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The Most Important Warning Sign I’ve Ever Seen
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

There are two big sections to this special report for subscribers. First, I delve into the most important warning sign I’ve ever seen. The energy situation is deteriorating rapidly and the only thing I can find our leaders saying about it is the efforts they want to take to make the situation even more difficult….
The Most Important Warning Sign I’ve Ever Seen
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

There are two big sections to this special report for subscribers. First, I delve into the most important warning sign I’ve ever seen. The energy situation is deteriorating rapidly and the only thing I can find our leaders saying about it is the efforts they want to take to make the situation even more difficult….
Image | Sympathy For The Devil?
Sympathy For The Devil?
by Chris Martenson

We're at the point where those at the apex of power are becoming increasingly desperate to maintain their unfair advantage.

And as the economic pie refuses to grow due to the twin overload of too much debt and declining net energy, these apex predators will turn on each other — first to maintain their spoils, and then simply to survive.
Sympathy For The Devil?
 by Chris Martenson

We're at the point where those at the apex of power are becoming increasingly desperate to maintain their unfair advantage.

And as the economic pie refuses to grow due to the twin overload of too much debt and declining net energy, these apex predators will turn on each other — first to maintain their spoils, and then simply to survive.
Image | Bill Black: Why The Banksters Are Winning
Bill Black: Why The Banksters Are Winning
by Chris Martenson

Bill Black, expert on Wall Street control fraud, returns to discuss the gross abuses of power rampant in our financial, political and judicial systems. In his estimation, regulation and enforcement of financial crimes have been completely gutted and de-fanged — intentionally by corrupt politicians, and unintentionally by inept ones. All while the Justice Department turns a blind eye.
Bill Black: Why The Banksters Are Winning
 by Chris Martenson

Bill Black, expert on Wall Street control fraud, returns to discuss the gross abuses of power rampant in our financial, political and judicial systems. In his estimation, regulation and enforcement of financial crimes have been completely gutted and de-fanged — intentionally by corrupt politicians, and unintentionally by inept ones. All while the Justice Department turns a blind eye.
Image | 2014 Year in Review: Part 2
2014 Year in Review: Part 2
by David Collum

This year has been all about risk—existential risk. Some of it seemed to dissipate and some lingers.  Market valuations remain risky—regression to the mean could easily provide a 50% haircut and more if we observe regression through the mean. This has not come to pass, but the risk is very real.

Those who seek risk in markets will eventually find it.
2014 Year in Review: Part 2
 by David Collum

This year has been all about risk—existential risk. Some of it seemed to dissipate and some lingers.  Market valuations remain risky—regression to the mean could easily provide a 50% haircut and more if we observe regression through the mean. This has not come to pass, but the risk is very real.

Those who seek risk in markets will eventually find it.
Image | 2014 Year in Review
2014 Year in Review
by David Collum

I have not seen a year in which so many risks—some truly existential—piled up so quickly. Each risk has its own, often unknown, probability of morphing into a destructive force. Groping for a metaphor—I love metaphors and similes—I feel like we’re in the final throes of a geopolitical Game of Tetris as financial and political authorities race to place the pieces correctly. But the acceleration is palpable. The proximate trigger for pain and ultimately a collapse can be small, as anyone who’s ever stepped barefoot on a Lego knows.
2014 Year in Review
 by David Collum

I have not seen a year in which so many risks—some truly existential—piled up so quickly. Each risk has its own, often unknown, probability of morphing into a destructive force. Groping for a metaphor—I love metaphors and similes—I feel like we’re in the final throes of a geopolitical Game of Tetris as financial and political authorities race to place the pieces correctly. But the acceleration is palpable. The proximate trigger for pain and ultimately a collapse can be small, as anyone who’s ever stepped barefoot on a Lego knows.
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Dan Ariely: Why Humans Are Hard-Wired To Create Asset Bubbles
by Chris Martenson

Renown behavioral economist Dan Ariely explain why humans are biologically wired to make irrational decisions when money is involved. It's a case of our evolutionary wiring interfering with the decisions we face in a modern world very different from the one our ancestors adapted to.

In this podcast, Chris and Dan explore the human cognitive triggers that have led us to our third major bubble in 15 years (tech stocks, housing, credit) and why our natural programming often works against our best interests. In certain cases, like the banking sector, bad decision-making has become so ingrained in our institutions that Ariely thinks the "clean slate" approach is our best option should we have the courage to deploy it:
Dan Ariely: Why Humans Are Hard-Wired To Create Asset Bubbles
 by Chris Martenson

Renown behavioral economist Dan Ariely explain why humans are biologically wired to make irrational decisions when money is involved. It's a case of our evolutionary wiring interfering with the decisions we face in a modern world very different from the one our ancestors adapted to.

In this podcast, Chris and Dan explore the human cognitive triggers that have led us to our third major bubble in 15 years (tech stocks, housing, credit) and why our natural programming often works against our best interests. In certain cases, like the banking sector, bad decision-making has become so ingrained in our institutions that Ariely thinks the "clean slate" approach is our best option should we have the courage to deploy it:
Image | Bankers Own the World
Bankers Own the World
by Chris Martenson

Today, some of the most celebrated individuals and institutions are ensconced within the financial industry; in banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms. Which is odd because none of these firms or individuals actually make anything, which society might point to as additive to our living standards. Instead, these financial magicians harvest value from the rest of society that has to work hard to produce real things of real value.
Bankers Own the World
 by Chris Martenson

Today, some of the most celebrated individuals and institutions are ensconced within the financial industry; in banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms. Which is odd because none of these firms or individuals actually make anything, which society might point to as additive to our living standards. Instead, these financial magicians harvest value from the rest of society that has to work hard to produce real things of real value.
Image | Getting Our Story Straight is a Matter of Life & Death (Literally)
Getting Our Story Straight is a Matter of Life & Death (Literally)
by Adam Taggart

The stories we tell ourselves have great influence over our destiny. These narratives shape our belief system and thus, in turn, the decisions we make.

Find yourself making poor choices? That's likely due to a fallacy in one or more of the beliefs you hold.

Psychology and social science has re-discovered this key learning: We can improve our odds of success in life by improving the stories we tell ourselves.
Getting Our Story Straight is a Matter of Life & Death (Literally)
 by Adam Taggart

The stories we tell ourselves have great influence over our destiny. These narratives shape our belief system and thus, in turn, the decisions we make.

Find yourself making poor choices? That's likely due to a fallacy in one or more of the beliefs you hold.

Psychology and social science has re-discovered this key learning: We can improve our odds of success in life by improving the stories we tell ourselves.
Image | Protecting Your Wealth from Deflation
Protecting Your Wealth from Deflation
 PREVIEW
by Chris Martenson

Executive Summary The current gold slam has *nothing* to do with the fundamentals for precious metals, which are very favorable right now How bad would deflation be? Evidence that deflation is arriving Why our current monetary system has become so compromised by the banks How to best protect your wealth from both deflation and the…
Protecting Your Wealth from Deflation
 PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

Executive Summary The current gold slam has *nothing* to do with the fundamentals for precious metals, which are very favorable right now How bad would deflation be? Evidence that deflation is arriving Why our current monetary system has become so compromised by the banks How to best protect your wealth from both deflation and the…
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