As the old models break down, opportunities for new models will arise.Unstable, unsustainable systems can lull observers into a comfy complacency as instability increases beneath a thin veneer of apparent stability.That’s the systemic story of the…

Our ruling elites, devoid of leadership, are little more than the scum of self-interested, greedy grifters who rose to the top of America’s foul-smelling stew of corruption.The Founding Fathers were wary of institutional threats to liberty and the citi…

Flooding the financial system with “free money” only restores the illusion of stabilityI updated my How Systems Collapse graphic from 2018 with a “we are here” line to indicate our current precarious position just before the waterfall:For those wh…

Once the pool of greater fools dries up, stocks crash regardless of what the Fed does or bleats.The conventional view is the Federal Reserve creating trillions of dollars out of thin air will trigger inflation. Not so fast. Yes, creating…

The Company Store is open, buy whatever you want on easy credit, and don’t forget to take an approved narrative with you.I’ve been discussing the neocolonial-plantation structure of the U.S. economy since 2008, and now this model has reached perfection…