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Young people are growing ever more depressed. Is modern life to blame?
Young people are growing ever more depressed. Is modern life to blame? Our mental health has suffered over the past 80 years. The causes are complex, but it’s exhausting to live in a society where asking for help equals failure ‘If modern life is unkind to our mental health, it’s no doubt in part […]
Why Negative Rates Can’t Stop the Coming Depression
Why Negative Rates Can’t Stop the Coming Depression A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. – Anonymous. In our upcoming issue of The Bill Bonner Letter, we explore the strange territory of “NIRP” – negative-interest-rate policy. About $7 trillion of sovereign bonds now yield less than nothing. Lenders give their money […]
Are You Kidding Me? Chinese Exports Plunge 25.4 Percent Compared To Last Year
Are You Kidding Me? Chinese Exports Plunge 25.4 Percent Compared To Last Year We just got more evidence that global trade is absolutely imploding. Chinese exports dropped 25.4 percent during the month of February compared to a year ago, and Chinese imports fell 13.8 percent compared to a year ago. For Chinese exports, that was the worst decline that […]
The Economic Collapse Of South America Is Well Underway
The Economic Collapse Of South America Is Well Underway The 7th largest economy on the entire planet is completely imploding. I have written previously about the economic depression that is plaguing Brazil, but since my last article it has gotten much, much worse. During 2015, Brazil’s economy shrank by 3.8 percent, but for the most recent […]
The Economic Collapse Of South America Is Well Underway
The Economic Collapse Of South America Is Well Underway The 7th largest economy on the entire planet is completely imploding. I have written previously about the economic depression that is plaguing Brazil, but since my last article it has gotten much, much worse. During 2015, Brazil’s economy shrank by 3.8 percent, but for the most recent […]
The Recession Isn’t a Few Months Away… It’s Already Started
The Recession Isn’t a Few Months Away… It’s Already Started So the S&P 500 is out of correction for now and the coast is clear. NOT! This is exactly what we’ve been predicting would happen – after reaching new lows, stocks would have to bounce before they inevitably resume their longer-term trend, which is down. But […]
Deranged Central Bankers Blowing Up the World
DERANGED CENTRAL BANKERS BLOWING UP THE WORLD It is now self-evident to any sentient being (excludes CNBC shills, Wall Street shyster economists, and Keynesian loving politicians) the mountainous level of unpayable global debt is about to crash down like an avalanche upon hundreds of millions of willfully ignorant citizens who trusted their politician leaders and […]
Mandatory Depression Screening is A Depressing Thought
Mandatory Depression Screening is A Depressing Thought The United States Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended mandatory depression screening for all Americans. The task force wants to force health insurance companies to pay for the screening. Basic economics, as well as the Obamacare disaster, should have shown this task force that government health insurance mandates […]
The Chart of Doom: When Private Credit Stops Expanding…
The Chart of Doom: When Private Credit Stops Expanding… Once private credit rolls over in China and the U.S., the global recession will start its rapid slide down the Seneca Cliff. Few question the importance of private credit in the global economy. When households and businesses are borrowing to expand production and buy homes, vehicles, etc., […]
Mises.org: Brazil’s Easy-Money Problem
MISES.ORG: BRAZIL’S EASY-MONEY PROBLEM Brazil is undergoing what is considered its worst economic crisis in seventy years, and there is usually no agreement when it comes to the causes of this situation. President Rousseff and the Labor Party say that it was the corollary of the “International Crisis,” a ghost of the 2008 depression created in […]
Davos, Dalio, and a Depression?!
Davos, Dalio, and a Depression?! So, how does a deflationary depression resolve itself? When Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, referred to a possible economic depression as he was being interviewed at the World Economic Forum at Davos, it does not mean what most people think it means. Most of […]
Guess What Happened The Last Time The Price Of Oil Plunged Below 38 Dollars A Barrel?
Guess What Happened The Last Time The Price Of Oil Plunged Below 38 Dollars A Barrel? On Monday, the price of U.S. oil dropped below 38 dollars a barrel for the first time in six years. The last time the price of oil was this low, the global financial system was melting down and the […]
“Pretty Soon We Have to Start Labeling this a Depression”: Goldman Sachs on Brazil
“Pretty Soon We Have to Start Labeling this a Depression”: Goldman Sachs on Brazil It Just Keeps Getting Worse and Worse Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, now the 8th largest in the world, down from 6th place during the glorious BRICs days of 2011, is sinking deeper and deeper into trouble. An epic […]
The Worse Things Get For You, The Better They Get For Wall Street
The Worse Things Get For You, The Better They Get For Wall Street On October 2 the BLS reported absolutely atrocious employment data, with virtually no job growth other than the phantom jobs added by the fantastically wrong Birth/Death adjustment for all those new businesses springing up around the country. The MSM couldn’t even spin […]
