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The Bulletin: June 12-18, 2025
The Bulletin: June 12-18, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Australia – carbon bomber of the Indo-Pacific The Gas Industry Is Redefining Methane as “Clean Energy” The role of aerosol declines in recent warming By Disaster Or Design The Renewables Farce US […]
The Bulletin: February 20-26, 2025
The Bulletin: February 20-26, 2025 US Flies Bomber Group Over Middle East In Warning To Enemies | ZeroHedge Bizarre Symptoms of Societal Collapse Peak Oil. Food. Fascism. Collapse. Guest post: How the global ‘water gap’ will grow under climate change – Carbon Brief Bird study finds much larger volumes of toxic PFAS chemicals than previously […]
July 1, 2024 Readings
Common Household Cleaning Product Found To Release Trillions of Microplastic Fibers Widespread floods in Bangladesh leave over 2 million people stranded – The Watchers Neo-Nazi Junta’s F-16s Flying From NATO Countries – Great Way to Start WW3 – Global Research Amazon Sparks Outrage with “Do Not Promote” Book Ban List Following Biden Admin Pressure Russia […]
Prepare for the Repricing of Risk Globally
Prepare for the Repricing of Risk Globally There are no more “saves” available for the next market meltdown. The past 24 years can be viewed as an era in which risk declined due to the dynamics of globalization and financialization. The ascent of China as “workshop of the world” generated a deflationary wave of lower […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIV–Reducing Population: Degrowth or Enrich Everyone?
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIV Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Reducing Population: Degrowth or Enrich Everyone? Part of an ongoing conversation with another regarding globalisation and whether it is a beneficial or detrimental endeavour of humanity. You can find the entire back and forth here. The notion that to address our overshoot dilemma by bringing […]
It’s a New Era
It’s a New Era This dynamic–making problems much worse by forcing more of whatever worked in the previous era into a saturated, increasing unstable new era–receives little attention or understanding. Eras may last decades, and only those who’ve lived long enough to recall previous eras have experienced the transition from one era to the next. The […]
The Netherlands may be the first country to hit the limits of growth
The Netherlands may be the first country to hit the limits of growth The country has 507 people per sq km, nearly five times the EU average, while liveable land is shrinking due to climate change © Harry Haysom The other morning I cycled around the Dutch town where I grew up. Behind our old […]
The EU’s Crisis Is Global: Neocolonialism, Hyper-Financialization and Hyper-Globalization Come Home to Roost
The EU’s Crisis Is Global: Neocolonialism, Hyper-Financialization and Hyper-Globalization Come Home to Roost The EU’s crisis isn’t limited to energy. It is a manifestation of the global breakdown of Neocolonialism, Financialization and Globalization. The European Union (EU) was seen as the culmination of a centuries-long process of integration that would finally put an end to the […]
This is how civilisations collapse
This is how civilisations collapse Last week, in an attempt to explain away the supply chain woes that are increasingly leading to goods shortages in America, President Biden cited a popular neoliberal fable. He observed that to make a pencil, wood and graphite must be sourced from the other ends of the world before the finished product can […]
Why Shortages Are Permanent: Global Supply Shortages Make Fantastic Financial Sense
Why Shortages Are Permanent: Global Supply Shortages Make Fantastic Financial Sense The era of abundance was only a short-lived artifact of the initial boost phase of globalization and financialization. Global corporations didn’t go to all the effort to establish quasi-monopolies and cartels for our convenience–they did it to ensure reliably large profits from control and […]
The End of Western Globalia?
The End of Western Globalia? Since the 1970’s, international trade has continuously been promoted by leaders of developed countries and economic agents. Several theoretical frameworks have been put forward to explain the benefits of a free trade environment, from Adam Smith’s concept of absolute advantages to more recent firm-based theories. However, the reality is much […]
Where’s Dirk Gently When You Need Him?
Where’s Dirk Gently When You Need Him? Did you hear? A supersized cargo ship got wedged in the Suez Canal on March 23rd? If you didn’t, you must do pretty well at avoiding the news, social media, and late night TV. But the short of it is: the Ever Given somehow lost control (sandstorm strength winds have […]
Suez Highlights the Fragility of Globalization
Suez Highlights the Fragility of Globalization Photo: Suez Canal Authority. The global supply chain is an elaborately choreographed ballet, nowhere more than in the flow of containers through which 60% of the world’s seaborne trade travels. Calibrating a stream of over 800 million boxes each year entails sophisticated tracking that makes sure containers reach their destination. The system reaches […]
Toward an age of low tech for a more resilient and sustainable society
Toward an age of low tech for a more resilient and sustainable society The various restrictions that have been imposed to tackle the COVID-19 crisis have led many of us to reflect on what might be our response to other pressing issues that we face, especially inequalities in our societies and the major ecological issues […]
Globalization and Our Precarious Medical Supply Chains
Globalization and Our Precarious Medical Supply Chains The grave risks and dangers in the process of worldwide out-sourcing and so-called globalization of the past 30 years or so are becoming starkly clear as the ongoing health emergency across China threatens vital world supply chains from China to the rest of the world. While much attention […]
