Digging Into Wealth And Income Inequality As US Household Assets Top $100 Trillion
Household assets recently topped $100 trillion, but digging into the data we see that very few Americans have benefited. Here are the details…
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How Things Fall Apart: The Extremes Aren’t Stable
A funny thing happens on the way to keeping the financial system from collapsing – the financial system becomes even more unstable. Here’s how…
Continue readingThe Fed Has Created Stagnant Wages In An Age Of Plenty
For most people wages have been stagnant since the 1970s. There are very clear reasons why that is the case. Here are the details…
Continue readingThe True Impact Of ‘Unconventional Monetary Policy”
All of this unconventional monetary policy since 2009 has made an impact, but not for the average Joe or Main Street. Here’s where the impact went…
Continue readingTo Understand America’s Economy Start By Understanding The Neo-Feudal Extortion Within It
The economy is a form of neo-feudalism, full of the extortion of the people by government, and the result is the people are worse off. Here’s how it works…
Continue readingNothing Lasts Forever: Tell-Tale Signs The Empire Is In Decline
Nothing is as permanent as we imagine, and here are several signs that demonstrate we’re nearing the end of empire…
Continue reading21st Century Misery Index: Labor’s Share Of The Economy And Real-World Inflation
The “Misery Index” signals things have never been better, but that’s because the data isn’t accurate. It’s time for a new index, like the one proposed here…
Continue readingHere’s What We’ve Lost In The Past Decade
The confidence and hubris of those directing the rest of us to race off the cliff while they watch from a safe distance is off the charts…
Continue readingHow Do Systems And Nations Fail? Look To US Education & Healthcare For Insight
When systems intended to benefit all only benefit a few, they fail, and that’s exactly the point where education and healthcare find themselves…
Continue readingWelcome To The 3rd World America: Where The Bottom 50% Boosts The Economy On Pure Debt
The economy looks good on the surface, but underneath, we see it’s really the bottom half fueling the economy by drowning in debt. Here’s the details…
Continue readingThese Two Sentences Say Inflation Is Back
These two sentences on wage growth show that inflation is back, but there’s a catch. Here’s the details…
Continue readingThese Nine Characteristics Tell The Cold Hard Truth: The U.S.A. Is Now A 3rd World Nation
Maybe a reason they no longer classify nations as “3rd World” is not because it’s offensive, but because that’s exactly what America has become?
Continue readingThe Gathering Socio-Economic Storm Can’t Be Avoided With Bribes & Propaganda
Rather than admit the failure of our socio-economic system, the status quo is seeking even more power. Here’s how…
Continue readingGuess What Happens When Money Is Made Cheap And Labor Is Made Expensive?
There’s a dark side to our financial system, and its benefiting the few at the expense of the many. Here’s the details…
Continue readingCollege Bound High School Grads: Status Quo ‘Borrow To Get A Degree’ Enriches The Few At Your Expense
“status quo marketers don’t dare acknowledge: every one of these conventional “solutions” only makes the problem worse.” Here’s the details…
Continue readingHere We Go Again: Our Triple Bubble Economy
“Well, folks, here we go again: we have a double-bubble economy in housing and stocks, and a third…”
Continue readingThese Toxic Dynamics Show Us Exactly What’s Wrong With The Economy
“we all sense something is deeply, systemically wrong with the U.S. economy” Here’s nine mutually reinforcing dynamics to explain what’s wrong…
Continue readingThe U.S. Economy In Two Words: Asymmetric Gains
“The Status Quo is in trouble if the bottom 95% wake up to the asymmetric gains that are the only possible output of our hyper-financialized economy.”
Continue readingCEO Pay & Compensation: The Next Populist Political Issue
“can be traced back to Nixon closing the gold window in 1971…Like all the other pathologies related to fiat currency, this…”
Continue readingSan Francisco Is Such A Dirty Dump The Tourism Industry Is Begging The City To Do Something
“D’Alessandro’s job is to essentially promote San Francisco for the purpose of bringing in tourists, so the fact that he is openly speaking about…”
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