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Tag Archives: David Hackett Fischer
The Fourth Turn, Turn, Turn
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The cycles of The Fourth Turning, Fischer and Turchin are all in alignment at this point in history.. The 1997 book The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy proposed a cyclical pattern of four 20-year … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Ages of Discord, Consumerism, David Hackett Fischer, Degrowth, Economic Collapse, Economics, Energy, environment, financial crisis, Income Inequality, Industry, Neil Howe, Oligarchy, Peter Turchin, technology, The Fourth Turnind, The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History, transition economy, Wealth Gap, William Strauss
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The Age of Discord
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds It’s very difficult to find common ground that supports cooperation in the disintegrative stage of scarcities, rising prices, catastrophically centralized power and social discord. Today’s topic echoes Peter Turchin’s 2016 book, Ages of … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Inequality, media, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Cooperation, culture, David Hackett Fischer, disintegrative stage, Economic Collapse, Economic Stagnation, Economics, empire, financial crisis, Geoffrey Parker, geopolitics, imperialism, Peter Turchin, political revolution, Social Media, society, The Age of Discord, war
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