Economic Decay Leads To Social And Political Decay
If we want to make real progress, we have to properly diagnose the structural sources of the rot that is spreading…
Continue readingOf Two Minds
Let Me Know When It’s Over
Maybe it’s my cheap seat or my general exhaustion, but the whole staged spectacle is beyond tiresome; I’ve had my fill…
Continue readingAmerica In 2019: Even The Wealthy Are Poorer In Everything That Matters
These are people at the apex of the American economy and society, and did everything right…
Continue readingWill The Clintons Destroy The Democratic Party?
History is full of ironies, and perhaps it will suit the irony gods for Trump to take down the Republican Party…
Continue readingCould Pricey Urban Meccas Become Crime-Ridden Ghost Towns?
As the exodus gathers momentum, all the reasons people clung so rabidly to urban meccas decay…
Continue readingWhen Karma Crushes Dogma The Stock Market Crashes
When dogmas lose their grip on believers, they collapse in spectacular fashion…
Continue readingPets Are Now As Unaffordable As College, Housing And Healthcare
Like so many other things that were once affordable, owning pets is increasingly pricey…
Continue readingAutomation And The Crisis Of Work
When it comes to the impact of automation on jobs, there are two schools of thought, but what if neither one is realistic?
Continue readingMarkets That Live By The Fed, Die By The Fed
The “everything bubble” is not permanent…
Continue readingThe Inevitable Bursting Of Our Bubble Economy
All of America’s bubbles will pop, and sooner rather than later…
Continue readingThe Fantasy Of The Fed & Central Bank “Growth” Is Finally Imploding
Having destroyed discipline, central banks have no way out of the corner they’ve painted us into…
Continue readingOur Wile E. Coyote Federal Reserve
Whatever the Fed chooses to do, it’s already failed…
Continue readingA Wobbling Stock Market
A third period of heightened volatility shouldn’t surprise us…
Continue readingThe Road To Financial & Social Hell Is Paved With Virtue-Signaling
The idea that everything will be solved if we borrow a couple more trillion and give it away is the dominant paradigm…
Continue readingThe Internal War In The Deep State Claims Its High Profile Casualty: Jeffrey Epstein
The “traditionalist” Neocons are going to have to decide to fish or cut bait…
Continue readingThe Gulag Of The Mind: No Walls Needed, We Imprison Ourselves
Befuddled and blind, we wander toward the cliff without even seeing it, focusing on our little screens…
Continue readingThe American Lifestyle And Economy: Nothing Is Guaranteed
There are no guarantees, no matter how monumental the hubris and confidence…
Continue readingMain Street Small Business On The Precipice Of Closing
Businesses on the precipice need only one small shove to go over the edge, and there won’t be replacements filling the fast-multiplying empty storefronts…
Continue readingWhy Is What Was Once Affordable to Many Now Only Affordable To The Wealthy?
With these skills accessible only to the wealthy, no wonder only the wealthy have gained purchasing power…
Continue readingThe News Isn’t The Only Thing That Is Fake…Everything Is Fake!
That we fall for the fakes and cons is understandable, given that’s all we have left in the public sphere…
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