Author: Charles Hugh Smith

Once the government's ability to sustain its enforcement with money created out of thin air vanishes,…

Readers ask for specific recommendations for successfully navigating the post-credit/speculative-bubble era and I try to do…

Longtime correspondent Paul B. suggested I re-publish three essays that have renewed relevance. This is the…

If someone were to ask for a less risky survival strategy, I would suggest moving into…

This is how it happens that boats that were once worth tens of thousands of dollars…

By bailing out the sources of systemic fragility with trillions of dollars, the Fed has shifted…