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Thirteen Major Fails: a Quick Rundown of our Rundown Economy
During the Roaring Twenties would anyone have believed you if you told them about the depression and the dust-bowl years that were soon to come? Would they have believed their celebratory excesses during such a “strong economy” could possibly leave them collapsing into the dustbin of history that followed?
US Economy Crashes Headlong into Recession!
Is it too extreme to say an annualized GDP growth number of minus 1.4% this quarter puts us in recession in this quarter, and is it too extreme to call that a “crash?” No, it is not in the least extreme, and I’ll tell you why, even though the standard definition of a recession is […]
Protected: Epocalypse Revisited Part Six … Six, Six: Are we talking the “Mark of the Beast” Yet?
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Protected: Epocalypse Revisited Part Four: The Cashless Society and the New Digital Dollar Divide. It’s here!
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Protected: Epocalypse Revisited Part Two: The New Globalism
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Protected: Epocalypse Revisited Part One: Sanctions Will Intensify Shortages, Spread Starvation and Inflate Inflation All Over the World
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Epocalypse Revisited: The Recurring Nightmare of Economic Collapse
In 2015, I wrote about The Great Recession 2.0 that was coming upon us. I called it “The Epocalypse” to signify an economic apocalypse that would be epic in scale and that would begin a new epoch on earth — a turbulent time of global economic collapse. It described my overarching vision of our journey ahead.
Protected: The Everything Bubble Bust Pt. 2: Zombie Apocalypse
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Barreling Toward Epocalypse: Grading My 2020 Predictions
After each year closes, I typically grade myself on the predictions I made for that year. My last set of predictions were written near the end of June, during our reopening from the COVID lockdowns, for the second half: “2020 Economic Predictions: This Series of Unfortunate Events Guarantees the Epocalypse.” I led off with this […]
The Great Reset: Leaning into 2021 Money Storm
The big talk among economists and central banksters and some politicians in 2020 has shifted toward how the Coronacrisis will (or “must”) result in a global financial/social reset. I’ve said for years we can anticipate central bank digital currencies (even before that term existed) to happen in conjunction with a global financial reset. Now we […]
Halloween Madness Tears Stock Market to Shreds
Investors will start to realize the economy is not recovering in August, I said. As result, the stock market will break sometime in August or September, I said. It will likely experience an even bigger plunge as an October surprise, I said, because something about October loves a Halloweenish surprise for stocks.
Knock-on Effects Knock out Economy Like Dominoes
The major knock-on effects of the COVID shutdown are now starting to stack against each other, pushing city centers into the dust. Here are some of the big moves that are as characteristic of the US as they are of the world overall.
