Why the Minimum Wage Should Be $18/Hour
What does it say about our "prosperity" if we can't even afford to equal the purchasing…
Author: Charles Hugh Smith
Increasingly Chaotic Volatility Ahead–The New Normal Few Think Possible
That the era of stability has ended and a new era of increasingly chaotic volatility has…
Do We Really Want to Return to "Normal" If "Normal" Is Destroying the Planet?
Change the incentives, and the outcomes change. Ecologist Howard Odum provided a profound insight into human…
Systemic Risks Abound
If you wanted to design a system guaranteed to collapse in a putrid heap, you'd make…
Fed to Treasury Dealers and Congress: We Can’t Count On You, We’re Taking Charge
The Fed sees itself as trapped by the incompetence and greed of the other players and…
FOMO Is Loco
We can also posit a general rule that those who inherit wealth and succumb to FOMO…