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Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,

Few 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 will stay low into the foreseeable future. The reasons are numerous: technology is deflationary, globalization is deflationary, central banks will keep interest rates near-zero essentially forever, and so on.

Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

When people are dependent on the government they are much easier to control.

We are often told that we are not “compassionate” when we object to the endless expansion of government social programs, but that is not how the debate should be framed.

Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

Are you ready for mass chaos in Washington?

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,

Japan is a global leader is how to gracefully manage stagnation.

Although our leadership is too polite to say it out loud, they've embraced stagnation as the new quasi-official policy. The reason is tragi-comically obvious: any real reform would threaten the income streams gushing into untouchably powerful self-serving elites and fiefdoms.

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,

There is nothing inevitable about such vast, fast-rising income-wealth inequality; it is the only possible output of our financial and pay-to-play political system.