What’s causing the crash in oil prices? What happens next?
Summary: Again, as so many times since 2000, oil prices dominate the news and shake the financial system. As usual, the news mixes fact and conjecture, wisdom and nonsense. Here’s an introduction to...
View ArticleRecession Watch: Falling Commodity Prices to Hurt America
Economic indicators are like biosigns of a living organism. They signal changes in complex systems that we cannot directly say and don’t well understand. The top rule is that rapid change in key...
View ArticleHigher food prices, riots, shortages – what is going on?
Tweet Summary: Many factors are driving up food prices, but the elephant in the room is global inflation. This explains why prices are rising throughout the entire commodity complex (energy,...
View ArticleThe geopolitics of inflation, an introduction
Tweet Summary: inflation is probably not what you think it is. Especially today. Note the comments for quotes about this from major economists. To see how this applies to us today, go to Debt –...
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