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Global Debt Is Up To $188,000,000,000,000 – This Is Officially The Biggest Debt Bubble The World Has Ever Seen
Global Debt Is Up To $188,000,000,000,000 – This Is Officially The Biggest Debt Bubble The World Has Ever Seen The world is now 188 trillion dollars in debt, and that number continues to grow rapidly each year. It is a form of enslavement that is deeply insidious, because most of those living on the planet […]
The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken
The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken I say these things because: Money is free for those who are creditworthy because the investors who are giving it to them are willing to get back less than they give. More specifically investors lending to those who are creditworthy will accept very low or negative […]
Global Economy Paralyzed In Low-Growth Trap As QE Can’t Ward Off Next Crisis
Global Economy Paralyzed In Low-Growth Trap As QE Can’t Ward Off Next Crisis The global economy is paralyzed, now stuck in a low-growth trap where conventional monetary policy by global central banks is less effective than ever before. The world is on the brink of a global trade recession, week by week, economic data from Asia, Europe, […]
The monetary lessons from Germany
The monetary lessons from Germany Germany suffered two currency collapses in the last century, in 1920-23 and1945-48. The architect of the recovery from the former, Hjalmar Schacht, chose to cooperate with the Nazi successors to the Weimar Republic, and failed. In that of the second, Ludwig Erhard remained true to his free market credentials and […]
Putting Federal Debt In Perspective Against those Responsible In The Future
Putting Federal Debt In Perspective Against those Responsible In The Future Since 2007, US federal debt has risen 150% while annual US births (legal and otherwise) have fallen almost 14%. Said otherwise, over the dozen years since 2007, federal debt has increased by $13.8 trillion while 5.2 million fewer births have occurred over the same […]
How QE has radically changed the nature of the West’s financial system.
How QE has radically changed the nature of the West’s financial system. Because they are so ensconsed in their little bubble and because they profit so much from maintaining the status quo, Western mainstream media pundits don’t – or perhaps can’t – admit how Quantitative Easing policies have so quickly and so radically changed the […]
Warning! Interest Rates, Inflation, And Debt Do Matter
Warning! Interest Rates, Inflation, And Debt Do Matter With our national debt blowing past 23 trillion dollars nothing is as sobering as looking at future budgets. We should be worried. Central banks across the world claim the lack of inflation is the key force driving their QE policy and permitting it to continue, however, the […]
Market Commentary: China Watch
Market Commentary: China Watch I’ve held the view that Chinese finance has been at the epicenter of international market unease. The U.S./China trade war was not the predominant global risk. However, it has had the potential to become a catalyst for Chinese financial instability. And there remains a high probability for an eruption of Chinese […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – October 21st 2019
Blain’s Morning Porridge – October 21st 2019 “If you wake up on a Casper mattress, work out with a Peloton before breakfast, Uber to your desk at a WeWork, order DoorDash for lunch, take a Lyft home, and get dinner through Postmates, you’ve interacted with seven companies that will collectively lose nearly $14 billion this […]
The Ghost Election Issue We Need to Get Real about: Personal Debt
The Ghost Election Issue We Need to Get Real about: Personal Debt Canadians are so deep in the red it colours how we see vital issues. Today we manufacture armored vehicles for the brutal regime in Saudi Arabia while fretting about domestic job losses if we don’t. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledges to slash Canada’s already paltry […]
Changes are Coming in 2020
Changes are Coming in 2020 QUESTION: I have a question, you wrote : “Those in Europe who have a position in cash, it may be better to have shares or a private sector bond or US Treasury. Given the policy in Europe of no bailouts, leaving cash sitting in your account could expose you to risk […]
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 […]
Central Banks Trapped by Their Theories
Central Banks Trapped by Their Theories QUESTION: Hi Martin, I can understand how JP and EU backed themselves into a corner with negative rates. Happy to give them the benefit of the doubt when this all started 3-4 years ago even though it was obvious this was not going to end well.However, what I don’t understand […]
More Black Swans Arrive As U.S. Debt Balloons $800 Billion In Two Months
More Black Swans Arrive As U.S. Debt Balloons $800 Billion In Two Months The rate at which black swans are showing up in the world should scare the hell out of people. But, unfortunately, everyone seems to be lost in the highly complex technology of I-phones, computers, social media, and the telly to notice that […]
The Global Pastime Of Kicking The Can Down The Road
The Global Pastime Of Kicking The Can Down The Road Nowhere is the trend of kicking the can down the road more prevalent than in government. Consider this a tribute to politicians and governments everywhere that postpone and delay taking necessary actions. Frequently for politicians, the goal of being reelected takes priority over doing the right […]
