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What Few Expect: Inflation Will Surge, Destabilizing the Status Quo - Charles...
Topics: US EconomyFew seem to ponder what global shortages in key commodities might do to prices.If there is any economic truism that is accepted by virtually everyone, it's that inflation is low and...
View ArticleBuried In The Fed's Report It Reveals The Truth About The Economy - Charles...
Topics: US EconomyCharles Hugh Smith explains what the recent Fed report really reveals about the US economy.
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Migration of the Tax Donkeys - Charles Hugh Smith (10/19/2017)
Topics: US EconomyDear local leadership: here's the formula for long-term success.A Great Migration of the Tax Donkeys is underway, still very much under the radar of the mainstream media and...
View ArticleTed Cruz Debates Bernie Sanders on Tax Reform - CNN (10/23/2017)
Topics: US EconomyTed Cruz and Bernie Sanders had a civil debate over tax cuts, which is a change of pace from the crazy politics of today. It aired on 10/18/2017 on CNN.
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Stagnation Nation: Middle Class Wealth Is Locked Up in Housing and Retirement...
Topics: US EconomyThe majority of middle class wealth is locked up in unproductive assets or assets that only become available upon retirement or death.One of my points in Why Governments Will Not Ban...
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The Consent of the Conned - Charles Hugh Smith (10/30/2017)
Topics: US EconomyEvery single line item in our entire Bernie Madoff scam of a system is cooked.My theme this week is The Great Unraveling, by which I mean the unraveling of our...
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About Those "Hedonic Adjustments" to Inflation: Ignoring the Systemic Decline...
Topics: US EconomyThe quality, durability, utility and enjoyment-of-use of our products and services has been plummeting for years.One of the more mysterious aspects of the official inflation rate is...
View ArticleMacy's: Still A Part Of Your Life? | Dead Mall & Retail Documentary - Retail...
Topics: US EconomyIn this episode we take a look at Macy's. We visit two stores. The first is located at the Park Place Mall in Tucson, AZ and the second is located at the Scottsdale Fashion Square...
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The Fetid Swamp of Tax Reform - Charles Hugh Smith (11/20/2107)
Topics: US EconomyThe likelihood that either party will ever drain the fetid swamp of corruption that is our tax code is zero, because it's far too profitable for politicos to operate their auction for...
View ArticleThe Death of the Department Store - Bloomberg (11/21/2017)
Topics: US EconomyE-commerce has chipped away at the market share of storied retailers like Macy's, Sears, and JC Penney, but it's hardly the only reason the future for these stores looks bleak....
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Is This Why Productivity Has Tanked and Wealth Inequality Has Soared? -...
Topics: US EconomyNeedless but highly profitable forced-upgrades are the bread and butter of the tech industry.One of the enduring mysteries in conventional economics (along with why wages for the...
View ArticleDeficit Hawks Prompt Delay of Senate Tax Bill Votes - Bloomberg (12/01/2017)
Topics: US EconomySenate Republicans are scrambling to pass tax legislation after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed a planned series of votes until Friday morning. Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli...
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The Cost Basis of our Economy is Spiraling Out of Control - Charles Hugh...
Topics: US EconomyWhat will it take to radically reduce the cost basis of our economy?If we had to choose one "big picture" reason why the vast majority of households are losing ground, it would either...
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Jedi Mind Trick: The Disturbing, Destabilizing Abnormal Is Now Normal -...
Topics: US EconomyDisturbing, destabilizing abnormalities are now accepted as normal life in America.Forgive me for wondering if the populace of America hasn't fallen for a Jedi mind trick:Disturbing,...
View ArticleHolly Jolly Dead Mall Christmas Special Featuring Prescott Gateway Mall -...
Topics: US EconomyRetail Archaeology presents the Retail Archaeology Holly Jolly Dead Mall Christmas Special!
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"Wealth Effect" = Widening Wealth Inequality - Charles Hugh Smith (12/28/2017)
Topics: US EconomyNote that widening wealth and income inequality is a non-partisan trend.One of the core goals of the Federal Reserve's monetary policies of the past 9 years is to generate the "wealth...
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Why the Financial System Will Break: You Can't "Normalize" Markets that...
Topics: US EconomyCentral banks are now trapped.In a nutshell, central banks are promising to "normalize" their monetary policy extremes in 2018. Nice, but there's a problem: you can't "normalize"...
View ArticleSears: Not Open For The Community - Retail Archaeology (01/10/2018)
Topics: US EconomyIn this episode Retail Archaeology takes a look at a Sears in the final stages of its liquidation sale. This is the Sears at the dead mall Fiesta Mall and is the same location RA...
View ArticleDavid Stockman on Bannon, Trump, and What's Coming for the Economy - Tom...
Topics: US EconomyWith Steve Bannon on the outs with Trump and out at Breitbart, David Stockman -- director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan -- returns to discuss Bannonism,...
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Social Change Will Upend the Status Quo - Charles Hugh Smith (01/12/2018)
Topics: US EconomyThe nation is fragmenting because the Status Quo is failing the majority of the citizenry.The core narrative of the Status Quo is that nothing fundamental needs to be changed: all the...
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