via visualcapitalist: In recent decades, extreme world poverty has declined significantly and many millions of people have joined the swelling ranks of the middle class – particularly in China. While these economic shifts are positive, it’s the other end of the global wealth …
by howmuch Are you in the middle class? You probably think you are, according to new research from the Pew Research Center, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re right. It turns out household size is a major determiner of status in …
Dan Schultz from PositivelyDanSchultz and David DuByne creator of the ADAPT 2030 channel on YouTube discuss societal changes as our Earth shifts to a cooler climate as the Eddy Grand Solar Minimum intensifies, a 400-year cycle in our Sun which …
by Michael Snyder After just 4 days, federal workers are flocking to social media to share heart-wrenching stories of the misery and pain that they are suffering through because of the current government shutdown. As you will see below, it …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter And over the long term? It gets complicated, as they say. Since October 1, the S&P 500 index has plunged 19.6%, to 2,351 as of Monday’s fiasco. Over the same period, the price of gold has …
Merry Christmas: Federal Debt Up $1.37 Trillion Since Last Dec. 25; $10,743 Per Household (CNSNews.com) – The federal government has added another $1,370,760,684,441.54 to the debt since last December 25, according to numbers published by the U.S. Treasury. On Dec. 25, 2017, …
by Michael Snyder When talking heads on mainstream news networks are using phrases such as “the worst is yet to come next year”, that is a clear indication that a new financial crisis has arrived. And that is an extremely bold …
by John Rubino California Governor Jerry Brown inherited a $27 billion deficit from Arnold Schwarzenegger eight years ago. This month he’s leaving his successor a $13.8 billion surplus and $14.5 billion in rainy day fund balance. Pretty good right? Approximately …
Authored by Alastair Crooke via The Strategic Culture Foundation, It’s not just a trade war: behind that, hides a tech-war – and behind that, lie the plans for a full-spectrum arms race – from space to cyber. As one US …
No one knows what’s going to happen. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Vehicle manufacturing in the UK slumped by 19.6% in November compared to the same month of 2017, amidst rising fears about a no-deal Brexit …
by PriorPride Saudi Arabia has significantly increased its military spending since the beginning of its offensive in Yemen in 2015. The United States was Riyadh’s main supplier between 2015 and 2017, followed by the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland …
Rand Paul is right. Trump hate has brought the bad actors to the forefront, and they are not even hiding it. War in the middle east? F*ck Yes. Borders (2009)? F*ck Yes. Borders (2018)? F*ck no. Peace in Korea? F*ck …
By John W. Whitehead “There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.”—Ludwig von Mises The government has shut down again. At least, parts of the government have temporarily shut down over President …
via Yahoo: (Bloomberg Opinion) — Joerg Boche is arguably the most important person in Europe’s corporate debt market right now (with apologies to Mario Draghi). As the group head of treasury at Volkswagen AG, his decisions on the company’s …
by Michael Snyder This is definitely not the gift that investors wanted for Christmas. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 653 points as panic swept through Wall Street like wildfire. That represented a 2.9 percent daily decline, and that …
David Rothschild Has Twitter Meltdown Over Trump’s Attacks on the Fed David Rothschild Verified account @DavMicRot > Replying to @DavMicRot Apparently I need to brush up on anti-Fed conspiracy theory, but gold-standard would be terrible for standard-of-living for working Americans: …
Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Author and historian Victor Davis Hanson joined Tucker Carlson on Tuesday night after the Flynn court hearing today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOltx_ywj1w Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…
by DCG Strict gun control laws don’t even work during the Christmas season. From MyFoxChicago: Sun Times Media Wire – At least 23 people in Chicago were shot, one fatally, since the weekend began Friday evening. The murder occurred outside a club …
by John Rubino Michael Oliver: When Gold Moves It’s Going To Move Big … Peter Schiff: a “Greater Recession” is coming … Max Keiser “Deutsche Bank is the pin that will pop the bubble” …
by Michael Snyder If the financial markets are going to be just fine, then why did Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin make emergency calls to the CEOs of the six biggest banks in America on Sunday? And if we don’t have …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Risk is getting repriced. And rather suddenly. What are the real-world consequences? And how will it impact stocks? The Fed has warned about them, and investors fear a run-on-the-fund. Read… $1.3 Trillion “Leveraged Loan” Boom Comes Unglued …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Relying on fakery and addictive stimulus is the acme of fragility and vulnerability. Let’s start with a chart of the S&P 500: Having become addicted to the Federal Reserve’s nearly free money for financiers and the infamous Fed Put, stock …
by Michael Snyder Because most Americans are so focused on preparations for Christmas, not a lot of attention is being paid to the massive disaster that just took place in Indonesia, and that is a huge mistake. Anak Krakatoa has …
Reuters: Top Trump official calls bankers, will convene ‘Plunge Protection Team’ This is the most unequal policy of the Feds. We have barely entered a bear market, circuit breakers haven’t even kicked in yet, and they are already planning to …
This was a different sort of video. Seemingly all over the place. But the truth is that the dangers are all around us. We are living in a world where people are relying on pensions, 401k, retirement accounts and that …
Rand Paul was right on all counts, the talking head didn’t look too pleased about it though. He makes the presidents decisions seem so common sense as opposed to going through the military channels of 10% stand down over 10 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEqPjGvad2c For More Information See: https://publicintelligence.net/restricted-u-s-army-internment-and-resettlement-operations-manual/
The NTP press release, and a new NTP fact sheet can be found below along with the FDA press release that addresses these studies. The NTP final reports found “clear evidence” of increased cancer risk in male rats from low …
by Michael Snyder We have not seen anything like this since the financial crisis of 2008. On Thursday the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost another 464 points, and over the last five trading sessions it has lost a total of …
by Michael Snyder President Trump has decided to stand up and fight for funding for the border wall that he has been promising the American people. And that is probably a very good thing for Trump’s political future, because …