Can We Rein In the Excesses of Financialization Without Crashing the Economy?
By Charles Hugh Smith Or we can let the bubble implode under its own weight and have a plan ready to clean house when the…
Economic Collapse
Is There Hope For The US?
Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com For the entire lives of anyone under the age of seventy-five, the US has been at the top of…
Social Trust: It’s Not Warm and Fuzzy, It’s the Money, Honey
By Charles Hugh Smith That most of us live in a low-value, low-trust economy of shoddy goods and services hidden beneath high-tech frictionless, faceless transactions…
Hurricane Milton Is A Monster Storm That Has More Than Doubled In Size As It Approaches Florida
By Michael Snyder The worst-case scenario that many meteorologists were fearing is here. Hurricane Milton will make landfall on the west coast of Florida very…
One Of The Most Important Substances In The World Comes From An Area Of North Carolina Devastated By Hurricane Helene
By Michael Snyder Did you know that a little town in the mountains of North Carolina is the primary worldwide producer of a substance that…
The “Financial Coup” That Seized America
By Peter St. Onge In the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis, former chief economist of the IMF Simon Johnson warned that the same dysfunctional…
3 Major Problems Which Are Looming Over The U.S. As The Month Of October Begins
By Michael Snyder I have a feeling that October is going to be one of the most tumultuous months that we have seen in a…
Our First October Surprise! The East Coast Port Strike Could Throw U.S. Supply Chains Into A State Of Chaos
By Michael Snyder If there is something that you really need to buy, you might want to get it now, because it might not be…
How Easy Is It To Become Middle Class Now?
By Charles Hugh Smith If we want social / economic renewal, we have to make it straightforward for anyone willing to adopt the values and…
The Stage Is Being Set For The Greatest Period Of Chaos In U.S. History
By Michael Snyder If chaos is what they intended, everything is coming together beautifully. Major wars threaten to throw the entire planet into a state…
If Our Cities Already Look Like They Belong In “Grand Theft Auto”, What Will They Look Like Once The Economy Implodes?
By Michael Snyder As you will see below, video footage that was just captured on the streets of Philadelphia looks like it could have been…
It’s Chaos As Vast Hordes Of Criminals Literally Rule The Streets In Major Cities All Over America
By Michael Snyder Did you know that gangbangers in Chicago are extremely upset because a migrant gang from South America is starting to take over…
Our Dystopian Future Is Here
By Daisy Luther Many of us have spent years preparing for a dystopian future. Everyone has imagined it a little bit differently – nuclear holocaust,…
Bankruptcies Spike Again As America’s Economic Slowdown Accelerates
By Michael Snyder Large businesses are declaring bankruptcy at a staggering rate, and yet we are being told over and over again that the economy…