Opinions
California’s $20 Fast-Food Wage Hike Delivers the Opposite of What Was Promised
University of California, Santa Cruz researchers documented a range of negative outcomes from the state’s $20 minimum wage for fast-food...
The Arithmetic of Apathy: What Happens if the World’s Oil Spigot Stays Dark
There is a particular kind of blindness that afflicts prosperous societies — the conviction that the machinery of modern life...
“The Everything Meltdown”: Global Supply Chains Are Collapsing and Most Cannot Imagine the Pain That Is Coming
(The Economic Collapse Blog)—When global supply chains collapse, the pain is not felt immediately. Tankers that left their destinations before...
We Are Being Warned That the Global Fertilizer Crisis Could Push World Hunger Way Above the Current All-Time Record High
(The Economic Collapse Blog)—What are we going to do when global food prices go absolutely nuts and hundreds of millions...
What the Gargantuan March Jobs Miss Reveals About Wall Street’s Broken Crystal Ball
There is a peculiar ritual that plays out on the first Friday of every month in America. A constellation of...
California’s Quagmire of Fraud
A City Journal investigation reveals that fraudsters have stolen at least $180 billion from California taxpayers since Governor Gavin Newsom...
What the Staggering SpaceX IPO Exposes About American Capitalism
There is something almost poetic about the fact that the man who taught rockets to land themselves upright — an...
Global Energy Crisis or Iranian Surrender in Five Weeks?
(Alt-Market)—The last time global energy markets witnessed a shock similar to what we might see this year was during the...
Global Demand Destruction: Subsidies, Empty Gas Stations, Rationing, Flight Cancelations, Export Limits, Price Controls
(Zero Hedge)—In the past two weeks we have discussed demand destruction as a result of soaring oil prices (here and here), and...
The Southern Half of the U.S. Is Being Baked, Dehydrated and Flame-Broiled
Editor's Note: Some are already screaming about "climate change" but I would be far more inclined to blame weather control...