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Professional Managers Are Driving Us Off the Cliff
Professional Managers Are Driving Us Off the Cliff “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” ― Antonio Gramsci We live through transitional times. Transition from an era of growth to economic contraction. From a stable climate to something utterly different and chaotic. From […]
#220. The human factor
#220. The human factor CONTINUITY, CONTRACTION OR COLLAPSE Over an extended period, but with growing intensity in recent times, there has been a discussion, here and elsewhere, about whether we can prevent economic contraction from turning into collapse. This is part of a broader debate in which every point of view seems to begin with the letter C. The […]
Rate of Contraction Exceeds the Global Financial Crisis
Rate of Contraction Exceeds the Global Financial Crisis The US is suffering the fastest deterioration in operating conditions for over 11 years. Markit reports Output Contracts at Fastest Pace in Survey History amid COVID19 pandemic . Key Findings Flash U.S. Composite Output Index at 27.4 (40.9 in March). New series low. Flash U.S. Services Business Activity Index at […]
The Real New Deal
The Real New Deal While we’re on the issue of the Green New Deal, here’s an article by Dr. D. with an intro by Dr. D., one he sent me in the mail that contained the actual article, and that I think shouldn’t go to waste. I hope he agrees. Waste being the key term […]
Too Good For Too Long
Shutterstock Too Good For Too Long Over-extended systems contract quickly & violently I’m writing this from my home in Sonoma County at the end of an intense week of witnessing firsthand the devastation caused by the many current fires burning in northern California. While it’s hard to focus on anything other than the moment-to-moment developments […]
The IMF and All The Other Losers
The IMF and All The Other Losers Andre Kertesz Bumper cars at amusement park in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris 1930I read a lot, been doing it for years, about finance and affiliated topics (a wide horizon of them), which means I’ve inevitably seen a wholesale lot of nonsense fly by. But for some reason, and I think I […]
The Boundaries and Future of Solution Space – Part 2
The Boundaries and Future of Solution Space – Part 2 The Psychological Driver of Deflation and the Collapse of the Trust Horizon The collective mood shifts rapidly from optimism and greed to pessimism and fear as the bubble bursts, and as it does so, the financial system moves from expansion to contraction. Financial contraction involves the breaking […]
Collapse Part 3: No Institutional Path to Contraction
Collapse Part 3: No Institutional Path to Contraction Collapse is not an event, it is a process. One poorly understood source of collapse is the lack of pathways to contraction and a reduction of complexity/cost. The only pathway that is clearly marked is the one to expansion–of production, debt, credit, government, income, benefits, costs and complexity: […]
