Lowering Risk as We Enter Forced Frugality
If things unravel, these risk-reduction strategies quickly shift from "nice to have" to "essential." But by…
Author: Charles Hugh Smith
Our Mutually Reinforcing Crises: Not All Polycrises Are Equal
That's the difficulty with nonlinear, mutually reinforcing crises: our over-confidence, hubris and refusal to consider sacrifices…
We Need a Change: Taylor Swift for President
Once leadership of this nature is properly understood, Ms. Swift is eminently qualified to be President.
Downward Mobility and Life on the Margins
We can anticipate a sharp reduction in conventional financial security in the next decade as the…
On Thin Ice
There is very little wiggle-room left in many household budgets, and any decline in income will…
The Many Flavors of Doom
Change the incentives and feedback loops and you change the flavor of Doom we're about to…