Why The Status Quo Is Doomed, Part 1
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 12:32 AM EDT
The current world-system is as doomed as the Titanic.
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No Serious Financial Repercussions From The Paris Attacks? Don't Be Too Sure
Monday, November 16, 2015 1:00 AM EDT
Global sentiment might switch decisively from "risk-on" to "risk-off" with far-reaching consequences.
In this article: SPX
The Class War Has Already Started
Saturday, November 14, 2015 3:32 PM EDT
Pundits and apologists are quick to chastise anyone who even speaks of class war, as if the words alone might spark what the pundits and apologists fear. They dread the words because they know the Class War has already started.
If We Don't Change The Way Money Is Created And Distributed, Rising Inequality Will Trigger Social Disorder
Friday, November 13, 2015 3:55 AM EDT
Centrally issued money optimizes inequality, monopoly, cronyism, stagnation, low social mobility and systemic instability.
We Need A Social Economy, Not A Hyper-Financialized Plantation Economy
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 11:19 PM EDT
The key to broadly distributing capital and reversing inequality is to nurture the source of social capital: the community economy.
Why I Will Never Hire Anyone, Even At $1/Hour
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:25 AM EDT
While many hope that every low-skill person can become a high-skilled worker, training people doesn't create jobs for them.
Automation Doesn't Just Destroy Jobs--It Destroys Profits, Too
Sunday, November 8, 2015 11:00 PM EDT
The idea that taxing the owners of robots and software will fund guaranteed incomes for all is not anchored in reality.
Technology, Competition And The 'Crapification' Of Jobs
Friday, November 6, 2015 12:27 AM EDT
The 'crapification' of jobs is the direct result of the 'crapification' of the economy.
When Collapse Is Cheaper And More Effective Than Reform
Thursday, November 5, 2015 4:06 AM EDT
Collapse begins when real reform becomes impossible.
The Most Important Chart You've Never Seen: Tax Receipts Top-Tick The Stock Market
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 5:15 AM EDT
This time is always different just before a bone-crushing decline.
The Global Test Most Will Fail: Surviving The Bust That Inevitably Follows A Boom
Sunday, November 1, 2015 10:37 AM EDT
The modern example of a developing nation gaining access to new credit, markets and resources is of course China, but this model also describes America in the 1790's and early 1800's, and many other nations in various phases of their development.
The Scariest Halloween Stock Market Chart
Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:44 AM EDT
The scariest possibility is that the stock market will fall despite all the promises that its advance is immortal. If this were to happen, all those "safe" index funds would implode along with the broad market.
In this article: SPX
Untangling America From The American Empire
Friday, October 30, 2015 5:54 AM EDT
Those calling for an end of the Empire don't seem to realize that the federal state's vast entitlement programs are ultimately funded by the Empire.
All Hail Our New Lord And Master, The Stock Market
Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:44 AM EDT
We're all minions now of the stock market.
Don't Think The Status Quo Will Save You
Monday, October 26, 2015 11:29 PM EDT
Here's a chart that shows how the Status Quo "fixes" every problem: it transfers more debt and more losses to the taxpayers.
Will This Manic Stock Market Rally End In Tears?
Sunday, October 25, 2015 9:43 PM EDT
Can the stock market completely ignore these changes and keep powering higher on the fumes of Mario Draghi's promises?
In this article: SPX
