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European Mutiny At The Illiberal Order
17.06.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European Mutiny At The Illiberal Order Submitted by Alastair Crooke, I have been writing for some time that Europe (and the U.S.) are in a period of alternate revolution and civil war. History warns us that such conflicts tend to be extended, with peak episodes which are revolutionary (as the prevailing paradigm first cracks); yet which, in reality...
20% Of California Lives In Poverty; What's Going On?
17.06.2024, 01:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 20% Of California Lives In Poverty; What's Going On? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, On a cost-adjusted basis, California leads the nation in percentage living in poverty. Blame the Progressive oligarchs like Governor Newsom. Unemployment rates from the BLS through April. State level data lags by one month. Chart by Mish. Warning to the...
What Causes Stagflation?
16.06.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Causes Stagflation? Authored by Frank Shostak via The Mises Institute, In the late 1960s Edmund Phelps and Milton Friedman challenged the popular view that there can be a sustainable trade-off between inflation and unemployment. In fact, over time, according to Phelps and Friedman, loose central bank policies set the platform for lower economic...
The Crises And Sacrifices Yet To Come
16.06.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Crises And Sacrifices Yet To Come Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via Substack, The sense that we're approaching a tipping point into a crisis with no easy resolution is pervasive, a sense that beneath the veneer of normalcy (the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates and that will fix everything), we sense the precariousness of this brittle normalcy...
The Confiscation Of Reality
14.06.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Confiscation Of Reality Authored by Sinead Murphy via The Brownstone Institute, The UK Meteorological Office has just reported that we have enjoyed the hottest May on record. Meanwhile, those of us who have lived in the UK during May have endured unseasonal cold and rain, and have complained to one another constantly about it. Welcome to the...
Middle Class Destruction: The Real Story Behind America's Declining Economy
13.06.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Middle Class Destruction: The Real Story Behind America's Declining Economy Authored by Peter Reagan via Birch Gold Group, It probably comes as no surprise to you that, these days, the middle class, the backbone of the nation, are struggling. “Gasping for air,” as Newsweek puts it. Here’s the original press release from the National True Cost...
How Many Millennials Will Be Rich Enough To Buy The Boomers' Millions Of Unaffordable Bungalows?
12.06.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Many Millennials Will Be Rich Enough To Buy The Boomers' Millions Of Unaffordable Bungalows? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Absent demand from tens of millions of wealthy, high-income buyers, asset valuations will fall as Boomers sell off assets to fund their retirement. There's a peculiarly flawed logic behind the widely held...
The New California Homeless: From American Dream To Poverty & Tyranny
11.06.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The New California Homeless: From American Dream To Poverty & Tyranny Authored by Roger Canfield via The Epoch Times, The once richest state in economic opportunity and liberties has become the poorest state in the nation and one of the least free states in America. (Tyranny competing with New York.) How? There is a total war on private homeownership...
Financial Nihilism And The Collapsing American Dream
11.06.2024, 19:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Financial Nihilism And The Collapsing American Dream Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Following the conventional path is a dead-end. It isn't easy to carve a path outside the well-worn pathways of debt servitude, but it is possible. America has become a nation bifurcated into haves and have-nots, and this is generating large-scale...
Failed Leadership Of DC And Fed Has Led Us To A Binary Outcome: Bad Or Worse
11.06.2024, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Failed Leadership Of DC And Fed Has Led Us To A Binary Outcome: Bad Or Worse Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Last week I was interviewed by the great Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity in a wide ranging interview that covered topics like Covid, the economy and the political future of the country. Chris was one of the only people during the onset of...
Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather Than Fearing Change
11.06.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather Than Fearing Change Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, There is much legitimate (as well as dramatic) talk about the failing US, its debased currency and its identity-fractured/inflation-taxed middle-class which has been increasingly described more aptly as the working poor. The End, or Just Change...
What Would Josey Wales Do?
11.06.2024, 01:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Would Josey Wales Do? Via the Burning Platform, “To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.” – Josey Wales As our political, economic, civic, and social structures continue to degrade, dissolve, and disintegrate before our very eyes, it is easy to become apathetic and surrender to hopelessness. There are relentless powerful...
VDH: The Left Knows Leftism Doesn't Work
10.06.2024, 23:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - VDH: The Left Knows Leftism Doesn't Work Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Do not expect the radical left to survey the wreckage of socialism and communism in history and accept that statism impoverishes people and erodes their freedoms. There will never be admissions by our elite that progressivism exists mainly for the acquisition...
Banking Crisis, Stage Two
10.06.2024, 15:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Banking Crisis, Stage Two Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, I’m sure you recall the banking crisis of March to May 2023. It began with the collapse of the little-known Silvergate Bank on March 8. This was followed the next day by the collapse of the much larger Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 9. SVB had over $120 billion in uninsured...
The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All
08.06.2024, 05:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All Authored by David Vine -Therisa (ISA) Arriola via CounterPunch.org, We need to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains, lungs, and other organs to shake so violently they bleed, rupture, and cease functioning. Bombs injure. Bombs kill...
A Substantial Chance Of A Major Financial Collapse & The End Of Offshored Industrialization
08.06.2024, 03:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Substantial Chance Of A Major Financial Collapse & The End Of Offshored Industrialization Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World, Moving industrialization offshore can look like a good idea at first. But as fossil fuel energy supplies deplete, this strategy works less well. Countries doing the mining and manufacturing may be less interested...
California's Latest Tax Idea: Charge Drivers By The Mile
07.06.2024, 18:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's Latest Tax Idea: Charge Drivers By The Mile Authored by James Breslo via The Epoch Times, California has the highest income tax rate in the country (top tier of 14.4 percent). It has the highest statewide sales tax rate (7.25 percent, plus local sales taxes). It has the highest gas tax rate ($0.78 per gallon). Yet, it ranks third to last...
Futures Flat As Tech Storms Higher, ECB Rate Cut Looms
06.06.2024, 14:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat As Tech Storms Higher, ECB Rate Cut Looms US equity futures were flat after the S&P 500 notched its 25th closing record on Wednesday, even as global tech shares plowed higher with expectations of more rate cuts adding to the ongoing frenzy around artificial intelligence; With the ECB set to cut rates for the first time since 2019, Nvidia...
Fidelity Dominates Bitcoin ETFs' Second-Biggest Net Inflow Day Ever As Crypto Soars
05.06.2024, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fidelity Dominates Bitcoin ETFs' Second-Biggest Net Inflow Day Ever As Crypto Soars After a period of flat to negative flows, the spot ETFs have added $3.7 billion in assets over the past month, to make the aggregate net inflows since inception almost $15 billion. Yesterday completed the sixteenth straight day of net inflows with a second-best-ever...
During The Great Depression They Were Called "Hoovervilles", But Today America's Shantytowns Are Called...
05.06.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - During The Great Depression They Were Called "Hoovervilles", But Today America's Shantytowns Are Called... Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, To those at the bottom of America’s economic pyramid, it feels like the economy has already collapsed. When you can’t afford to put a roof over your head and you barely have enough...
Student Debt Cancellation Is Extremely Unfair - Here Are 10 Reasons Why...
05.06.2024, 04:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Student Debt Cancellation Is Extremely Unfair - Here Are 10 Reasons Why... Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, A recent Tweet by Elizabeth Warren and a short rebuttal to her inspired this post. Let’s take a look at the Tweet and my 10 reasons. Deeply Unfair There is something about this "cancel" student debt bill that just feels *deeply* unfair...
How US College Students Feel About Their Finances
04.06.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How US College Students Feel About Their Finances Student debt in the U.S. has ballooned to over $1.7 trillion, burdening millions of Americans with financial stress. Rising tuition costs and stagnating wages are considered to be the major drivers of this issue. To gain insight into how this is affecting students, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu visualized...
Ruling Party 'Obliterated' In South Africa Election
03.06.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ruling Party 'Obliterated' In South Africa Election Authored by Darren Taylor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), People hang out in the street in the Alexandra township on May 31, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) “South Africa’s a new country today, but I’m really afraid of that. We don’t know what that looks...
Making Over $141K, Minneapolis Mayor Thanks Biden For Student Loan Forgiveness
02.06.2024, 22:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Making Over $141K, Minneapolis Mayor Thanks Biden For Student Loan Forgiveness If you weren't already infuriated by Joe Biden's exploitation of the federal student loan program as a means of buying votes and redistributing wealth, this should do the trick. On Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Melvin Carter -- who earns makes takes $140,814 a year before...
Bubble Symmetry: Could The NASDAQ Drop 60% And Round-Trip To 2,500?
01.06.2024, 21:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bubble Symmetry: Could The NASDAQ Drop 60% And Round-Trip To 2,500? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The prospect of a 60% or 80% decline in the NASDAQ index is only horrifying if we stay invested in the index all the way down. Speculative bubbles are interesting because they're never bubbles in real time; they're only recognized...
The $150,000 Housekeeper: Wage Inflation Kicks Into Second Gear
30.05.2024, 15:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The $150,000 Housekeeper: Wage Inflation Kicks Into Second Gear Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, If we add up all these tidal forces, the conclusion is self-evident: labor "inflation" has just shifted into second gear. One of the lesser known manifestations of the inflationary crisis in early-1920s Germany was rampant wage inflation...
Why It's Time To Stop Taxing Gold & Silver
30.05.2024, 02:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why It's Time To Stop Taxing Gold & Silver By Jesse Colombo, of BullionStar You’d have to be hiding under a rock to be unaware that inflation is one of the most pressing issues of our time. After a shocking 23% increase in the cost of living since 2019, all but the wealthiest of Americans are getting squeezed and seeing their living standards plummet...
Quantitative Brainwashing
29.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Quantitative Brainwashing Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, We’re all familiar with the term, “quantitative easing.” It’s described as meaning, “A monetary policy in which a central bank purchases government securities or other securities from the market in order to lower interest rates and increase the money supply.” Well...
"Worried About The Whole System Going Down" - Chris Martenson Fears "The Great Taking" Is Imminent
29.05.2024, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Worried About The Whole System Going Down" - Chris Martenson Fears "The Great Taking" Is Imminent Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Dr. Chris Martenson holds a PhD in pathology from Duke University, is a futurist and an economic researcher. Dr. Martenson was one of the very few scientists who called BS on the FDA’s approval of Pfizer’s CV19...
Is Hyper-Inflation That Destroys A Currency A "Solution"?
29.05.2024, 20:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Hyper-Inflation That Destroys A Currency A "Solution"? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, When predicting the future, we're best served by following "what benefits the wealthy and powerful," as that is the likeliest outcome. This contrarian sees a strong consensus around the notion that hyper-inflation is the inevitable end-game...
It's The Immigrants, Stupid?
28.05.2024, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's The Immigrants, Stupid? While the Biden administration insists Americans shouldn't believe their lying bank accounts amid 'strong growth and low unemployment,' guess who's actually been benefiting? (Regular ZeroHedge readers already know) You guessed it - 'the controlled influx of immigrants into the US across the southern border,' as Trend Macrolytics...
The Collective Shrug Over Fico Assassination Attempt Exposes The Drive For War
28.05.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Collective Shrug Over Fico Assassination Attempt Exposes The Drive For War Authored by Craig Murray The collective shrug with which the Western media and political class noted the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been telling. Can you imagine the outrage and emotion that would have been expressed by Western powers...
Saving Our Democracy This Memorial Day
27.05.2024, 21:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saving Our Democracy This Memorial Day Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “We must stop Donald Trump.” - President “Joe Biden” Surely it was the right thing to do for President “Joe Biden” to remind the nation of the tragic loss of George Floyd four years ago this Memorial Day weekend. At the time, the man known as “the...
David Stockman On The Continual Rise In The Cost Of Living... And Why The Fed Has No Shame
27.05.2024, 19:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - David Stockman On The Continual Rise In The Cost Of Living... And Why The Fed Has No Shame Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, Jay Powell did it again assuring the 1% that he has their back. Markets recovered their poise over the last 24 hours, as investors were relieved after Fed Chair Powell stuck to his recent views on the economic...
Yield Hunt in Sub-3% Era Makes Chinese Market More Volatile
27.05.2024, 17:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yield Hunt in Sub-3% Era Makes Chinese Market More Volatile By Charlie Zhu and Helen Sun, Bloomberg markets live reporters and strategists Three things we learned last week: 1. China’s first ultra-long special bonds had a dramatic debut in the exchange market, showcasing retail investors’ thirst for higher yields. The 30-year notes were expected...
The Gap Between The Rich And The Poor Is Larger Than Ever, And Frustration Is Growing To Very Dangerous Levels
26.05.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Gap Between The Rich And The Poor Is Larger Than Ever, And Frustration Is Growing To Very Dangerous Levels Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Have you ever felt like you can never seem to get ahead no matter how hard you try? If so, you are definitely not alone. The gap between the ultra-wealthy and the rest of us has...
Would Returning To The Gold Standard Resolve Our Most Pressing Monetary Problems?
26.05.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Would Returning To The Gold Standard Resolve Our Most Pressing Monetary Problems? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, We all know the problem with fiat currency: the temptation to print more currency is irresistible, but ultimately destructive. Money in all its forms attracts quasi-religious beliefs and convictions. This makes it difficult...
Supreme Court Faces Historic Finish To Eventful Term
25.05.2024, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Supreme Court Faces Historic Finish To Eventful Term Authored by John Malcolm via The Epoch Times, Oral arguments are over at the Supreme Court for this term. Although the rallies and protesters have dispersed (for now, anyway), the justices remain frantically at work on the numerous opinions they have yet to hand down. With several closely watched...
They Want To Scare You With Myths Of "Unhampered Capitalism"
25.05.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - They Want To Scare You With Myths Of "Unhampered Capitalism" Authored by George Fo4rd Smith via The Mises Institute, Bad ideas are sometimes the hardest to dethrone. It’s probably accurate to say most people think of money as the paper currency printed by governments. And it is money in the sense that it functions as a medium of exchange, but is...
The Doom Of The Total State
24.05.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Doom Of The Total State Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, We’ve been waiting for the big thoughts on the meaning of it all. Where does the crisis of our times fit into the historical trajectory? What does it all imply for how we should think about politics, culture, society, our lives, and our futures? A frustrating part of current...
Red Or Blue, Rich Or Poor — Recessions Don't Care
23.05.2024, 15:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Red Or Blue, Rich Or Poor — Recessions Don't Care Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Political affiliation and wealth, it’s speculated, are making a recession look more likely than it really is by introducing systematic bias into the economic data. But this is a distraction. For the data that matters most in gauging the likelihood...
US Initial Jobless Claims Refuse To Budge From Near Record Lows
23.05.2024, 14:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Initial Jobless Claims Refuse To Budge From Near Record Lows According to the magical data providers at the US Department of Labor, just 215,000 Americans filed for jobless benefits for the first time last week (down from the prior week's 223,000). Source: Bloomberg Of course, back in the real world, this is what we have seen this year... 1. Everybuddy:...
The "Old Money" Secret To Wealth
23.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The "Old Money" Secret To Wealth Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, I believe that we’re heading for another liquidity crisis or financial crisis. That doesn’t mean it’ll happen tomorrow, but there are disturbing signs that it might not be too far off. It doesn’t mean the world’s going to end. But investors who aren’t prepared...
US House Passes FIT21 Crypto Bill With Bipartisan Support, Biden Does Not Threaten Veto
23.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US House Passes FIT21 Crypto Bill With Bipartisan Support, Biden Does Not Threaten Veto A majority of US House of Representatives members voted in favor of legislation to establish regulatory clarity over digital assets, CoinTelegraph reports. In a 279 to 136 vote on May 22, House lawmakers approved H.R.4763, or the Financial Innovation and Technology...
"Inflation Creates An Illusion Of Wealth" - Peter Schiff Blasts Biden's Brags About Raising Taxes
22.05.2024, 17:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Inflation Creates An Illusion Of Wealth" - Peter Schiff Blasts Biden's Brags About Raising Taxes Via SchiffGold.com, This week Peter’s back to discuss new economic data, Powell’s recent remarks in the Netherlands, and the Biden administration’s new tariffs. More and more signs point to economic stagflation, but Biden, Powell, and their cronies...
Blowback In The African Coup Belt
22.05.2024, 08:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blowback In The African Coup Belt Authored by Marcel Dumas Gautreau via The Mises Institute, Starting in 2020, things started to get strange in Africa for those who knew what to look for. Normally, coups in Africa are nothing to write about. But starting in 2020, we saw six countries flip into a pro-Russian direction in just three years. Individually...
Behind Rosy Economic Data, Americans Struggle To Make Ends Meet
21.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Behind Rosy Economic Data, Americans Struggle To Make Ends Meet Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Monica Lomax, a 59-year-old resident of Elkridge, Maryland, has been feeling the pinch of rising costs. She’s had to tighten her budget, especially for groceries and clothing. Now, her shopping trips are primarily for essentials...
Maybe We're Closer To "You'll Own Nothing" Than We Realize
20.05.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Maybe We're Closer To "You'll Own Nothing" Than We Realize Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Maybe we should rephrase the slogan to "you'll appear to own things you don't actually control and be happy." The World Economic Forum's catchphrase you'll own nothing and be happy was widely mocked as an eyebrow-raising vision of a "sharing...
Welcome To 'Fugazy Land'
20.05.2024, 22:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Welcome To 'Fugazy Land' Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “The crisis of meaning only becomes a problem when society becomes resigned to it, accepts a condition of meaninglessness, and seeks to dispossess humanity from the insights and truths it learned through the ages.” - Frank Furedi Really, you must agree: just about anything...