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Is Housing a Bubble That’s About to Crash?

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Are we heading into another real estate bubble / crash? Those who say “no” see the housing shortage as real, while those who say “yes” see the demand as a reflection of the … Continue reading

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The Covid-19 Dominoes Fall: The World Is Insolvent

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Subtract their immense debts and they have negative net worth, and therefore the market value of their stock is zero. To understand why the financial dominoes toppled by the Covid-19 pandemic lead … Continue reading

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Costs Are Spiraling Out of Control

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds And how do we pay for these spiraling out of control costs? By borrowing more, of course. If we had to choose one “big picture” reason why the vast majority of households … Continue reading

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Putting an End to the Rent Economy

By Michael Hudson and Vlado Plaga Source: Unz Review Interview with Vlado Plaga in the German magazine FAIRCONOMY, September 2017. Originally, you didn’t want to become an economist. How did it come that you changed your plans and digged so … Continue reading

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Global House Price Crash Led by Major Cities And Rapid Exit Of Investors

By Graham Vanbergen Source: TruePublica The global house price crash is being led by the most important cities in the world and where they are not falling yet, they soon will be. The fault lies directly in the lap of … Continue reading

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