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The End is Near…Depopulation is Out of Control…So Buy Stocks (Seriously)
The End is Near…Depopulation is Out of Control…So Buy Stocks (Seriously) The world economy is premised on a ludicrous idea. That Asia, then India, and then Africa will continue to drive economic growth. So as not to turn this article into a book, lets consider this idea focusing on East Asia consisting of China, Japan, North and South Korea, Taiwan, and minor others. […]
China Rising: Global Opportunity or Global Threat?
China Rising: Global Opportunity or Global Threat? The recent tightly scripted 19th Chinese Communist Party National Congress has generally been viewed as evidence and celebration of the rise to great power of Chinese President Xi Jinping. President Xi is in ascendance. But what does that really mean for China and the rest of us. It’s far […]
Tim Jackson: The High Price Of Growth
Tim Jackson: The High Price Of Growth A finite planet cannot sustain infinite economic growth Modern society is addicted to and engineered for perpetual economic growth. Now, a fourth-grader can tell you that nothing can grow forever, especially if you have finite resources. But that simple realization is eluding today’s central planners, despite multiplying evidence […]
China’s economic boom is about to be cut short by peak oil, warns state-funded study
China’s economic boom is about to be cut short by peak oil, warns state-funded study A new scientific study led by the China University of Petroleum in Beijing, funded by the Chinese government, concludes that China is about to experience a peak in its total oil production as early as next year. Without finding an alternative […]
Investment as a Commitment. Tim Jackson at the Summer School of the Club of Rome in Florence
Investment as a Commitment. Tim Jackson at the Summer School of the Club of Rome in Florence Tim Jackson speaks at the 1st Summer School of the Club of Rome in Florence, Sep, 2017 (image courtesy Daniel Reinhardt) There have been several interesting talks at the Summer School on Sustainability in Florence, but the one […]
The Cardinal Sin Of Investing: Permanent Impairment Of Capital
Victor Moussa/Shutterstock The Cardinal Sin Of Investing: Permanent Impairment Of Capital How to avoid making it Last week we presented a parade of indicators published by Grant Williams and Lance Roberts that warned of an approaching market correction as well as a coming economic recession. The key message was: When smart analysts independently find the same […]
Can economic growth continue without fossil fuels? The IPCC thinks so — here’s why its decarbonisation models are broken
Can economic growth continue without fossil fuels? The IPCC thinks so — here’s why its decarbonisation models are broken (Source: VICE) Published by INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a crowdfunded investigative journalism project for people and planet. Support us to keep digging where others fear to tread. In this third contribution to our symposium, ‘Pathways to the Post-Carbon Economy’, biophysical economist Graham […]
Saving and Money–What is the Relationship?
SAVING AND MONEY – WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP? Conventional wisdom says that savings is the amount of money left after monetary income was used for consumer outlays, implying that saving is synonymous with money. Hence, for a given consumer outlays an increase in money income implies more saving and thus more funding for investment. This […]
Where There’s Smoke…
Where There’s Smoke… …There’s central bank manipulation Central banks around the world have colluded, if not conspired, to elevate and prop up financial asset prices. Here we’ll present the data and evidence that they’ve not only done so, but gone too far. When wee discuss elevated financial asset prices we really are talking about everything. […]
The Mystery Behind Economic Growth
THE MYSTERY BEHIND ECONOMIC GROWTH With sound money and free markets, the evolving production of businesses increases the purchasing power of money over time. We learn, out of the blue, that “the Eurozone is performing well, but with opinions divided on the causes, doubts linger over whether it is a sustainable recovery” (Daily Telegraph, 19 […]
The Economy Is Like a Circus
The Economy Is Like a Circus The economy is like a circus. It comes to town, and eventually it leaves town. We get paid in tickets to this circus. As long as the circus stays in town, we can use our tickets. Once the circus leaves town, we are pretty much out of luck.1 The reason […]
Contemplations for a Sunday (unless you can’t get around to it til Monday)
Contemplations for a Sunday (unless you can’t get around to it til Monday) Some simple themes today… Population growth, economic growth, and resultant energy consumption are inexorably slowing. The Federal Reserve knows it can not stop this and is simply slowing the inevitable with interest rate cuts to incent greater consumption via skyrocketing credit/debt (particularly government debt….debt that is undertaken with […]
Conference Board sees modest economic growth in 2017
Conference Board sees modest economic growth in 2017 Alberta expected to lead all provinces in economic growth this year Retail sales activity is expected to cool this year and next, the Conference Board of Canada says. (Chris Wattie/Reuters) The national economy should see a slight pick-up this year, the Conference Board of Canada said in […]
Opinion: Inside the global elite’s bag of financial tricks
Opinion: Inside the global elite’s bag of financial tricks Easy money masks global economy’s precarious health Shutterstock Too much of economic growth and the accompanying bull market in stocks is the result of financial engineering. Increasingly, companies seek to improve earnings or increase their share price by means that are not necessarily directly linked to their […]
