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The New Normal: Death Spirals and Speculative Frenzies

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds There is an element of inevitability in play, but it isn’t about central bank bailouts, it’s about Death Spirals and the collapse of unsustainable systems. The vapid discussions about “soft” or “hard” … Continue reading

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Return to the Source: Democracy is Dead

By Margaret Kimberley Source: Black Agenda Report By what stretch of the imagination can the US be a democracy when ordinary citizens have virtually no influence over what their government does? “The disregard of popular will is obvious for all … Continue reading

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America’s Economy Cannot Survive Another Lockdown, And The Cult Of The Reset Knows It

By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.us The U.S. economy has been on the verge of collapse for at least a decade, ever since the crash of 2008 and the subsequent explosion in fiat stimulus from the Federal Reserve. While the mainstream … Continue reading

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The Fed Has Loaned $1.2 Billion from its TALF Bailout Program to a Tiny Company with Four Employees

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens Source: Wall Street on Parade Every Wall Street bailout program that the Fed has created since September 17 of last year has, according to the Fed, been ostensibly created to somehow help the average … Continue reading

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COVID19, The Great Reset & The New Normal

By Derrick Broze Source: Activist Post Clearly, 2020 has been unlike any previous year in the last century or so. The world is currently battling against an infodemic of propaganda spewing from the corporate media and official health authorities. Yes, … Continue reading

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Why Does It Feel Like We’re in “Life During Wartime”?

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The laughably hopeless hope is that by propping up the corpses, the populace will discern some faint flicker of life in the decaying carcasses and return to their free-spending ways. Call it cultural … Continue reading

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Private gain must no longer be allowed to elbow out the public good

By Dirk Philipsen Source: aeon Adam Smith had an elegant idea when addressing the notorious difficulty that humans face in trying to be smart, efficient and moral. In The Wealth of Nations (1776), he maintained that the baker bakes bread … Continue reading

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Why Assets Will Crash

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds This is how it happens that boats that were once worth tens of thousands of dollars are set adrift by owners who can no longer afford to pay slip fees. The increasing … Continue reading

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