The $50 Trillion Plundered from Workers by America’s Aristocracy Is Trickling Back
As I often note here, when you push the pendulum to an extreme of wealth and…
Author: Charles Hugh Smith
Housing Bubble #2: Ready to Pop?
All debt-fueled speculative bubbles pop, even as cheerleaders claim otherwise. The expansion of Housing Bubble #2…
A Few Things About Reinforced Concrete High-Rise Condos
There is a downside to steel reinforcing bars: they rust. The second most remarkable thing about…
July 4th: Sorry, America, You Lost Me
Star Wars 24 plus the novelized version, amusement park ride, podcast, action figure and OnlyFans pages,…
Virus Z: A Thought Experiment
What's striking about our thought experiment is how little reliable data we have about the transmissibility…
The Systemic Risk No One Sees
The unraveling of social cohesion has consequences. Once social cohesion unravels, the nation unravels. My recent…