Inflation Is Stealth Austerity
Rather than decry austerity, which demands an open political discussion of trade-offs, we should decry inflation's…
Author: Charles Hugh Smith
Intolerance and Authoritarianism Accelerate Disunity and Collapse
Scapegoating dissenters only hastens the disunity and disarray that accelerates the final collapse.Authoritarianism is imposed on us,…
In the Footsteps of Rome: Maybe It No Longer Matters Who’s Emperor
Pretense and PR are not reality, and believing the Old Normal will magically be restored with…
Plugging into "Small Everything": Wake Up and Smell the 3 Cs–Community, Cash, and Coin (Coffee optional)
Reversing from exploited division to creative and healthy solidarity will need to be the mantra and…
Fighting and Winning against "Big Everything"
So what can we do about all this when our politics, regulation and policies are all…
Extorting the "Little Guy": The Special "Screw You" of Junk Bond Bailouts
LENDING is now the sucker's game.Editor's note: This is a guest post by my friend and colleague…