Our Crisis of Competence
If this is what passes for competence while we cheerlead "the Roaring 20s", then our delusion…
Author: Charles Hugh Smith
Having Too Much Money Leads to Catastrophe
The best thing that could happen to America would be the destruction of its credit card…
Bubble Symmetry: Could the NASDAQ Drop 60% and Round-Trip to 2,500?
The prospect of a 60% or 80% decline in the NASDAQ index is only horrifying if…
The $150,000 Housekeeper: Wage Inflation Kicks Into Second Gear
If we add up all these tidal forces, the conclusion is self-evident: labor "inflation" has just…
Is Hyper-Inflation that Destroys a Currency a "Solution"?
When predicting the future, we're best served by following "what benefits the wealthy and powerful," as…
Is Anyone Else’s Life as Stupidly Complicated by Digital "Shadow Work" as Mine Is?
We seem to have entered a world of anti-leisure and anti-productivity in which the unpaid "shadow…