Author: Charles Hugh Smith

History suggests such a stratified society cannot endure as a democracy. When we say "The Wealthy…

Everything is boring, even the aliens. Sometimes truth is best revealed tongue-in-cheek, that is, in semi-serious…

The fragmentation, simplification and localization of the post-Imperial era offers us lessons we ignore at our…

The problem with bubbles of received wisdom and herd-euphoria is conditions change but the risk of…

We can pretend an insanely over-leveraged, fragile status quo is rock-solid and will deliver the goodies…

The ideal 'sound money system' is one in which many currencies, both state-issued and privately issued,…