our Lifetime’ In US
“This Is Off The Charts”: Economist Claims 2024 Will Bring ‘Biggest Crash Of Our Lifetime’ In US An economist who focuses on consumer spending has issued a dire warning about the U.S. economy in the coming year. “Since 2009, this has been 100 percent artificial, unprecedented money printing and deficits: $27 trillion over 15 years, […]
The Great Simplification Ahead
The Great Simplification Ahead “Until debt tear us apart” Photo by Alice Pasqual on Unsplash There is no denying that a major economic downturn is now in the books, and that lacking an energy miracle, the world economy is about to go through a major shift. After discussing the faulty nature of prevailing economic metrics (GDP) in last […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXX–Ecological Overshoot and Political Responses
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXX September 21, 2021 Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Ecological Overshoot and Political Responses Today’s post has been prompted by some thoughts regarding the inability of our political systems to respond in a timely manner to our plight of ecological overshoot penned by Rex Weyler, co-founder of Greenpeace, and posted by Alice […]
The Specter of Hyperinflation Looms over the Economy
The Specter of Hyperinflation Looms over the Economy The threat of hyperinflation has haunted fiat money economies throughout history. Although past empires crumbled under the weight of unrestrained money printing, modern bankers at the Federal Reserve assure us that today’s financial system is immune to such a fate. Austrian business cycle theory, however, reveals that […]
Will This Fall Be the Fall of Falls?
WILL THIS FALL BE THE FALL OF FALLS? MAMChat Egon von Greyerz & Matt Piepenburg This 25 minute video with Matthew Piepenburg and myself is probably one of the most important discussions that we have had. For years we have both warned investors about the consequences of a system based on unlimited money printing, debt […]
I Have a Very Bad Feeling About This
I Have a Very Bad Feeling About This Unexpected things tend to happen when the real source of problems are papered over and then suddenly reality intrudes. What an interesting juncture we’ve reached. We’re constantly assured all is well with what matters–the economy–as the all-powerful Federal Reserve has managed not just the hoped-for “soft landing” but […]
Doug Casey on How Economic Witch Doctors Convince Everyone They’re Neurosurgeons
Doug Casey on How Economic Witch Doctors Convince Everyone They’re Neurosurgeons International Man: The average person doesn’t care about economics. But to the extent that he does, he only reads mainstream publications like The Economist and editorials in The New York Times. In these publications, the average person will find so-called economists advocating upside-down and destructive concepts like […]
The Long Wave Versus the Printing Press
The Long Wave Versus the Printing Press Winter has been coming for a very long time. Here’s why The fascinating thing about “long wave” analysis (broadly defined to include Kondratieff waves, Elliott waves, and William Strauss and Neil Howe’s Fourth Turning) is that while each theory uses its own indicators and terminology to show how societies move through recurring […]
