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BOOM! Fossil Fuel Combustion and the Mother of All Economic Busts

July 30, 2019

BOOM! Fossil Fuel Combustion and the Mother of All Economic Busts Photograph Source: Eric Kounce TexasRaiser – Public Domain William Catton focussed on what follows a boom in the human population. He spelled out the scenario in his 1980 book, Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change. As one reviewer put it, “Catton believed that industrial civilization had […]

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Austrian Economics Is Essential to Understand Booms, Busts, and Money Itself

May 25, 2018

Austrian Economics Is Essential to Understand Booms, Busts, and Money Itself The boom-and-bust business cycle is a natural result of free-market capitalism, but rather of government intervention. Looking to the next few years, will America and the world continue to ride a wave of economic growth, improved living standards, and technological changes that raise the […]

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When boom is bust: the shale oil bonanza as a symptom of economic crisis

December 5, 2017

When boom is bust: the shale oil bonanza as a symptom of economic crisis The gradual climb in oil prices in recent weeks has revived hopes that US shale oil producers will return to profitability, while also renewing fevered dreams of the US becoming a fossil fuel superpower once again. Thus a few days ago […]

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Corruption and economic instability in the news

November 12, 2016

Corruption and economic instability in the news [ I can’t keep up with the flood of news about on fraud and economic instability, so below are a few of the stories I don’t have time to write up. But there are hundreds of stories every month, too many to list or keep up with.  See […]

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The Fed’s Phony Boom Is Becoming a Real Bust …

January 19, 2016

The Fed’s Phony Boom Is Becoming a Real Bust …  No More Juice Friday’s 391-point drop in the Dow – a nearly 2.5% fall – ended the worst 10-day start to a year in U.S. market history. The average stock in the S&P 1500 – which includes about 90% of all stocks in listed in the […]

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This Time Isn’t Different

January 4, 2016

THIS TIME ISN’T DIFFERENT Last year ended with a whimper on Wall Street. The S&P 500 was down 1% for the year, down 4% from its all-time high in May, and no higher than it was 13 months ago at the end of QE3. The Wall Street shysters and their mainstream media mouthpieces declare 2016 […]

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How the easy money boom ends

November 7, 2015

How the easy money boom ends Through the door there came familiar laughter I saw your face and heard you call my name Oh, my friend we’re older but no wiser For in our hearts the dreams are still the same Those were the days – “Those Were the Days” by Gene Raskin POITOU, France […]

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Real Wealth and Phantom Wealth – Secular Boom and Bust

August 28, 2015

Real Wealth and Phantom Wealth – Secular Boom and Bust The Things that Produce Real Wealth vs. Phantom Wealth Our friend Michael Pollaro, the keeper of long-term data on the true money supply and author at Forbes as well as occasionally a guest author on this site, recently sent us the following chart of a […]

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Bubbles Don’t Correct, They BURST!

August 26, 2015

Bubbles Don’t Correct, They BURST! I’m practically drowning in interviews. I had half a dozen yesterday and even more today. But it’s time to put the word out that the second greatest bull march in history is finally coming to an end. It’s done. Wall Street thinks this is a correction – a 10% drop, […]

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