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Executive Summary

Why today’s ‘magnificent folly’ will unwind in the 2020s
The return of Peak Oil
Why the pace of change will accelerate faster from here
Why time is of the essence for those with the courage to act

If you have not yet read Part 1: Good Riddance To The ‘Twenty-Teens’, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

This next decade will be a banquet of consequences.

Our misdeeds and mistakes will all be coming home to roost.

I certainly hope you are taking steps to prepare yourself for them. I certainly am.

The subversion of our free and fair markets has resulted in the most radical, interventionist, large-scale social experiment ever run in the modern developed world.

The early returns, unless you’re a member of the 0.1%, are dismal across the board.

The 2020’s will see the unwinding of this magnificent folly. It’s collapse will be extremely painful for the vast majority of humanity.

You see, the extremely dangerous thing about credit bubbles is that they… (Enroll now to continue reading)

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Executive Summary

Why today’s ‘magnificent folly’ will unwind in the 2020s
The return of Peak Oil
Why the pace of change will accelerate faster from here
Why time is of the essence for those with the courage to act

If you have not yet read Part 1: Good Riddance To The ‘Twenty-Teens’, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

This next decade will be a banquet of consequences.

Our misdeeds and mistakes will all be coming home to roost.

I certainly hope you are taking steps to prepare yourself for them. I certainly am.

The subversion of our free and fair markets has resulted in the most radical, interventionist, large-scale social experiment ever run in the modern developed world.

The early returns, unless you’re a member of the 0.1%, are dismal across the board.

The 2020’s will see the unwinding of this magnificent folly. It’s collapse will be extremely painful for the vast majority of humanity.

You see, the extremely dangerous thing about credit bubbles is that they… (Enroll now to continue reading)

ENROLL NOW TO ACCESS PART 2 IN FULL

Good Riddance To The ‘Twenty-Teens’

by Chris Martenson

This is my last report from the good old “twenty-teens”.

In some respects, they didn’t turn out at all like I thought they would. But in many others, exactly as predicted.

But, given today’s systemic distortions and deformations, predicting the events of the next ten years will be much easier than it was for the twenty-teens. Largely because there’s little room left down the road to kick the can further.

Good Riddance To The ‘Twenty-Teens’

by Chris Martenson

This is my last report from the good old “twenty-teens”.

In some respects, they didn’t turn out at all like I thought they would. But in many others, exactly as predicted.

David Collum: Pandemonium

by David Collum

The only thing nearly as enlightening as reading David Collum’s epic Year In Review is listening to him and Chris Martenson riff about its highlights.

Strap in, grab some eggnog, and listen to this year’s recap.

David Collum: Pandemonium

by David Collum

The only thing nearly as enlightening as reading David Collum’s epic Year In Review is listening to him and Chris Martenson riff about its highlights.

Strap in, grab some eggnog, and listen to this year’s recap.

Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit.

This year’s is no exception.

Dave Collum: 2019 Year in Review (Part 1)

by David Collum

Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit.

This year’s is no exception.

A Hot Mess

by Chris Martenson

You wouldn’t know it from the ever-rising stock ““market””, but something is really wrong beneath the surface of the financial system.

The Fed is lying about it, too. So is the mainstream financial press, unable to perform its most basic function of asking obvious questions and following them up with additional inquiry.

A Hot Mess

by Chris Martenson

You wouldn’t know it from the ever-rising stock ““market””, but something is really wrong beneath the surface of the financial system.

The Fed is lying about it, too. So is the mainstream financial press, unable to perform its most basic function of asking obvious questions and following them up with additional inquiry.

Take Action Locally To These Global Threats

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by Chris Martenson

Executive Summary

Despite attempts to distract us, the systemic rot is accelerating
Why an approaching painful reset is a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’ at this point
The big step I’ve just taken in my own planning
An opportunity for a few interested others to join me

If you have not yet read Part 1: Bubbles Are Brutal , available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

What sort of country lavishes unnecessary wealth on its already-rich citizens while cutting off access to food for its very poorest? What kind of culture provides endless backstops and bailouts for the financial elites (socialism for the rich) no matter the cost to the rest of society?

Not a healthy one, that’s for sure.

Similar disheartening stories abound for rapacious drug pricing (insulin, inhalers, etc., ad nauseum), profoundly underfunded pensions, disappearing insects and other species, increasing weather oddities, oceans filled with plastic, and other such mega-predicaments.

None of this is remotely healthy. It speaks of decay and rot, as seems to happen throughout history when empires teeter-totter ever closer to their expiration date.

Did you know that the only two rich societies in the world with falling life expectancies, incomes, savings, happiness, trust — every single social indicator you can imagine — are America and Britain?

How is any of this tolerable to anybody? How much longer will people tolerate this sloppy mess? And what will they do when they awaken to its dangers and injustice?

I want you to become prepared and resilient for what’s coming next. Don’t just sit there hoping for the best.

Personally, I’m in full-blown action mode right now.

Specifically, I’ve just made the major investment to… (Enroll now to continue reading)

ENROLL NOW TO ACCESS PART 2 IN FULL

Take Action Locally To These Global Threats

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Executive Summary

Despite attempts to distract us, the systemic rot is accelerating
Why an approaching painful reset is a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’ at this point
The big step I’ve just taken in my own planning
An opportunity for a few interested others to join me

If you have not yet read Part 1: Bubbles Are Brutal , available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

Not a healthy one, that’s for sure.

None of this is remotely healthy. It speaks of decay and rot, as seems to happen throughout history when empires teeter-totter ever closer to their expiration date.

How is any of this tolerable to anybody? How much longer will people tolerate this sloppy mess? And what will they do when they awaken to its dangers and injustice?

I want you to become prepared and resilient for what’s coming next. Don’t just sit there hoping for the best.

Personally, I’m in full-blown action mode right now.

Specifically, I’ve just made the major investment to… (Enroll now to continue reading)

ENROLL NOW TO ACCESS PART 2 IN FULL

Bubbles Are Brutal

by Chris Martenson

Asset bubbles are brutal.

The most difficult time to remain centered and focused is during their last stages as everyone around you is going nuts. Logic has been tossed out the window, sentiment is manic, and every narrative – the stories we hear and use to make sense of our world – is thoroughly ungrounded.

Bubbles Are Brutal

by Chris Martenson

Asset bubbles are brutal.

Off The Cuff: The Fed’s ‘Complicated Mess’

PREVIEW

by Chris Martenson

This week Chris sat down with Peak Prosperity’s favorite expert on the Federal Reserve, Axel Merk, to try to make sense of what’s going on with Fed policy. We’re rushing this podcast to you before the transcript is ready as the situation is so fluid this week. In the 48 hours since the recording of…

Off The Cuff: The Fed’s ‘Complicated Mess’

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Dennis Meadows: The Limits To Growth

by Chris Martenson

Fifty years ago, an international team of researchers was commissioned by the Club of Rome to build a computer simulation of exponential economic and population growth on a finite planet.

In 1971, its findings were first released in Moscow and Rio de Janeiro, and later published in 1972 under the title The Limits To Growth. The report concluded society would start experiencing serious declines in resources and population soon after 2030.

One of the original seventeen researchers involved in The Limits To Growth study, Dennis Meadows, joins us for the podcast this week. Fifty years later, what does he foresee ahead?

Dennis Meadows: The Limits To Growth

by Chris Martenson

Fifty years ago, an international team of researchers was commissioned by the Club of Rome to build a computer simulation of exponential economic and population growth on a finite planet.

One of the original seventeen researchers involved in The Limits To Growth study, Dennis Meadows, joins us for the podcast this week. Fifty years later, what does he foresee ahead?