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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
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Banana Republics, Corruption, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, feudalism'capitalism, financial crisis, Government, Income Inequality, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, social contract, Trickle down economics
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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
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, Technology, war
Tagged China, culture, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, financial crisis, Francis Fukuyama i, geopolitics, Globalization, imperialism, Inflation, Iran, Neoliberalism, Russia, Sanctions, society, Technocracy, technology, Ukraine, US Dollar, war
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Here’s How We’ll Have Labor Shortages and High Unemployment at the Same Time
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds This is how we’ll end up with severe shortages of truly skilled labor and high unemployment of those who lack the necessary skills. The labor force and the job market are referred to as if … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Oligarchy, recession, Retirement, Self-Relience, skilled labor, unemployment, Work
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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
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Housing Crisis, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged central banks, collateral, Credit Bubble, credit-asset bubbles, Debt, economic crisis, Economics, everything bubble, Financial Collapse, global bankruptcy, Great Depression, Housing Crisis, Oligarchy
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Bull or Bear? The Ultimate Source of Market Instability
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Market commentators tend to focus on Bulls and Bears and Federal Reserve policies as drivers of stock market gyrations, but there’s a far more profound dynamic working beneath these veneers: the forces of adaptation and evolution transforming … Continue reading
Silicon Valley Bank Crisis: The Liquidity Crunch We Predicted Has Now Begun
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.us There has been an avalanche of information and numerous theories circulating the past few days about the fate of a bank in California know as SVB (Silicon Valley Bank). SVB was the 16th largest bank in … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Ben Bernanke, central banks, credit crisis, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Inflation, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, Oligarchy, QT, Silicon Valley Bank, SVB, Technocracy
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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
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged A Great Stagflation, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, Financialization, Globalization, Hyper-financialization, hyper-globalization, Inflation, stagflation
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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
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Cost of Living, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, food crisis, Housing Crisis, Inflation, McDonalds, Technocracy, Unilever
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