Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
People were poor by today's standards, so why do people remember the plantation life fondly? The answer is simple: community, purpose, sacrifice and meaning.
Allow me to connect two apparently unconnected dots. Dot #1: The last sugar plantation in Hawaii is closing down, ending more than a century of plantation life in the 50th state.
By EconMatters
We go over the fundamentals and technicals of the Wheat Market in this video, and also discuss global trade issues regarding the Trump Presidency. Wheat has been a nice quick scalping play sub 400 for 2016, will traders get burned on this strategy in 2017?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_JgxQO5M10
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
If you create and distribute money only in the apex of the wealth/power pyramid, it can only benefit the few rather than the many.
There are numerous debates about money: what it is, how we measure it, and so on. In recognition of these debates, I'm referring to "money" in quotes to designate that I'm using the Federal Reserve's measure of money stock (MZM).
By EconMatters
There are a lot of concerns out there that has the market terrified, investors are just hoping like hell they don`t lose money before the year is out because they can`t sell due to tax costs. Forget the Market Pullback, we may have a market crash in 2017 if Trump starts a Trade War with China!
By EconMatters
We pay attention when people shut down manufacturing plants, and GM and Ford are doing this very act, we discuss the implications for the industry and overall economy in this video. We told investors that a lot of dogshit stocks are being moved up in this rally.