{"id":24147,"date":"2017-06-18T19:29:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T00:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24147"},"modified":"2017-06-18T19:29:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T00:29:48","slug":"monetary-madness-and-rabbit-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24147","title":{"rendered":"Monetary Madness and Rabbit Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"art-postmetadataheader\">\n<h3 class=\"art-postheader\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to Monetary Madness and Rabbit Consumption\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/?p=49621\" rel=\"bookmark\">Monetary Madness and Rabbit Consumption <\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"art-postcontent\">\n<h3><strong>Down the Rabbit Hole<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe hurrier I go, the behinder I get,\u201d is oft attributed to the White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll\u2019s, Alice in Wonderland. \u00a0Where this axiom appears within the text of the story is a mystery.\u00a0 But we suspect the White Rabbit must utter it about the time Alice follows him down the rabbit hole.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49628\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/blog\/media\/2017\/06\/Rabbits-galore-1024x679.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/blog\/media\/2017\/06\/Rabbits-galore-1024x679.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/blog\/media\/2017\/06\/Rabbits-galore-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/blog\/media\/2017\/06\/Rabbits-galore-768x509.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" \/>Pick a rabbit to follow\u2026<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, today\u2019s wage earner knows what it means to work harder, faster, and better, while slip sliding behind.\u00a0 However, for many wage earners the reasons why may be somewhat mysterious.\u00a0 At first glance, they may look around and quickly scapegoat foreigners\u00a0\u00a0 for their economic woes.<\/p>\n<p>Yet like Wonderland, things are often not as they first appear.\u00a0 When it comes to today\u2019s financial markets, there is hardly a connection to the real economy at all.\u00a0 Stock markets are just off record highs, yet\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/12\/pf\/americans-lack-of-savings\/index.html\">6 in 10 Americans<\/a>\u00a0don\u2019t have $500 to cover an unexpected bill.<\/p>\n<p>A curious fellow may look around and find more questions than answers.\u00a0Where is the money coming from?\u00a0 Where is it going?<\/p>\n<p>Before he knows it, he\u2019s gone down the rabbit hole where he observes the darnedest things.\u00a0 He may even discover that the Federal Reserve, with its fiat money, has created and perpetuated insane and incomprehensible levels of debt.\u00a0And that this, in turn, has blown the economy up into a massive financial bubble.<\/p>\n<p>Before he knows it, he\u2019s gone down the rabbit hole where he observes the darnedest things.\u00a0 He may even discover that the Federal Reserve, with its fiat money, has created and perpetuated insane and incomprehensible levels of debt.\u00a0And that this, in turn, has blown the economy up into a massive financial bubble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monetary Madness and Rabbit Consumption Down the Rabbit Hole \u201cThe hurrier I go, the behinder I get,\u201d is oft attributed to the White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll\u2019s, Alice in Wonderland. \u00a0Where this axiom appears within the text of the story is a mystery.\u00a0 But we suspect the White Rabbit must utter it about the time 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