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by visualcapitalist Our world has never been more connected than it is today. Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population is plugged into the matrix, with over 4.4 billion internet users across multiple device types. We use these devices for work and for play—and social media has altered the way we interact both online and offline. … Read more

BY JOHN RUBINO Ben Hunt: Prepare to get burned … Harry Dent: The world is melting … Charles Hugh Smith: We are unwilling pawns in the Fed’s game of chess … Jeff Berwick: Systemic collapse is inevitable … Peter Schiff: QE by any other name still stinks … Rick Rule: Pretty clear we’re in a … Read more

via wallstreetonparade: Following a lack of liquidity on Wall Street, which necessitated the Federal Reserve having to provide $53 billion on Tuesday and another $75 billion on Wednesday to normalize overnight lending in the repo market, the Chairman of the Fed, Jerome (Jay) Powell held his press conference at 2:30 p.m. yesterday. The press gathering followed … Read more

Central Planning is always destined to fail, and central planners (at everyone else’s expense) always do whatever they can to delay the inevitable. Negative interest rates (that is, getting paid to borrow money) would never occur in a free market monetary system. Such a ludicrous idea will only further exacerbate the end of central banking. … Read more

by Chris Martenson via ChirsMartensonDotCom Society is pretending its actions don’t have consequences. It’s badly mistaken. History teaches us that there is no free lunch, reminds Dr. Ben Hunt, publisher of EpsilonTheory.com. And science informs us that even the most simple systems become nearly impossible to predict or control with 100% precision as time and variables change. But … Read more

by DCG Thankfully this guy has no shot of becoming president. From Daily Mail: Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke unveiled a sweeping marijuana legalization plan Thursday that would provide financial grants to people incarcerated for non-violent crimes and impose taxes on the pot industry. O’Rourke, who gained notoriety while serving on the El Paso City Council when … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith Technology, like natural selection, has no goal. When it comes to the impact of automation (robots, AI, etc.) on jobs, there are two schools of thought: one holds that technology has always created more and better jobs than it destroys, and this will continue to be the case. The other holds that the … Read more

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WTO allows U.S. to hit EU with tariffs over Airbus subsidies. The United States has won the right to hit the EU with billions of euros in punitive tariffs by winning a dispute over subsidies to aerospace giant Airbus, four EU officials told POLITICO. WTO allows U.S. to hit EU with tariffs over Airbus subsidies … Read more

Money Metals Exchange, Released on 9/20/19 Mr. Forbes unloads on the Fed and its horrific track record — with accuracy that’s worse than a bunch of monkeys throwing darts at a dartboard, he says. Forbes discusses Donald Trump’s chances at reelection and lays out the case why you simply must have at least some gold … Read more

The Dollar Vigilante, Released on 9/21/19 Topics include: the bond market explosion, coming inflation, monetary expansion, narco trafficking supports the banks, the Saudi oil field attacks were faked, Afghan heroin trade, US government loss of credibility, coming isolation, modern monetary theory is not modern, the fed forced to buy back it’s own issuance, the growing … Read more

Two illegal immigrants were arrested after attempting to climb a newly installed section of a California border wall without success. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the two men were caught attempting to cross from Mexico illegally into San Diego. Surveillance footage from the border showed men attempting to scale the border wall and failing. … Read more

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by Mike Shedlock Women are slowly catching up to men in median wages but growth has been pathetic across the board. BLS data on real wages shows women are slowly catching up to men. That’s the good news. The bad news is real wages for women have only risen at slightly over 1/2 of 1 … Read more