High Interest Rates Are Healthy, Low Rates Are Poison
The status quo has it backwards: low rates are now essential to prop up the wreckage…
Author: Charles Hugh Smith
The System’s Self-Destruct Sequence Cannot Be Turned Off
The artificial hill of pottery shards is puny and localized; the consequences of our system will…
"Too Big to Care" and the Illusion of Choice
In a functional economy with real competition and transparency, every one of these cartel-corporations would be…
What If Solutions That Worked in the Past No Longer Fix What’s Broken?
You see the irony here: the more successful the old solutions were, the greater our compulsion…
A Christmas Gift from Marcus Aurelius
"Whenever you want to cheer yourself up, consider the good qualities of your companions."
The Core Skill Going Forward: Frugality
Speaking of lean years, it took the NASDAQ stock market index almost 17 years to recover…