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The Bulletin: June 19-25, 2025
The Bulletin: June 19-25, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950 A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally. – The New York Times IEA Doubles Down On Peak Oil […]
The Bulletin: December 5-11, 2024
The Bulletin: December 5-11, 2024 The Argument for Assisted Collapse – George Tsakraklides Total Grid Collapse Strikes Cuba (Again) | ZeroHedge Yes, Climate Change Is Probably Going To Kill You Reductionism Doesn’t Work Holistically It was always about the oil #294: The perils of extremes | Surplus Energy Economics Lavrov Warns Europe The New Cold […]
Dollar Doom Is a Slow Burn!
Dollar Doom Is a Slow Burn! It will be a LONG time coming. Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash One article highlighted below brings out a point that I made two years ago when everyone in the alternative press was writing (as many still are) about how the BRICS nations were determined to replace the US dollar as […]
Sense and Nonsense on Petrodollars
Sense and Nonsense on Petrodollars Folded dollar bill (featuring George Washington) against a map of Saudi Arabia. Last week several reports suggested the termination of a US-Saudi petrodollar agreement, and speculated a Saudi Arabian move to sell oil on world markets in various currencies, including the Chinese yuan. The accounts were rife with inaccuracies: the […]
Dollar’s Reign May Not Last Much Longer (If History Is Any Guide)
Dollar’s Reign May Not Last Much Longer (If History Is Any Guide) Chart of the Week #6 Today’s chart ties into the de-dollarization trend we’ve been talking about a lot lately in these pages. When most people around the world think about money, they’re probably thinking of the U.S. Dollar. That’s because the greenback is the world’s […]
The End Of The Petrodollar
The End Of The Petrodollar The Saudis, New Chapter in Energy Economics, De-dollarization, and the American-Made Pressure Cooker “Oil is too important a commodity to be left in the hands of the Arabs.” ~ Henry Kissinger Just last Sunday, one of the most significant economic deals of the century came to an end. The long-standing […]
Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather than Fearing Change
Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather than Fearing Change There is much legitimate (as well as dramatic) talk about the failing US, its debased currency and its identity-fractured/inflation-taxed middle-class which has been increasingly described more aptly as the working poor. The End, or Just Change? But is America coming to an end? Will the USD lose its world […]
Why the dollar will lose its status as the global reserve currency
Why the dollar will lose its status as the global reserve currency By the early 400s, the Roman Empire was coming apart at the seams and in desperate need of strong, competent leadership. In theory, Honorius should have been the right man for the job. Born into the royal household in Constantinople, Honorius had been […]
Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near
Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near World reserve status allows for amazing latitude in terms of monetary policy. The Federal Reserve understands that there is constant demand for dollars overseas as a means to more easily import and export goods. The dollar’s petro-status also makes […]
How De-Dollarization is Likely to Play Out
How De-Dollarization is Likely to Play Out Much has been written in recent years about “De-dollarization” — the shift from the use of the US dollar as the “international reserve currency” in favour of more diverse bi-lateral and multi-lateral currency agreements and transactions. The current system has a long and complicated history, but its most […]
What Are the BRICS Planning With the August 22nd Durban Accords?
What Are the BRICS Planning With the August 22nd Durban Accords? Photo by Khashayar Kouchpeydeh In my first explainer about the BRICS nations, you met the players and you know why their decisions affect the global economy. But why do their decisions affect us? You need to understand that first – before the August 22nd Durban Accords […]
America’s empire is bankrupt
America’s empire is bankrupt The dollar is finally being dethroned Let’s start with the basics. Roughly 5% of the human race currently live in the United States of America. That very small fraction of humanity, until quite recently, enjoyed about a third of the world’s energy resources and manufactured products and about a quarter of […]
Time to trash Triffin
Time to trash Triffin The dollar-based credit bubble is imploding, and emerging economies are seeking protection by accepting trade settlement in other currencies. The US policy of threatening regime change, currency destabilisation, or other means of ensuring nations remain in its sphere of influence are now failing. Mainstream economists in the West insist the dollar […]
“The Last War We Can Afford To Fight”: Tucker Carlson Sounds Alarm Over De-Dollarization, Slams Biden Admin For Pissing Off World
“The Last War We Can Afford To Fight”: Tucker Carlson Sounds Alarm Over De-Dollarization, Slams Biden Admin For Pissing Off World As we’ve noted several times of late, a growing number of countries are threatening the US dollar’s status as the global reserve currency by conducting global trade without it – you know, the thing Saddam and Gaddafi threatened to do […]
