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“A debt crisis is coming. This time won’t be different.”
Economics

“A debt crisis is coming. This time won’t be different.”

We don’t know when and we don’t know how. We can’t estimate the impact. But the Sword of Damocles hangs over us all, and that…

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024
Sorry, but warm weather
Economics Uncomfortable Thoughts

Sorry, but warm weather

We’ve had over a week of unseasonably warm weather, along with a couple of migraines, here in Freeholdland, so I’ve been outside working myself into…

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023
Something has gone wild
Economics Prepping Things That Make You Go Hm-m-m

Something has gone wild

Remember the commercials for the “Girls Gone Wild” videos? You were promised all these nubile young things doing all sorts of questionable activities. It turned…

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023
Distilling it down
Economics I hate it when that happens Poly Ticks

Distilling it down

I spend an inordinate amount of time listening to podcasts. It’s a great way to multi-task. Mowing the yard? Listen to a podcast. Driving to…

July 10, 2023July 10, 2023
It’s just our economy-no biggie
Economics Whistling Past The Graveyard

It’s just our economy-no biggie

I’m catching up on some reading this afternoon. This excellent piece on how our economy is being squeezed to death was on John Wilder’s place.…

June 12, 2022June 12, 2022
Oh, my aching inflation
Economics I hate it when that happens

Oh, my aching inflation

I was poking around the economics sites on my list after this article on Zero Hedge, and I found this on ShadowStats. Folks, that’s 15%…

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022
Not feeling it today
Economics

Not feeling it today

Or one could say that I am feeling it, with “it” being a migraine. Since I can’t really concentrate enough to write something that makes…

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021
It’s a sickness, I’m tellin’ ya!
Broadcast Radios Economics Modern Life Skills Wuflu

It’s a sickness, I’m tellin’ ya!

Zenith Transoceanic, Model B600 Yes, I should be putting the money into something useful, like ammo. If there were any. I justify it as an(other)…

October 9, 2020February 15, 2021
Jubilee?
Economics Wuflu

Jubilee?

(Sorry that I’m starting to turn into “All Wuflu, all the time.” Hang in there.) Much is being made in various corners of the Intertubz…

March 4, 2020February 15, 2021
Will it be called the Wuflu Recession?
Economics Wuflu

Will it be called the Wuflu Recession?

Or the Kung Flu recession? Really, we should get in front of this and come up with a catchy name, because it’s probably going to…

February 21, 2020February 15, 2021
California Blackouts Economics Modern Medicine Prepping Things That Make You Go Hm-m-m

More Calpocolypse

From blancolirio Global Headquarters, the latest on the California blackouts. Note the economic damage that is starting to add up. You’d almost think there was…

November 1, 2019February 15, 2021
Economics Modern Life Skills Prepping

ZeroHedge misses it

(I originally posted a version of this on Gab.) “Ermagerd, personal spending rose highest on recreational vehicles!” That flapping sound you hear is Chicken Little’s…

October 30, 2019February 15, 2021
Economics

The Triffin dilemma

(Via James Howard Kunstler) Why the US balance of accounts stubbornly stays out of balance. There are constant rumblings that China et al want to…

June 5, 2019February 15, 2021
Economics Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits

Going to Hell in the handbasket of one’s choosing

Kevin at The Smallest Minority had a link to Sarah Hoyt’s piece “The Right To Go To Hell”. It’s interesting and insightful, and I suggest…

March 17, 2019February 15, 2021
Economics Rants

A note on the media

The AP is blubbering about the death of small town newspapers. I think newspapers, small town and otherwise, are being killed by two major factors.…

March 11, 2019February 15, 2021
Economics Modern Life Skills Prepping

Indicators! We got indicators!

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I think it’s a good idea to have a list of economic indicators that you keep up with. It…

February 18, 2019February 15, 2021
Economics Modern Life Skills Prepping

Indicators for the Real World

Often, there are indicators or warning signs before “something” happens. Sometimes they are unrecognized and sometimes they are misinterpreted. Sometimes they are ignored. The US…

February 16, 2019February 15, 2021
Economics

Cheery news for those retired or anticipating retirement

No matter what country you live in, if you are retired, are anticipating retirement or are planning for retirement, your government is out to be…

April 4, 2015February 15, 2021
Economics

Economic geekery

John Mauldin makes a point that Gross Output may be a better indicator of economic growth than Gross Domestic Product.  And no, we really aren’t…

July 28, 2014February 15, 2021
Economics

Fair warning–savers will not be spared

Time for more economic bad news. So you are one of those hopelessly boring folks who “did it right”.  You didn’t buy more house than…

January 5, 2014February 15, 2021
Economics Guns

Aaaaand…they’re gone.

As good as their word, Magpul Industries is bailing out of Colorado for Texas and Wyoming.  Colorado is going to take an $85 million dollar…

January 3, 2014February 15, 2021
Economics

How is our economy like a sand pile?

Because either can collapse in the most unpredictable of manners.  John Mauldin addresses the critical state and fingers of disequilibrium and how those concepts apply…

May 16, 2013February 15, 2021
Economics

Warning: Another Cyprus likely to occur soon

(Via SurvivalBlog) The International Monetary Fund, that paragon of fiscal virtue, thinks that Spain may be all but bankrupt.  Here’s the link–96 pages of dense…

May 12, 2013February 13, 2021
Economics

That’s not a hair cut

(Via the Drudge Report) That’s a beheading. Under conditions expected to be announced on Saturday, depositors in Bank of Cyprus will get shares in the…

March 30, 2013February 13, 2021
Economics

“…the foundation of American society is at risk…”

In which the GI Bill, Interstate Highways and corporate reengineering conspire to eliminate the middle class.  Interesting read.

January 9, 2013February 15, 2021

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