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Category Archives: Recession
When Shelter Becomes a Speculative Asset, Society Unravels
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Does anyone really believe that the renunciation of massive, sustained stimulus of speculation in housing would leave housing valuations unchanged because valuations are solely the result of “shortages”? Let’s begin by stipulating … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Housing Bubble, Housing Crisis, Inflation, Mortgage Backed Securities, speculation
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We’re Living in a Neofeudal Bubble
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds If you listen to conventional economists, everything’s rosy: thanks to the expansion of alt-energy like wind and solar, energy is getting cheaper, batteries will power the new global economy, we’re getting smarter — … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Alternative Energy, central banks, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Energy, Feudalism, income gap, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, Technocracy, Wealth Disparity
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Meet the New Normal, Same as the Old Normal: You Are Still the Enemy Within
By Colin Todhunter Source: Off-Guardian Today, we are witnessing the nudging (manipulation) of the population to accept a ‘new normal’ based on a climate emergency narrative, restrictions on movement and travel, programmable digital money, ‘pandemic preparedness’ courtesy of the World … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Big Pharma, black ops, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Environment, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, History, Inequality, Militarization, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, police state, Psy-ops, Recession, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged ACCRETE, Agriculture, AI, ALY RENWICK, Colin Todhunter, COVID, Economics, FARMLING, India, KAPITO, Neoliberalism, PEASANTS REVOLT, PRASHANT BHUYAN, Social Media, surveillance, Technocracy, WAR ON FOOD, World Health Organisation
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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
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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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