ECONOMY
How My 2024 Predictions Went – And Some Predictions for 2025
Guest Post by Kurt Schlichter The Burning PlatformIn my January 1, 2024, column entitled “Top Twenty Terrible Predictions for 2024,” I noted that, “Every year, I offer you my predictions for the coming trip around the Sun, and every year, I’m mostly wrong.” Back then, I predicted that “I think [2024] […]
Doug Casey’s Top Prediction for 2025
Doug Casey, International Man International Man: Looking at the intersection of finance, economics, politics, and culture, what is your most significant prediction for 2025? What major event or trend should people prepare for that most are currently overlooking? Doug Casey: The trends that appeared, seemingly against all odds, in 2024 are going to […]
Read Between the Lies: A Pattern Recognition Guide
Josh Stylman Brownstone Institute When Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, announced during Event 201’s pandemic drill in 2019 that they would “flood the zone with trusted sources,” few understood this preview of coordinated narrative control. Within months, we watched it unfold in real time—unified messaging across all platforms, suppression of dissent, and […]
Unless Something Changes, 4 Years From Now We Will Be 51 Trillion Dollars In Debt
Michael Snyder The U.S. government is currently constructing the most colossal monument in the history of the world. It is a monument of debt, and we will forever be remembered as the nation that piled up far more debt than anyone else ever did. For decades, this generation has been […]
21 Quotes About Central Banking That Show Why The Federal Reserve Must Be Shut Down
The Economic Collapse by Michael Snyder We have come to accept that we are permanently trapped in an endless cycle of debt and money creation. But the only reason why debt and money grow at an exponential rate is because that is what our system was designed to do. The Federal Reserve […]
Trump Will “un-California” US Energy Policy on Day One
Mike Shedlock, Mish Talk An energy policy battle is brewing and I believe Trump will win on day one. Pulling the Plug on EV Mandates The Wall Street Journal reports Trump Can Pull the Plug on EV Mandates Overly stringent emissions targets ignore American consumers’ preferences and block economic growth. They’re […]
When the US Government Defaulted on its Bonds
The Burning Platform Guest Post by Martin Armstrong The first three Liberty bonds and the Victory Loan, sold to fund World War I, were indeed retired during the 1920s. However, because the terms of the bonds included a Ponzi Scheme that allowed the bondholder to swap them for the newer bonds, […]
Doug Casey on 2024’s Defining Events and What Comes Next
Doug Casey’s International Man by Mona S International Man: As we approach the end of the year, let’s take a step back, review the Big Picture, and assess 2024’s major developments to better understand what may come next. Before we drill down into specifics, what’s your high-level view of what happened in […]
11 Signs That The Slow-Motion Collapse Of The U.S. Economy Is Far More Advanced Than Most People Think
Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog The fact that economic conditions are getting worse is certainly not good news, but it is better to know in advance what is coming. After four years under Joe Biden, the U.S. economy is a giant mess. We have been witnessing a slow-motion collapse […]
A Debt Jubilee of Biblical Proportions Is Coming — Are You Ready?
The Burning Platform by Administrator Guest Post by Nick Giambruno Four thousand years ago, the rulers of ancient Babylon discovered a technique to stave off violent revolts. In ancient times, people often became hopelessly indebted to their creditors. As debts mounted, social unrest would boil over, threatening the stability of the entire […]
