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The Everything Bubble and Global Bankruptcy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The resulting erosion of collateral will collapse the global credit bubble, a repricing/reset that will bankrupt the global economy and financial system. Scrape away the complexity and every economic crisis and crash boils down … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Housing Crisis, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged central banks, collateral, Credit Bubble, credit-asset bubbles, Debt, economic crisis, Economics, everything bubble, Financial Collapse, global bankruptcy, Great Depression, Housing Crisis, Oligarchy
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The Cost Of Living Has Become Extremely Oppressive And 57 Percent Of Americans Cannot Afford A $1,000 Emergency Expense
By Michael Snyder Source: Activist Post I don’t have to tell you that your money doesn’t go as far as it once did. You see it every time that you go shopping. Our leaders flooded the system with money and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Cost of Living, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, food crisis, Housing Crisis, Inflation, McDonalds, Technocracy, Unilever
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Major Economic Contraction Coming In 2023 – Followed By Even More Inflation
By Brandon Smith Source: Investment Watch The signs are already present and obvious, but the overall economic picture probably won’t be acknowledged in the mainstream until the situation becomes much worse (as if it’s not bad enough). It’s a problem … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Inequality, media, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged corporate news, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Housing Crisis, Inflation, Mainstream Media, recession
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I Know Why Can’t We Fix Homelessness
By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well “What stands out for visitors?” I asked our guide during a Honolulu Chinatown tour with my out-of-town guests. “Always the same, the homeless. Even Mainlanders from big cities like San Francisco and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Labor, military spending, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged capitalism, Covid-19, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Hawaii, Homelessness, Honolulu, Housing Crisis, Minimum Wage, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, systemic inequality, Technocracy
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Saturday Matinee: 99 Homes
By Sheila O’Malley Source: RogerEbert.com Ramin Bahrani makes films about the American Dream as seen through the eyes of those on the margins of the increasingly unrealistic “mainstream” life: immigrants, children, transplants, or those too damaged to participate anymore (like the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Economics, Film, Housing Crisis, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged 99 Homes, Andrew Garfield, Housing Crisis, Laura Dern, Michael Shannon, Ramin Bahrani
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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
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Financialization, geopolitics, Globalism, Home Prices, house-flipping, Housing Bubble, Housing Crisis, Inflation, mortgage rates, Neofeudalism, Neoliberalism, remote work, supply chains, urban decay
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The Inflation Crisis Of 2022 Is Now Worse Than Anything That We Experienced During The 1970s
By Michael Snyder Source: Activist Post Most Americans don’t realize this, but we truly have entered historic territory. As you will see below, the inflation crisis of 2022 has now escalated to a level that is beyond anything that we … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, Housing Crisis, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged corporate media, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, food shortages, home sales, Housing Crisis, Inflation, inflation crisis, Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, Oligarchy, propaganda, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, war
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The Fed Has Triggered A Stagflationary Disaster That Will Hit Hard This Year
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.US I don’t think I can overstate the danger that the U.S. economy is in right now as we enter 2022. While most people are caught up in the ongoing drama of Covid-19, a REAL threat … Continue reading