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When the “Solutions” Become the Problems
When the “Solutions” Become the Problems Those benefiting from these destructive “solutions” may think the system can go on forever, but it cannot go on when every “solution” becomes a self-reinforcing problem that amplifies all the other systemic problems. We are living in an interesting but by no means unique dynamic in which the solutions […]
Nafeez Ahmed: Our Systems Are Failing
Nafeez Ahmed: Our Systems Are Failing This is an evolutionary moment for our species Dr. Nafeez Ahmed is an award winning 15 year investigative journalist, noted international security scholar, best-selling author and film-maker. He authored The Guardian’s Earth Insight blog and has twice won the prestigious Project Censored Award for outstanding investigative journalism. In his new […]
Not Nearly Enough Growth To Keep Growing
Not Nearly Enough Growth To Keep Growing Jackson Pollock Shooting Star 1947 It’s amusing to see how views start to converge, at the same time that it’s tiresome to see how long that takes. It’s a good thing that more and more people ‘discover’ how and why austerity, especially in Europe, is such a losing and […]
What is this ‘Crisis’ of Modernity?
What is this ‘Crisis’ of Modernity? Workmen next to the screws of the RMS Titanic at Belfast shipyard, 1911The people at Conflicts Forum, which is directed by former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke, sent me an unpublished article by Alastair and asked if the Automatic Earth would publish it. Since I like his […]
De-[Constructing] Growth: Decoupling Profits from Unsustainable Production*
De-[Constructing] Growth: Decoupling Profits from Unsustainable Production* Degrowth has been described as a “movement” rather than an ideology1, and as such it presents several variations. For some of its proponents, degrowth is a proxy for sustainable consumption, and to a lesser extent production2. A second group of degrowth advocates are those for whom an emerging […]
Obstacles to Trump’s ‘Growth’ Plans
Obstacles to Trump’s ‘Growth’ Plans Theodor Horydczak “Dome of US Capitol through trees at night” 1943For the second time in a few weeks (see ‘End of Growth’ Sparks Wide Discontent), former British diplomat Alastair Crooke quotes me extensively, and I gladly return the favor. Crooke here attempts to list -some of- the difficulties Donald Trump will face in executing […]
Ungovernability
Ungovernability Inge Morath Street Corner at World’s End London 1954 Over the summer I introduced a two-fold assertion: 1) global economic growth is over (and has been for years and won’t come back for many more years) and 2) the end of growth marks the end of all centralization, including globalization. You can read all about these themes […]
Impoverished by Too Much Money
Impoverished by Too Much Money Shipping Decline BALTIMORE – “It’s over!” Raúl Ilargi Meijer, a regular contributor to David Stockman’s Contra Corner newsletter, explains that the “entire model our societies have been based on for at least as long as we ourselves have lived is over!” Global corporate defaults are at the highest level since the peak of […]
The Floodgates Begin To Open
The Floodgates Begin To Open It’s now clear that what governments did to counter the Great Recession may have delayed systemic collapse, but did not resurrect the old normal. Growth around the world is anemic – which is to say debt continues to increase faster than the productive capacity to service it – and inflation […]
Alastair Crooke: ‘End of Growth’ Sparks Wide Discontent
Alastair Crooke: ‘End of Growth’ Sparks Wide Discontent Notre Dame Gargoyle, Paris France, 19th century Former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke quotes my September 26 article “Why There is Trump” so extensively in this article for Consortium News that I thought I might as well post the whole thing here at the Automatic Earth too. […]
The IMF and All The Other Losers
The IMF and All The Other Losers Andre Kertesz Bumper cars at amusement park in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris 1930I read a lot, been doing it for years, about finance and affiliated topics (a wide horizon of them), which means I’ve inevitably seen a wholesale lot of nonsense fly by. But for some reason, and I think I […]
Canadian Economy ‘Double-Dip’ Crashes In Q2 – Worst GDP Growth In 7 Years
Canadian Economy ‘Double-Dip’ Crashes In Q2 – Worst GDP Growth In 7 Years The first half of 2015 saw Canada informally enter ‘recession’ with two quarters of negative GDP but then, everything bounced back and policy shifts were ‘proven’ effective. However, that dead-canadian-cat-bounce is over as Q2 2016 GDP growth just slumped 1.6% – double-dipping to […]
Brexit: The System Cannot Hold
Brexit: The System Cannot Hold Stephen Green 18×24 inches. 2016. Acrylic on canvas. MuseumofAwesomeArt.com Well, they did it. A majority of Britons made clear they’re so fed up with David Cameron and everything he says or does, including promoting the EU, that they voted against that EU. They detest Cameron much more than they like […]
Peak Oil: The Next Steps Pt 1
Peak Oil: The Next Steps Pt 1 I ended last week’s post by explaining the significance of getting all of the facts about our energy supply future as a first step. Before deciding whether or not to accept the realities of a depleting finite resource and the impact this will have on our society—or ignoring […]
