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2018: the tipping point
2018: the tipping point My year in review — looking back, looking ahead Published by INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a crowdfunded investigative journalism project for people and planet. Please support us to keep digging where others fear to tread. Over the last few years, the sense that world events are accelerating in a way that is increasingly difficult to keep up with […]
Forecast 2019: Ding Ding ! Margin Call USA
Forecast 2019: Ding Ding ! Margin Call USA Welcome to the American hall of mirrors… and mind the broken glass all over the floor. That’s Nature’s way of saying the country has run out room to punk itself. 2018 was the consolidation of bad faith in everything we do: politics, the news media, economics & […]
Why Oil Prices Rose And Crashed In 2018
Why Oil Prices Rose And Crashed In 2018 Last week the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil, the primary U.S. benchmark, fell to a 17-month low. The price, $45.88/bbl, marks a stunning fall from a price that closed at $76.40/bbl on October 3rd. So, what has caused this roller coaster ride, and where are prices […]
2018 in Review: Pension Problems, Hawkish Rate Hikes, and Piles of Debt
2018 in Review: Pension Problems, Hawkish Rate Hikes, and Piles of Debt A lot happened in 2018, and while it would be a challenge to cover them all, there are three big trends that appear to have defined this year economically. And, each of them had an impact on retirees, investors, and the overall U.S. […]
2018 Was a Year of Deadly Climate Disasters and an ‘Ear Splitting Wake-Up Call’
2018 Was a Year of Deadly Climate Disasters and an ‘Ear Splitting Wake-Up Call’ 2018 is set to rank as the fourth warmest year on record — and the fourth year in a row reflecting a full degree Celsius (1.8° Fahrenheit) temperature rise from the late 1800s, climate scientists say. This was the year that introduced […]
David Collum: Everything That Mattered In 2018
David Collum: Everything That Mattered In 2018 And what lies ahead for 2019 The only thing nearly as enlightening as reading David Collum’s epic Year In Review is listening to him and Chris Martenson riff about its highlights. Strap in, grab some eggnog, and listen to this year’s recap: Everyone thinks the markets are now […]
2018 Year in Review: Part 2
2018 Year in Review: Part 2 And then things got even weirder… If you’ve not yet read Part 1, click here to do so. The whole enchilada can be downloaded as a single PDF hereor viewed in parts via the hot-linked contents as follows: Contents Part 2 Human Achievement Nature Middle East Syria Nerve Gas […]
2018 Year in Review
2018 Year in Review The year everything changed Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year’s is no exception. As with past years, he has graciously selected PeakProsperity.com as the site where it will be published in full. It’s quite longer than our usual […]
11 Signs That The U.S. Economy Is Starting To Slow Down Dramatically
11 Signs That The U.S. Economy Is Starting To Slow Down Dramatically The pace at which things are changing is shocking the experts. Just a few months ago, many of the experts were still talking about how the U.S. economy was “booming”, but since then a major shift has taken place. Most of the headlines […]
Stock Market Crash! The Dow Has Now Plunged 2,368 Points From The Peak Of The Market
Stock Market Crash! The Dow Has Now Plunged 2,368 Points From The Peak Of The Market The level of panic that we witnessed on Wall Street on Wednesday was breathtaking. After a promising start to the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started plunging, and at the close it was down another 608 points. Since […]
The world in 2018 – Part Four
The world in 2018 – Part Four In the modern world, our perceptions of reality are largely shaped by economic and financial considerations, and our policy conversations are largely built around intellectual categories and evaluative criteria that pertain to the economics discipline. Yet a long-term view shows that ‘The world in 2018’ is in a significantly […]
The world in 2018 – Part Three
The world in 2018 – Part Three Mainstream economics seems to have learned little and changed nothing in the last decade, despite the fact that the financial crisis and its aftermath laid bare a number of important issues with its theories and models. Failure to address these issues is making the economics discipline increasingly incapable of […]
The World Embraces Debt At Exactly The Wrong Time
The World Embraces Debt At Exactly The Wrong Time Self-destruction usually happens in stages. At first there’s a binge in which the thrill outweighs the sense of transgression. This is usually followed by remorse, acknowledgement of risks, and an attempt to reform. But straight-and-narrow is exhausting, and because of this is frequently just temporary, eventually […]
