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Charles Hugh Smith

Re-Opening the Economy Won’t Fix What’s Broken

Posted by on Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 in Of Two Minds

Re-opening a fragile, brittle, bankrupt, hopelessly perverse and corrupt "normal" won't fix what's broken.The stock market is in a...

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An Economy That Cannot Allow Stocks to Decline Is Too Fragile To Survive

Posted by on Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 in Of Two Minds

The fragile ice shelf of speculative bets and debt clinging to the mountainside is making strange creaking sounds-- will you liste...

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TINA’s Orgy: Anything Goes, Winners Take All

Posted by on Sunday, May 24th, 2020 in Of Two Minds

What nobody dares whisper is 'there is no alternative to collapse' because the system is now too fragile and brittle to survive.TI...

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Opting Out, American Style

Posted by on Friday, May 22nd, 2020 in Of Two Minds

Virtually nothing in America's top-down financial and political realms is actually transparent, accountable, authentic or honest.O...

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The Pandemic Gives Us Permission To Get What We Always Wanted

Posted by on Thursday, May 21st, 2020 in Of Two Minds

Dear Corporate America: maybe you remember the old Johnny Paycheck tune? Let me refresh your memory: take this job and shove it.Pu...

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This Sucker’s Going Down: The Destruction of Demand

Posted by on Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 in Of Two Minds

Demand based on debt, unfulfilled promises and unaffordable habits is burning down.The first-order effect of the lockdown was ...

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