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Getting Out of Dodge
GETTING OUT OF DODGE Recently I received an email from a reader who asked for some feedback regarding a decision he was about to make. He’s in his early 50’s, single with an adult child and is considering resigning from his well paid and secure job in order to gain access to his substantial pension […]
What Are You Going To Do As Our Money Dies?
What Are You Going To Do As Our Money Dies? Central banks are killing our currency to protect the already-rich In our recent article It’s Time To Position For The Endgame, Chris Martenson explained how the US Federal Reserve and its sister central banks around the world have been engaged in the largest and most egregious […]
Central Planners At Work
Central Planners At Work Consumption without Production “Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer”, observed 19th century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. “He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who inter alia opined on consumers and the need to not only consume, but also […]
On Inflation (& How It’s Not What Happens Next)
On Inflation (& How It’s Not What Happens Next) Everyone is convinced the dollar is going to inflate because more dollars are entering the system. But are they really? That is the question that sparked a succinct Twitter thread by Travis K (@ColoradoTravis) explaining why inflation is not what happens next (emphasis ours): Let’s take a […]
Why Martians Are Wrong About Gold
Why Martians Are Wrong About Gold A martian — Warren Buffett once razzed — would marvel that earthlings dig gold from the ground… only to rebury it in vaults. That is, the business is idiotic… pointless… and wasteful. At first blush, our space man is justly puzzled. Why would humans shovel up hunks of metal […]
What You Will Find When You Follow the Money
What You Will Find When You Follow the Money It has been a rough go for California Governor Gavin Newsom. Late last week it was revealed that the state Department of Public Health had tickled the poodle on its COVID-19 record keeping. Somehow the bureaucrats in Sacramento undercounted new coronavirus cases by as many as […]
ECB v Fed
ECB v Fed QUESTION: Martin, You mentioned in a recent blog post that the ECB, unlike the FED, can go bankrupt. Can you explain further? Not sure where you get the time, energy and resources to research and write all that you do buy it is truly amazing. Regards, M ANSWER: The Federal Reserve does not need […]
The path to monetary collapse
The path to monetary collapse Few mainstream commentators understand the seriousness of the economic and monetary situation. from a V-shaped rapid return to normality towards a more prolonged recovery phase. The fact that a liquidity crisis developed in US money markets five months before the virus hit America has been forgotten. Only a rising gold […]
“Revolutions And Wars”: What According To Ray Dalio Comes After “Printing Money”
“Revolutions And Wars”: What According To Ray Dalio Comes After “Printing Money” Having seemingly conquered the world of finance, Ray Dalio and Howard Marks have been competing who can be a more productive writer in recent weeks, and just two weeks after writing a lengthy thesis on the rise and fall of fiat currencies (which had no […]
Permaculture and Money – Part 3
Permaculture and Money – Part 3 The Practice of Being Open In part 1(1) of this series, we explored the relationship between money, psychology and violence, while in part 2(2) we looked at some ways in which the stories we tell as a culture to do with money could be seen as encouraging destructive patterns of behaviour. Looby […]
Time to learn about money
Time to learn about money An unexpected destruction of fiat currency has been advanced by the monetary and fiscal response to the coronavirus. Financial markets have yet to discount the possibility of such an outcome, but in the coming months they are likely to awaken to this danger. The question arises as to what will […]
Permaculture and Money – Part 2
Permaculture and Money – Part 2 Living and Giving Abundance In part 1 of this article series we looked at the curious concept of money and how it can be seen to be contributing to the institutional violence of much of modern society. This part will look at some alternative ways of viewing and interacting with money, […]
The Recent History of GDP Growth, CO2 Emissions, and Climate Policy Paralysis, All in One Table-Runner
The Recent History of GDP Growth, CO2 Emissions, and Climate Policy Paralysis, All in One Table-Runner Note: I began designing this table-runner just before the COVID-19 pandemic blew up in the United States. In the time I have been embroidering it, rates of death and misery have soared while wealth generation and carbon emissions (the […]
