Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, Americans have limitless faith in democracy. In the early 19th century, that charmed Alexis de Tocqueville. His book Democracy in America still rings true today because not much has changed. The entire country can be in ruins and even then, now people figure that it will all…
by Michael I hope that you are enjoying these beautiful summer weekends while you still can, because it appears that very troubled times are dead ahead. Simultaneously, inflation continues to spiral out of control even as economic activity in the US dramatically slows down. Many have compared what we are currently experiencing to the “stagflation”…
by Stucky Mr. Putin discusses Russia’s role regarding high prices / shortages of food, fuel, fertilizers, and the completely fabricated bullshit story that he is blocking wheat from being shipped out of country 404. Once again, he is not relying on notes, crib sheets, or the teleprompter. According to the Bible (as some interpret it)…
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Via International Man by Nick Giambruno Thanks to rampant inflation, socialism could soon become irreversibly entrenched in the US — just as it is in Argentina, Venezuela, and other countries. Rapidly rising food, housing, medical, and tuition prices are squeezing Americans — many of whom do not understand the true cause of…
From Brandon Smith One of the most detrimental aspects of an inflationary or stagflationary crisis is that, in most cases, housing costs tend to rise while home sales fall. It might seem counterintuitive; one would assume that as sales fall so should prices, but this is the upside-down world of inflation. Certain commodities and products,…
From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group We’ve suggested many times that an economic “storm could be brewing” so that you could start or continue preparing for it. Well, if Jamie Dimon (CEO of JP Morgan) is correct, it looks like we might have underestimated how bad things could get. According to a recent report…
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by Michael Monkeypox continues to spread to more areas around the globe, but so far there is not the same sort of widespread alarm that we witnessed during the early stages of the COVID pandemic. One of the big reasons for this is because global health authorities have been assuring us that there isn’t much…
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by Michael We have faced a lot of significant challenges in modern American history, but nobody will ever forget the economic horror that is breaking loose during Joe Biden’s time in the White House. For years, we were warned that the policies that our leaders were pursuing would destroy the value of our currency and…
By Michael Lebowitz On Sunday, March 16, 2008, Bear Stearns was bought by JPM, with support and financial guarantees from the Fed, for $ 2 a share. It was quite the fall from $ 170 a year earlier. Wall Street was in the early rounds of a bout with unprecedented financial instability, and the economy…
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by Charles Hugh-Smith When nobody cares that systems have broken down and there is no will or interest in fixing essential systems, there is no happy ending. Who fixes systems when they break down? The answer appears to be: nobody. Here are three everyday examples from my own life, breakdowns which may be random and…
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