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Field Notes
Debt is like jello – There’s always room for more!
Debt tastes delicious … “If you are a country and you have managed to REDUCE your total (public+private) debt load since the crisis you are part of an elite club.” – Variant…
All That Glitters Is Not Gold
The BEST economy EVER! Q1 GDP Smashes Expectations, Soars 3.2%!! “With the Atlanta Fed forecasting Q1 GDP of as little as 0.5% about 6 weeks ago, traders were shocked when moments ago…
The Writing Is On The Wall
Economic risks are rising, “Korean GDP shrank by the most in a decade amid a tech slowdown. Asia’s fourth-largest economy shrank by 0.3 percent in the first quarter from the previous three…
Ignorance Isn’t Bliss
Unemployment rates are misleading, “Young adults are the last to be hired and first to be fired. They are the most economically fragile segment of the population and their levels of employment…
20 Interesting Facts About Cobalt
Cobalt is both an essential biological and industrial metal, considered an important strategic mineral by counties around the world, but most of us know little about this semi-precious metal. Where does Cobalt…
Cracks begin to show
Central Bank balance sheets ballooned after the financial crisis of 2008. Central banks spur growth? Well, not really. pic.twitter.com/81jpTNoyNL — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) April 22, 2019 The appetite for debt wasn’t limited…
Systemic Corruption Charted
Political partisanship lead to money backed by nothing … “Capitalism is not broken. The problem is that we haven’t had sound money since 1971.” – Jesse Colombo Notice how he makes ZERO…
The Ancient History Of Agriculture
In seeking correlations and crossovers in the history of agriculture during the ancient era through understanding important commodities such as wheat, soybeans, corn, and cannabis, the author has aggregated information from the…
The World’s Reverse Robinhood
Robbing the poor to pay the rich has been the well-executed mission of central banks around the world for the last decade … Release the stimulus! “What you need to understand is…