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By Julianne Geiger While predictions about volatile oil prices abound, one theme keeps popping up: geopolitical risk premium. First it was theories about a closure at the Strait of Hormuz. … Read more
via fastcompany: Have you heard about China’s social credit system? It’s a technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward better behavior. The ultimate goal is to “allow the trustworthy to … Read more
Leftists used to hate Walmart for exploiting Chinese workers: archive.is/EiC82
via Zerohedge: On Monday, investors in mainland China finally got a taste of what it would be like to trade in a market that isn’t tightly controlled by Chinese economic authorities. And what … Read more
by DCG As I checked the shooting numbers in Chiraq over the holiday weekend (mostly from MyFoxChicago), the numbers kept going up, up and up! Good thing Chicago Police added 1,500 … Read more
via Zerohedge: With Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing set to unveil his sweeping restructuring plan to the struggling German banking behemoth’s board on Sunday – a plan that’s expected to … Read more
TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces, and that should scare the hell out of everyone. Learn More: www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-0…
From Zero Hedge With the entire US agriculture sector facing a 1980s style farm crisis downturn and record debt levels, demand for new tractors is set to collapse as farmers hang … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Retail space asking rents plunge as landlords try to fill scores of vacant shops. The average asking rent on Madison Avenue between 57th Street and 72nd … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Industry and government organs in Canada, Australia, the UK, and other places with housing bubbles that are now deflating are trying to hide behind a false … Read more
by Jesse Colombo Last week, President Donald Trump reiterated his call for the Fed to cut interest rates: President Trump is technically correct in saying that the economy (or, more … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO Paying someone in order to lend them money seems kind of pointless. Yet the practice of stashing wealth in places where it yields nothing (and maybe even … Read more
Dark Days: Venezuela crisis forces millions to leave The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela is behind the largest human displacement in Latin American history; more than three million Venezuelans have left … Read more
Josh Sigurdson reports on the quickly growing surveillance state in Australia as new technology is unrolled in cities and towns across the country. Darwin is building a city based on … Read more
by JanssenReportHost Today on The Janssen Report I go into the dystopian nightmare that is unfolding in front of our eyes: modern day book burning as a means to implement thought … Read more
via bracingviews: Missile Envy W.J. Astore I grew up on a steady diet of threat inflation. Before I was born, bomber and missile “gaps” had been falsely touted as showing the … Read more