How to Navigate Our Low-Trust, Increasingly Dysfunctional Society and Economy
Politicians and corporate managers have an enviable record of self-enrichment but very little to show in…
Author: Charles Hugh Smith
Self-Reliance, Taoism and the Warring States
Because the best protection isn't a 30-room bunker; it's having 30 people who care about you.
The Chinese Connection: Here’s Why Inflation Won’t Fall to 2% and Stay There Indefinitely
Where is the global deflator expansive enough to replace China's one-off deflation of global inflationary forces?…
What’s the Source of the Astounding 50% Boost in Corporate Profits?
No wonder Corporate America added $1.2 trillion in profits to be distributed to the elites of…
What the Fed Accomplished: Distorted the Economy, Enriched the Rich and Crushed the Middle Class
The mainstream holds the Fed is busy planning a return to the glory days of zero…
2023: The Fed Declares Victory; 2024: The Year of Hubris and Nemesis
Are the crowds ready for the curtain of Fed omnipotence to be pulled aside? What will…