Which State Will Be The First To Suffer Fiscal Collapse?
By Daniel J. Mitchell Tax-motivated migration may put fiscally irresponsible states at risk of financial collapse. Which will be first? I’m a big fan of federalism because…
Economic Collapse
Trump Trade Wars A Perfect Smokescreen For A Market Crash
By Brandon Smith First, I would like to say that the timing of Donald Trump’s announcement on expansive trade tariffs is unusual if not impeccable….
Megabank Warns Recent Stock Crash was Only an “Appetizer” to “Main Course” of a Major Crash
By Matt Agorist “The new law will create inflation whenever the trusts want inflation. From now on depressions will be scientifically created.” ~Congressman Charles A….
Central Banks Will Let The Next Crash Happen
By Brandon Smith If you have been following the public commentary from central banks around the world the past few months, you know that there…
Illinois’ Debt Crisis Foreshadows America’s Financial Future
By Clint Siegner Those wanting a glimpse into the future of our federal government’s finances should have a gander at Illinois. The state recently “resolved”…
Global Crisis Events: The Weird Keeps Getting Weirder
By Brandon Smith While the mainstream media and general public tend to assume that every new day is bringing us closer to a better future,…
When YOUR Bank Fails, Don’t Walk … Run!
By Brett Redmayne-Titley So. The US economy is just fine. The post-recession 2010 Dodd-Frank legislation has cured all. Banks have lots of cash. Congress is…
Why the Financial System Will Break: You Can’t “Normalize” Markets that Depend on Extreme Monetary Stimulus
By Charles Hugh Smith Central banks are now trapped. In a nutshell, central banks are promising to “normalize” their monetary policy extremes in 2018. Nice,…
Financial Crisis – Imminent and Inevitable?
By Chris Kanthan It’s never fun to warn people about an imminent crisis, especially at peak euphoria. Trump and his voters constantly boast about the…
How Will Bitcoin React in a Financial Crisis Like 2008?
By Charles Hugh Smith If the ownership of bitcoin is as concentrated as some estimate, then the liquidity issue distills down to the actions of…
The Economic End Game Continues
By Brandon Smith In November of 2014 I published an article titled ‘The Economic End Game Explained’. In it I outlined what I believed would…
What Could Pop The Everything Bubble?
By Charles Hugh Smith As central bank policies are increasingly fingered by the mainstream as the source of soaring wealth-income inequality, policies supporting credit/asset bubbles…
The Demise of the Dollar: Don’t Hold Your Breath
By Charles Hugh Smith The demise of the U.S. dollar has been a staple of the financial media for decades. The latest buzzword making the rounds…
Financialization and The Destruction of the Real Economy
By Charles Hugh Smith Strip an economy of capital, productive incentives, talent and yes, ethics, and what are we left with? An economy spiraling toward…