Fooled by What We Measure, Enlightened by What We Don’t Measure
Economists and pundits steer well clear of the eventual social and political consequences of America's entrenched…
Author: Charles Hugh Smith
The Wealthy Are Not Like You and Me–Our Terminally Stratified Society
History suggests such a stratified society cannot endure as a democracy. When we say "The Wealthy…
Even the Aliens Are Boring
Everything is boring, even the aliens. Sometimes truth is best revealed tongue-in-cheek, that is, in semi-serious…
Lessons from the Unraveling of the Roman Empire: Simplification, Localization
The fragmentation, simplification and localization of the post-Imperial era offers us lessons we ignore at our…
All Bubbles Pop
The problem with bubbles of received wisdom and herd-euphoria is conditions change but the risk of…
I Keep Changing Channels But It’s Still the Same Program
We can pretend an insanely over-leveraged, fragile status quo is rock-solid and will deliver the goodies…