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Charles Hugh Smith

Book Author, Blogger at Of Two Minds
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Charles Hugh Smith, has been an independent journalist for 22 years. His weblog, www.oftwominds.com, is a daily compendium of observations and analysis on the global economy and financial markets, as well as notable political, social ...more
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Japan's Monetary Pearl Harbor
Monday, November 3, 2014 5:13 AM EDT
Trying to "fix" a sclerotic, inefficient state-cartel economy by boosting inflation--the ultimate goal of Japan's Monetary Pearl Harbor-- is a self-liquidating path to destruction.
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How Long Can The Top 10% Households Prop Up The "Recovery"?
Friday, October 31, 2014 5:15 AM EDT
The question of "recovery" really boils down to this: how much longer can the top 10% prop up the expansion?
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Why We're Poorer: Inflation And Deflation Are Now Globalized
Thursday, October 30, 2014 1:48 PM EDT
We're being hit with a double-whammy: Wages are under deflationary pressure, and almost everything else is exposed to inflationary pressure.
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Globalization = Permanent Instability
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 5:34 AM EDT
Globalization continually creates imbalances that fuel a perpetual instability that gradually impoverishes every sector other than global capital.
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Forget "Free Trade"--Focus On Capital Flows
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 4:25 AM EDT
In a world dominated by mobile capital, mobile capital is the comparative advantage.
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What Happens When Cash Is No Longer Trash?
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 1:05 PM EDT
Those who create value as opposed to chasing yield will have some traction once the excess liquidity drains -- a collapse of excess liquidity will restore equilibrium to the system.
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In Uncharted Waters
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:53 PM EDT
All the Fed money-printing and bond buying has sent money velocity in the real economy into a tailspin. Money has slipped into a coma.
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The Artists' Road To Serfdom: The Commoditization Of Creative Content
Monday, October 20, 2014 4:30 AM EDT
This is the net result of commoditization: there's no premium for commoditized capital, labor, goods, services or content.
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Why Nations (And Organizations) Fail: Self-Serving Elites
Friday, October 17, 2014 9:55 AM EDT
I submit that this dynamic of failure--the concentrated power and wealth of self-serving elites-- is scale-invariant, meaning that it is equally true of communities, towns, cities, states, nations and empires alike: all fail when they're run for the benefit of a narrow elite.
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Why The State Has Failed To Reform Our Broken Financial System
Thursday, October 16, 2014 9:59 AM EDT
Most observers think they know why the government has failed to truly reform the financial system: corrupt politicos on the receiving end of the Too Big to Fail banks and financiers' millions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions due the banks' bidding.
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What Options Are Left For Central Banks?
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 10:31 AM EDT
The ability to push down interest rates is helpful as a buffer when credit-tightening and fear of defaults push interest rates up enough to choke off normal lending.
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Why Is The Put-Call Ratio (Fear Gauge) Higher Than In The Lehman Collapse Of 2008?
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:13 AM EDT
The rising fear may reflect a shift in sentiment from faith in the omnipotence of central banks to skepticism.
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Will The Fed Let The Stock Market Crash Before An Election?
Sunday, October 12, 2014 10:57 PM EDT
Would anyone in the Fed's position with the tools at hand have any other option than to buy stocks in whatever quantity is needed to reverse the selling?
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Did Oil's Decline Take The Stock Market Down?
Saturday, October 11, 2014 4:04 PM EDT
If oil being dumped caused the market to breach key technical levels, that would cause managers to trim risk-on portfolios. This selling could gather downward momentum.
In this article: SPX
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The Stronger Dollar = Stealth QE
Friday, October 10, 2014 10:29 AM EDT
Whether this trend will hold or reverse is unknown, but it does suggest that there are advantages to being the cleanest shirt in the dirty laundry.
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Social Schizophrenia, Social Depression
Thursday, October 9, 2014 3:34 AM EDT
The difference between what we experience and what we're told we experience creates a social schizophrenia that leads to self-destructive attitudes and behaviors.
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