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Are You Infuriated Yet?

Both the pension and health care crises are infuriating and self-inflicted wounds.

We could have avoided them by making wiser choices in the past. We didn’t. We could limit their damage by making better choices today. We almost assuredly won’t.

Anybody who studies the system and its math comes to the same conclusion: the corporations have all the power and they are misusing it for private gain.

An easy prediction to make is that this simmering anger of the populace is going to start boiling over more violently in the coming years. Welcome to the Age of Fury.

Are You Infuriated Yet?

by Chris Martenson

Both the pension and health care crises are infuriating and self-inflicted wounds.

We could have avoided them by making wiser choices in the past. We didn’t. We could limit their damage by making better choices today. We almost assuredly won’t.

Anybody who studies the system and its math comes to the same conclusion: the corporations have all the power and they are misusing it for private gain.

An easy prediction to make is that this simmering anger of the populace is going to start boiling over more violently in the coming years. Welcome to the Age of Fury.

Off The Cuff: Our Out-Of-Control Cost Of Living

PREVIEW

by Chris Martenson

In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Mish Shedlock discuss: The Runaway Cost Of Health Care The premium for Chris' family went up 61%(!) this year A Failure Of Intelligence The lack of substance underlying the latest smear campaign Fake News When everyone is covered in mud, whom can you trust? What To…

Off The Cuff: Our Out-Of-Control Cost Of Living

PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

The Disenchantment of American Politics

by JHK

Considering the problems we face as a nation, the torpor and lassitude of current politics in America seems like a kind of offense against history. What other people have allowed circumstances to run over them like so many ‘possums sleeping on the highway?

And, since human affairs don’t remain static indefinitely, in what direction might things go when the political mood finally heaves and shifts? The possibilities are unsettling.

The Disenchantment of American Politics

by JHK

And, since human affairs don’t remain static indefinitely, in what direction might things go when the political mood finally heaves and shifts? The possibilities are unsettling.

2013 Year in Review

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. Moreover, he has graciously selected PeakProsperity.com as the site where it will be published in full. It's quite longer than our usual posts, but worth the time to read in full.