Psych Meds and Veblen Goods
In high school in West Texas in the late 1970s, psych meds were Veblen goods; that is, products desired as markers of status. They were conspicuously consumed by the children of the well-to-do with profound awareness that their schoolmates could afford neither the treatment nor the supposed cure. So the kids – I knew many of […]
Economy
DOGE Reveals Mind Shocking Fraud Propping Up Economy – Ed Dowd
Former Wall Street money manager and financial analyst Ed Dowd of PhinanceTechnologies.com is back with an update of a report on “Danger of Deep Worldwide Recession in 2025.” It was not just heavy government spending on illegal immigration, but “mind shocking” fraud that has been revealed with DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency). Investigators have uncovered $115 billion […]
Empire
Redrawing Boundaries in a Multipolar World: A New Phase of World War 3
Determining the precise boundaries of various spheres of influence in a multipolar world—and formalizing them into an agreement—will be a complex and prolonged process. It won’t happen overnight. Until a formal agreement is reached among the world’s major powers—much like the Congress of Vienna after the Napoleonic Wars, the Treaty of Versailles following World War […]
Activism
The Speech Police
OK, this one is for all the professional “sensitivity editors” out there, and for the US Department of Homeland Security, and President Donald Trump, and the European Union censors, and all the other self-appointed Speech Police that have been goose-stepping around dictating what everyone can and can’t say and publish and think all the time […]
Health
The gut-brain connection: Study suggests the gut microbiome could be key to solving the autism puzzle
For years, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has remained a complex neurological condition, puzzling researchers and families alike. But an emerging field of science is shedding light on a surprising connection: the gut microbiome. In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology in July 2022, scientists uncovered compelling evidence that the trillions of bacteria […]
Tech
Are the Tech Bros Insane?
Positivism, mechanistic thinking, and right-hemisphere deficits I offer an alternative to the theories of Team Woke or Team Musk. Entertain for a moment the idea that these Tech Bros are neither evil villains nor saviors. Instead, consider that they may actually believe AI technocracy would be good, but they are unable to understand the full […]
Crypto
Doug Casey on the US Government’s Bitcoin Pivot and What Comes Next
International Man: Since its inception in 2009, the US government has been largely hostile toward Bitcoin—but that changed dramatically with Trump’s victory in the 2024 election. For the first time, the leader of the world’s most powerful nation is openly pro-Bitcoin. What’s your take on this remarkable shift? Doug Casey: Maybe Trump was brought around to appreciating […]
Podcasts
Kill Gates & Captain Brainchip: We’ll Decide Whether Humans Work… And Live… Or Not
On face value, the world is now run by two pale and podgy billionaires: On the one hand you have Kill Gates, whose grandfather was a Federal Reserve bankster and whose father sat on the Planned Parenthood board and taught his kids to spread the gospel of eugenics at the dinner table. Little Billy listened carefully, […]
Solutions
TrumpED 2025: School Choice Corporatization, Social Impact Finance, and the Dismantling of the Department of Education
In alignment with Project 2025, Trump pledges to eliminate the Dpt. of Ed and replace it with “school choice.” Rather than end federal control of education, Project 2025 education policy threatens to expand both government and corporate control of schooling in order to streamline ed-technocracy for the 4IR. President Donald Trump has publicly stated, “I know […]