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We Ignore Unintended Consequences At Our Peril
We Ignore Unintended Consequences At Our Peril They’ll likely define our future more than the intended ones Early in my business career, I was faced with a challenge that gave me an appreciation for a critical lesson about life and business. It’s that oftentimes, even with the best of intentions, our actions create consequences completely […]
The One Way Forward
The One Way Forward All things considered, 2015 just isn’t shaping up to be a good year for believers in business as usual. Since last week’s post here on The Archdruid Report, the anti-austerity party Syriza has swept the Greek elections, to the enthusiastic cheers of similar parties all over Europe and the discomfiture of the […]
Understanding what propels the World Economy is mandatory to comprehend its Demise
Understanding what propels the World Economy is mandatory to comprehend its Demise Banking has existed for a long time. The idea of debt dates back to the ancient world, as evidenced for example by ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets recording interest-bearing loans. Far too many people attribute our financial doom to fractional banking etc. They are actually […]
Our Renewable Future
Our Renewable Future Or, What I’ve Learned in 12 Years Writing about Energy (7000 words, about 25 minutes reading time) Folks who pay attention to energy and climate issues are regularly treated to two competing depictions of society’s energy options.* On one hand, the fossil fuel industry claims that its products deliver unique economic benefits, and […]
The End Of The World Of Finance As We Know It
The End Of The World Of Finance As We Know It I’ve said before, and quite a while ago too, – more than once-, that the world of investing as we’ve come to know it is over. It’s still as true as it was then, and I can only hope that more people today understand […]
The Center’s Got To Give
The Center’s Got To Give I was thinking about something along the lines of The Center Cannot Hold and Something’s Got To Give earlier, but then I thought there’s no way I haven’t used those titles before. And then it occurred to me that The Automatic Earth started 7 years ago this month. Just looked […]
Low inflation should not be feared, says George Osborne
Low inflation should not be feared, says George Osborne The sharp fall in the UK inflation rate should not be feared, Chancellor George Osborne will say in a speech later. “We should not confuse this welcome news with the threat of damaging deflation that we see in the eurozone,” he will say in a speech. […]
Cowen: Global Oil and Gas Exploration Spending to Slide 17%
Cowen: Global Oil and Gas Exploration Spending to Slide 17% HOUSTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The world’s oil and gas exploration companies are expected to cut capital expenditures 17 percent this year as a deep slump in crude oil prices takes a toll on budgets, according to a survey by Cowen and Company released on […]
3 In 5 Americans Don’t Have Savings To Cover Unexpected Bills
3 In 5 Americans Don’t Have Savings To Cover Unexpected Bills While various CNBC anchors may be willing to say that the US is “growing gangbusters” yet again confusing the liquidity-oozing equity markets with the economy, there are a couple hundred million Americans who would bet to differ (which incidentally may also explain why the […]
WEALTH CREATION AND THE NEW ENERGY ECONOMY
WEALTH CREATION AND THE NEW ENERGY ECONOMY Looking at the markets from a 30,000 foot level, some interesting shifts are occurring. And yet they are almost completely under the radar screen. While many in the oil and gas industry make comments that the renewable energy markets are not sufficiently mature for the world to transition, […]
2015: Now That the Fed Drove Everyone Into Ruinously Risky Bets….
2015: Now That the Fed Drove Everyone Into Ruinously Risky Bets…. It is impossible for everyone to sell at the top before the implosion; the assets are owned by someone all the way down. The central bank/state plan for 2015 is a continuation of the same plan that’s been in play since 2009: drive everyone […]
The battle with bullshit
The battle with bullshit No Future For You, edited by John Summers, Chris Lehmann and Thomas Frank. MIT Press, 2014. One of my pleasures over the holiday period has been readingThe Baffler‘s third book-length collection of articles, No Future For You. (I read the first one, Commodify Your Dissent in the early 2000s, but missed the second one.) For […]
Top Five Factors Affecting Oil Prices In 2015
Top Five Factors Affecting Oil Prices In 2015 As we ring in the New Year, let’s take stock of where we are at with the oil markets. 2014 proved to be a momentous one for the oil markets, having seen prices cut in half in just six months. The big question is what oil prices […]
The Meaning of Your Life is Other People – The Automatic Earth
The Meaning of Your Life is Other People – The Automatic Earth. In his 1944 play Huis Clos (loosely yet officially translated as No Exit, or Closed Door), French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre said: “L’enfer, c’est les autres.” Or: Hell is (the) other people. Which can be very true. And Sartre makes his point in a […]
