By Charles Hugh Smith The hard limits are hidden, and we will discover them only when it’s too late to modify the self-destructive behavior and policies we’ve pursued as …
(It is valuable to read forecasts published prior to a debacle such as the 2008 financial meltdown. Below is an analysis that first appeared in an important financial newsletter, …
By David Tulis If you are like me, you value small steps toward greater financial independence. You are progressing in plans to start a small home-based business. You are …
By David Tulis The protest in front of a McDonald’s restaurant in Chattanooga demanding the chain boost wages might have been misdirected. The dollar is poor not because McDonald’s …
By David Tulis We sit agog before our TV sets looking at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Chattanooga. The facility employs thousands, is equivalent to 28 football fields and sent …
By Franklin Sanders Like some ancient Greek drama the Greek government’s financial failure simply cannot be solved. When the plot backed into an unsolvable corner in ancient Greek tragedy, …
The debt in pictures (Please read Part 1 of this essay here.) Look at “Chart 1, U.S. Government Debt vs. Household Debt, 1996-2013.” Notice how households went on a …
The people who have brought you national economy have also brought you a government bank that extends credit and credit guarantees not only to Chattanooga companies, but foreign importers …