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Can a Nation Prosper as its Institutions Fail?

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Luther Blissett

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Economists focus on what can be easily measured: sales, profits, prices, tax revenues, etc. Since the decay and failure of institutions isn’t easily quantified, this decay doesn’t register in the realm of economics. Since it … Continue reading →

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The Long Cycles Have All Turned: Look Out Below

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Luther Blissett

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Long cycles operate at such a glacial pace they’re easily dismissed as either figments of fevered imagination or this time it’s different. But since Nature and human nature remain stubbornly grounded by the same … Continue reading →

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The Top 10%’s Bubble Is About to Burst

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Luther Blissett

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds When the top 10%’s bubble pops in 2021, the loss of illusions/delusions of security and wealth will be shattering to all those who believed artifice and illusory “wealth” were real. A great … Continue reading →

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