Finance

The Zombie Epocalypse: River of Denial Floods Markets

By David Haggith 2 weeks ago

The highest summit of irrational exuberance ever, which is not even seen by those engaging in it, establishes the perfect peak for the greatest global economic collapse ever. Some days the level of denial in the stock market twists my head into a knot — not because I am surprised at lemmings jumping over a cliff…

Finance

Tick, Tick, Talk, 2019 Recession Coming

By David Haggith 1 month ago

The 2018 stock market crash is now a fait accompli, having taken a polar bear plunge that put ice in the veins of the Fed and electrified their collective spine with such a deep chill they ran like a fat walrus from the bear market to halt their long-nurtured plans of economic tightening. With that…

New Holy Wars: Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion

By Alex Newman 2 months ago

If environmentalism and much of the 20th century’s mainstream economic dogma can really be considered religions, then there are profound and far-reaching implications that must be acknowledged. In his book “The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion,” Robert Nelson makes a compelling case that not only should the two movements properly be characterized…

Green New Deal “Sustainability” Threatens Everything Good

By Tom DeWeese 2 months ago

California is the perfect example of what America will be reduced to if a proposed Green New Deal goes into action because in many respects it has already happened in the State. The middle-class in the State has been hollowed out as they are taxed in the billions to fund the ever mounting public employee…

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MARKETS: A Week in Life of Topsy-Turvy Wildly Whirling World

By David Haggith 2 months ago

Let’s review this past devilishly whacky week to see if we can divine the way the world is turning and why the markets are churning. It was 2019’s worst week in stocks and, well, just about everything economic all across this crazily spinning planet. Volatility lifted its head back out of the water like Loch…