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All is not well in the non-GAAP paradise known as Tesla's Gigafactory, where labor tensions are suddenly running high.

According to Bloomberg, at least 100 workers at the construction site for Tesla's massive (and taxpayer subsidized) battery factory near Reno, Nevada, walked off the job Monday to protest use of workers from other states, a union official said.

It used to be that workers were upset when foreigners were brought in; now it's workers from out of state.

Submitted by Mike Holly via The Mises Institute,

Although the causes of economic crises recurring throughout US history and often spreading worldwide can’t be proven using empirical means, oppressive government regulations favoring special interests in relevant industries have preceded every crisis.

With "significant" financial stress pervading the markets, it is hardly surprising that systemic risk concerns are rising rapidly. What we have been experiencing in markets this year, as BofA's FX team notes, is the impact of multiple shocks, at a time when central banks cannot come to the rescue, in a market that has been addicted to the central bank policy put. This leave cross-asset correlation soaring as shocks become larger leaving market fragility increasing.

With plenty of Tail risks lurking...

Via EvergreenGavekal.com, 

“Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.”

 

– Charles De Gaulle, Leader of the French resistance during WWII and 18th President of France

SUMMARY

A little over a week ago, before we described the increasingly more perilous situation facing US refiners, we summarized the oversupply threat facing the biggest U.S. commercial hub located in Cushing, OK as follows: