Of Two Minds

Two simple regulations would drive a stake through Wall Street’s corrupt, evil heart.While the corporate media is focused on the presidential election, perhaps the more interesting question is: could Wall Street Lose the election? That is, could W…

A fully financialized, totally debt and speculation-dependent economy is terminal once leverage and debt stop expanding exponentially.We all know the movie scene in which the character is wounded but dismisses it as no big deal, and then lurches into t…

The reliance on “good news” narratives dooms our financial system and economy to a death spiral once reality breaks through the induced euphoria.”Markets” that never go down aren’t markets, they’re signaling mechanisms of the Powers That Be. Marke…

We have three basic ways to counter the destructive consequences of stress.We have all experienced the disorientation and “brain freeze” that stress triggers. The pandemic and the responses to the pandemic have been continuous sources of stress, i…

Social media offers hope of achieving higher social status, something that is increasingly out of reach in our winner-take-most economy.I’ve often addressed the decline of social mobility and the addictive nature of social media, for example, Why …

Few appear willing to follow the probabilities of a future in which a vaccine cannot possibly be the “magic cure” everyone wants.Let’s attempt the impossible and set aside all preconceptions we might have about a vaccine for Covid-19, and think it thro…