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Tag: growth
China Experiencing Worst Economic Growth in 30 Years
US using tariffs to ensure China plays by its rules
Millennials Are Abandoning the Postwar Engines of Growth: Suburbs and Autos
If anything defined the postwar economy between 1946 and 1999, it was the exodus of the middle class from cities to suburbs and the glorification of what Jim Kunstler calls Happy Motoring: freeways, cars and trucks, ten lanes of private…
We’re in the Eye of a Global Financial Hurricane
The Keynesian gods have failed, and as a result we’re in the eye of a global financial hurricane. The Keynesian god of growth has failed. The Keynesian god of borrowing from the future to fund today’s consumption has failed. The…
2016 Theme #4: The End-Game of Debt-Fueled “Growth”
A number of systemic, structural forces are intersecting in 2016. One is the end-game of debt-fueled “growth.” We can summarize the official “solution” to the Global Financial Meltdown of 2008 in one line: borrow and blow trillions–of yen, yuan, dollars,…
Here’s Why the Status Quo Is Doomed
The central illusion of this era is that the Status Quo can be reformed or saved. All we need to do is (or so we’re told): 1. Get money out of politics 2. Re-impose the Glass-Steagall Act on banking 3. Close…
Here’s Why the Status Quo Is Doomed
The central illusion of this era is that the Status Quo can be reformed or saved. All we need to do is (or so we’re told): 1. Get money out of politics 2. Re-impose the Glass-Steagall Act on banking 3. Close…
When Capitalism Turns to Cannibalism
With authentic growth scarce, there’s no other way to reap huge profits but cannibalism. When people say “capitalism has failed” or “capitalism has succeeded,” we have to ask: what type of capitalism do you mean? Authentic capitalism, in which capital…
Unemployment claims soar as U.S. industry collapses; MSM touts growth in lowest-paying jobs instead
According to published reports, the U.S. economy grew by nearly 300,000 jobs in February, making the unemployment rate fall to 5.5 percent – the lowest of President Obama’s tenure – so the nation is well […]