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Tag Archives: Economic Collapse
The Impending Economic Collapse – A Cause of Current Conflict
By Phil Butler Source: New Eastern Outlook Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called on BRICS nations to create an alternative to replace the dollar in foreign trade. Other experts suggest President Joe Biden’s policies will destroy America’s middle … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged American hegemony, bond market, Brazil, BRICS, China, currency reserve, Defense Budget, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, geopolitics, gold standard, IMF, imperialism, Joe Biden, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, MIC, military spending, military-industrial complex, Russia, US Dollar, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers
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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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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
The GATHERING Storm in Ukraine Spells Doom for the West
By Col. Douglas MacGregor Source: Information Clearing House The crisis of American national power has begun. America’s economy is tipping over, and Western financial markets are quietly panicking. Imperiled by rising interest rates, mortgage-backed securities and U.S. Treasuries are losing their value. The market’s … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, censorship, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged censorship, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, financial crisis, geopolitics, imperialism, joe biden', NATO, proxy war, Russia, Ukraine, war
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Send in the Clowns
Yellen and Garland perform back-to-back surprise visits to Ukraine By Philip Giraldi Source: The Unz Review Sometimes I think that the script being used by the Biden Administration to manage its foreign and national security policies has been written by … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Andriy Kostin, China, Deep State, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Eli Rosenbaum, empire, FBI, financial crisis, geopolitics, ICC, imperialism, Janet Yellen, Joe Biden, Lloyd Austin, Merrick Garland, Russia, Tony Blinken, Ukraine, US Treasury, Volodymyr Zelensky, war
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