Two Easy Predictions: Wealth Tax and Windfall Tax
By Charles Hugh Smith Looks like we need another $500 billion or so. Hum baby! Predictions are hard, especially about the future, but two predictions…
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Peering Into the Crystal Ball, We See … Instability Leading to Collapse
By Charles Hugh Smith We can only choose one: open, dynamic stability (evolution) or autocracy (instability and collapse). When the fundamentals of life change, every…
The End of Cheap Food
By Charles Hugh Smith Global food production rests on soil and rain. Robots don’t change that. Of all the modern-day miracles, the least appreciated is…
10 Reasons Why This Recession Is Different
By Charles Hugh Smith All of these are structural dynamics that won’t go away in a few months or years. Let’s explore what’s different now…
The EU’s Crisis Is Global
By Charles Hugh Smith The EU’s crisis isn’t limited to energy. It is a manifestation of the global breakdown of Neocolonialism, Financialization and Globalization. The…
Why Some Cities May No Longer Be Viable
By Charles Hugh Smith Any city whose lifeblood ultimately depends on hyper-globalization and hyper-financialization will no longer be viable. The human migration from the countryside…
Can We “Export Inflation?” Yes We Can, Yes We Are
By Charles Hugh Smith A strong currency exports inflation to those nations which do not issue the currency. Though it’s difficult to be confident of…
How Empires Die
Op-Ed by Charles Hugh Smith When the state / empire loses the ability to recognize and solve core problems of security and fairness, it will…
Should You Move While You Can, Or When You Must?
By Charles Hugh Smith This gives an extreme advantage to those few who move first, long before they must. The financial advantage for first movers…
How Vulnerable Is Your Personal Supply Chain?
By Charles Hugh Smith How vulnerable is your personal supply chain? For the average American, the answer is: very. Americans consider abundance and ready availability…
Eight Reasons Scarcities Will Increase Rather Than Evaporate
By Charles Hugh Smith Who knew it would be so easy? All we have to do is collect urine and we’ll be flying our electric…
The UFO/Fed Connection
By Charles Hugh Smith Perhaps the aliens’ keen interest in Earth’s central bank magic and its potential for destruction results from a wager. You’ve probably…
Stimulus Addiction Disorder: The Debt-Disposable Earnings Pyramid
By Charles Hugh-Smith One glance at this chart explains why the status quo is locked on “run to fail” and will implode in a spectacular…
The Global Financial Endgame in Fourteen Points
By Charles Hugh Smith The over-indebted, overcapacity global economy can only generate speculative asset bubbles that will implode, destroying the latest round of phantom collateral….