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The Coming Crisis of Cities: Reinvention or Bankruptcy

July 14, 2023

Those who got out early (i.e. now) will be glad they acted promptly and those caught in the decline will regret their faith in a high-cost system that was no longer affordable or sustainable.

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Without Inflation, the Status Quo Collapses; With Hot Inflation, It Also Collapses

July 11, 2023

Eventually policy-makers turn the dials to 11 and nothing happens.
Many others have explained why inflation is part-and-parcel of the status quo. In the simplest terms, where’s why inflation is essential:

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Will AI Deliver the Worst of Both Worlds?

July 10, 2023

So what happens if AI destroys both profits (due to it being “free” and a freely distributed commodity) and jobs?

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#AxisOfEasy 305: Online Rights Group Sends Open Letter To Condemning UK’s Online Safety Bill

July 7, 2023

Online Rights Group Sends Open Letter to Condemning UK’s Online Safety Bill
Musk’s Tweet Limits Attempt to Fight AI Censorship Tools
Federal Privacy Bill Sparks Controversy over Illinois’ BIPA Law… this and more in AofE #305

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All Dreams End: The Collapse of Keynesian Economics

July 7, 2023

Now that debt is rising faster than “growth,” and “growth” is dependent on speculative credit-asset bubbles, the collapse of the Keynesian dream looms large. Unbeknownst to economists, the Keynesian bedrock of modern economics–using financial repression and government spending funded by debt to manage the business cycle of growth and recession–is an artifact of a century of expansive cheap energy and virtuous demographics.

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Who Wins and Who Loses in a Deep Global Recession?

July 3, 2023

Globalization and financialization have fueled the global economy for 40 years. Now they’re in the decline phase of the S-Curve.

Does anyone benefit from a deep, prolonged global recession?

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Contributors

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Mark E. Jeftovic

Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture. 

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Jesse Hirsh

Futurist, researcher and public speaker, Jesse Hirsh has been active in technology and commenting on it across the media for 25 years. His premium newsletter service operates from Metaviews.ca.

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Charles Hugh Smith

Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.