Gen Z Demands Cushy Jobs; The Economy Wants Grown-Ups…
While the US labor market defied expectations in September – adding 119,000 jobs according to delayed numbers, the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, the highest level in four years. Normally, this would be the time for most employees to make sure they’re the most valuable asset at a company – especially with layoffs surging and AI slowly […]
Economy
What Should We Make of the Biggest Trump Tariff TACO Yet?
Trump is rolling back tariffs. I am laughing, not complaining. Major Tariff Rollbacks The Wall Street Journal reports Trump Implements Major Rollback of Food Tariffs President Trump on Friday moved to lower tariffs on beef, coffee and dozens of agricultural and food goods, marking a significant rollback of his so-called reciprocal […]
Empire
The New Bubble: How AI and Passive Investing Have Turned the Market into a Powder Keg
The US equity market is a bubble. Here is why: In my mind, to be defined as a “bubble” the potential for a sudden “pop” needs to be there. No matter how you define it, the probability of an extremely large drawdown in the S&P 500 has exponentially increased in […]
Activism
“Our Democracy” (I’m Sure)
“How do empires fall? Not by war, but by unbalanced minds disconnected from reality.” — The Vigilant Fox on “X” By now, whenever you hear anyone invoke the phrase “saving our democracy,” that should be a signal that they are intent on destroying this republic, and with that, your natural […]
Health
The Weaponisation of Science
Yesterday, I took part in a panel discussion in Washington, D.C., on the weaponisation of science — specifically, how conflicts of interest, industry influence, and scientific deception have reshaped modern medicine. It was an important conversation about how the scientific process has been hollowed out by financial incentives, regulatory capture, and institutional […]
Tech
The Risk of AI Isn’t Skynet
Just as a reminder of what’s being gambled on “AI supremacy”: it’s not just financial capital, it’s everything. The risk that AI transitions from Servant to Master is dramatically appealing–Skynet!–but the real risks are in the mundane realms of the socio-economic order. As I explain in my new book Investing In Revolution, […]
Crypto
Japan Moves to Put Bitcoin Under Financial Product Rules, Slash Crypto Taxes to 20%
Japan’s FSA plans to reclassify 105 cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, as financial products, imposing securities-like disclosure, reporting, and market oversight requirements on exchanges. Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has reportedly finalized a sweeping plan to reclassify 105 cryptocurrencies — including bitcoin — as financial products under the Financial Instruments and Exchange […]
Podcasts
Doug Casey Interview on Ron Paul Liberty Report
Tim McGraw wrote: Young men in America today are lost in computer space.
Solutions
IF DEMOGRAPHICS IS DESTINY – WE’RE SCREWED
Demographics don’t lie. The governments of the world and their captured bureaucrats can manipulate inflation data, unemployment data, GDP data, and numerous other data based figures to make things appear better than they are. It’s called propaganda and manipulation to create a false narrative beneficial to their interests. But, demographic […]