Category Archives: Neoliberalism

America’s Social Contract Is Broken

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds I do not claim any expertise in social contract theory, but in broad brush we can delineate two implicit contracts: one between the citizenry and the state (government) and another between citizens. We … Continue reading

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America’s empire is bankrupt

The dollar is finally being dethroned By John Michael Greer Source: UnHerd Let’s start with the basics. Roughly 5% of the human race currently live in the United States of America. That very small fraction of humanity, until quite recently, … Continue reading

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Hunger Profiteers, Granny Killers, and Skin-Deep Morality

By Colin Todhunter Source: Dissident Voice Today, a fifth (278 million) of the African population are undernourished, and 55 million of that continent’s children under the age of five are stunted due to severe malnutrition.   In 2021, an Oxfam review of IMF COVID-19 … Continue reading

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Austerity, War & Dictatorship… the Charade of Western Democracy Is Over. Can We Lose Those Chains?

By Finian Cunningham Source: Strategic Culture Foundation Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous “austerity economics” is a euphemism for fascism. And the charade is finally coming to an end. Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous “austerity economics” is a euphemism … Continue reading

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Technology and a Tyranny Worse than Prison 

By Bert Olivier Source: Brownstone Institute In an outstanding piece of political-theoretical writing, titled ‘The Threat of Big Other’ (with its play on George Orwell’s ‘Big Brother’) Shoshana Zuboff, succinctly addresses the main issues of her book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism – The Fight … Continue reading

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The Everything Bubble and Global Bankruptcy

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The resulting erosion of collateral will collapse the global credit bubble, a repricing/reset that will bankrupt the global economy and financial system. Scrape away the complexity and every economic crisis and crash boils down … Continue reading

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Prepare to Be Bled Dry by a Decade of Stagflation

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The Great Moderation of low inflation and soaring assets has ended. Welcome to the death by a thousand cuts of stagflation. It was all so easy in the good old days of the past 25 years: … Continue reading

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The Cost Of Living Has Become Extremely Oppressive And 57 Percent Of Americans Cannot Afford A $1,000 Emergency Expense

By Michael Snyder Source: Activist Post I don’t have to tell you that your money doesn’t go as far as it once did.  You see it every time that you go shopping.  Our leaders flooded the system with money and … Continue reading

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