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by Michael Snyder The amount of corn produced in the United States this year is going to be way below expectations. The Department of Agriculture just slashed its harvest estimates … Read more
by jerschneid Here’s this same info as a visual journey for those visual learners: imgur.com/gallery/BlK4jzM I downloaded the historic S&P 500 data going back 40 years. I dumped everything in Google Sheets … Read more
by jessefelder One of the indicators I started tracking several years ago was what I call “The Buffett Yardstick.” It plots the total value of the stock market against the … Read more
by Jeff Thomas Ancient Greece is credited as raising the societal structure to new heights. Whenever this period is referred to, philosophers and historians are quick to mention that the ancient … Read more
by Michael Snyder All over America, large portions of our major cities are being transformed into stomach-churning cesspools of squalor. Thousands of tens cities are popping up from coast to … Read more
Wall street feeds off the suffering of Main Street. The more jobs we lose the more money they make. Wall street is lighting up cigars and celebrating as the working … Read more
By Nick Cunningham Oil has entered a bear market as fears of an economic downturn mount. The fundamentals look much tighter than the swoon might suggest, but the supply and demand … Read more
by Michael Snyder The combination of the wettest planting season in U.S. history, a catastrophic trade war with China and economic conditions that are brutal for small farms has produced … Read more
via UPI: More than 60,000 workers were laid off in March, topping off the worst quarter for job cuts since 2015, outplacement firm Challenger, Gary & Christmas reported. The 190,410 job … Read more
By Tsvetana Paraskova As the U.S.-China trade war continues to escalate, Beijing and its energy giants appear to be bracing for a worst-case scenario where the spat would drag on for years … Read more
You can’t tax your way to prosperity…but you can surely tax your way into poverty. Instead of drastically shrinking government involvement in the U.S. economy, and making America more competitive, … Read more
The economy is an interesting thing. You generally hear the same statistics over and over again. The fake unemployment rate, the wonderful consumer confidence, and everyone’s favorite, the GDP. Now … Read more
Via ZeroHedge Nonpartisan group Transportation for America has released a report detailing the deteriorating condition of the U.S. road network. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes, it found that states are continuing to push ahead with … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: We had an opportunity to restore the rule of law in America by impeaching an authoritarian president and stopping the out-of-control growth of presidential power. But the … Read more
Cristina Laila from The Gateway Pundit reports, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Trump’s claim that John Kerry violated the Logan Act is “true.” Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019…
by Michael Snyder We haven’t seen stock prices slide like this in a long time, and if this keeps up we could soon be looking at an avalanche. Our rapidly … Read more