by
David Collum
education
by
Adam Taggart
In this week’s Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:
- Cartel-driven Politics
- The debates reveal the agenda of the deep-pocket donors
- Our Broken Health Care & Education Systems
- They serve the cartels at the expense of their customers
- ‘Burnout’ Is Becoming An Epidemic
- And this is during the “good times”?
- We Need A Movement Focused On “Meaning”
- Isn’t that (and happiness) what really matters in life?
This week Chris and Charles take a close look at the platforms being promoted by the bevy of presidential hopefuls, and lament the lock-step commitment to the same “business as usual” that is destroying the prospects and well-being of everyday Americans.
Rather than looking critically at the “borrow and spend” addiction that is drowning us under an unserviceable mountain of debt and liabilities, the candidates are hustling to out-compete each other in spending $trillions more. All, of course, in service to the corporate cartels donating to their campaigns:
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Off The Cuff: Cartel-driven Politics
PREVIEW by Adam TaggartIn this week’s Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and Charles Hugh Smith discuss:
- Cartel-driven Politics
- The debates reveal the agenda of the deep-pocket donors
- Our Broken Health Care & Education Systems
- They serve the cartels at the expense of their customers
- ‘Burnout’ Is Becoming An Epidemic
- And this is during the “good times”?
- We Need A Movement Focused On “Meaning”
- Isn’t that (and happiness) what really matters in life?
This week Chris and Charles take a close look at the platforms being promoted by the bevy of presidential hopefuls, and lament the lock-step commitment to the same “business as usual” that is destroying the prospects and well-being of everyday Americans.
Rather than looking critically at the “borrow and spend” addiction that is drowning us under an unserviceable mountain of debt and liabilities, the candidates are hustling to out-compete each other in spending $trillions more. All, of course, in service to the corporate cartels donating to their campaigns:
Click to listen to a sample of this Off the Cuff Podcast or Enroll today to access the full audio as well as all of PeakProsperity.com’s other premium content.
by
Chris Martenson
Executive Summary
- Learning how to become rich requires 'unlearning' what we're taught in school
- Clarifying the path forward
- Recommended reading for getting started on the journey
- Why investing in your continuing education is so critical at this juncture
If you have not yet read Part 1: The One True Thing, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
The good news in our civilization is that there’s no reason at all for you to remain parked in whatever slot you’ve been assigned or fallen into. You can break free and either move up — or even out of — the pyramid.
But first you have to understand the beliefs that keep you where you are.
As I write this I'm on the Real Estate Radio Guys annual Summit At Sea event (March 14-24), surrounded by very successful entrepreneurs and investors.
Two key themes of the conference are (1) learning how to be a successful real estate investor, and (2) unlearning all the unhelpful crap you were taught throughout your upbringing.
Learning the right things and unlearning the wrong things. Education and beliefs.
One of the more delightfully blunt faculty speakers at this event is Robert Kiyosaki (of Rich Dad, Poor Dad fame) who keeps drilling home the point that the education system is not designed to help you achieve financial freedom. Rather, it's designed to slot you into the most heavily-taxed layer of the pyramid, and then keep you there.
The “Employee” slot, no matter how well-compensated, is heavily taxed. As soon as you break out of a poverty-level paycheck you quickly escalate towards an overall combined rate of taxation of about 40%.
What if you were to learn that there were other means of making money that will legally reduce your tax rates to 20%, or even to 0%? Further, what if you learned that nearly all of the rich people are operating in these areas?
It's true. And so we learn that…. (Enroll to read more)
The Path Forward
PREVIEW by Chris MartensonExecutive Summary
- Learning how to become rich requires 'unlearning' what we're taught in school
- Clarifying the path forward
- Recommended reading for getting started on the journey
- Why investing in your continuing education is so critical at this juncture
If you have not yet read Part 1: The One True Thing, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
The good news in our civilization is that there’s no reason at all for you to remain parked in whatever slot you’ve been assigned or fallen into. You can break free and either move up — or even out of — the pyramid.
But first you have to understand the beliefs that keep you where you are.
As I write this I'm on the Real Estate Radio Guys annual Summit At Sea event (March 14-24), surrounded by very successful entrepreneurs and investors.
Two key themes of the conference are (1) learning how to be a successful real estate investor, and (2) unlearning all the unhelpful crap you were taught throughout your upbringing.
Learning the right things and unlearning the wrong things. Education and beliefs.
One of the more delightfully blunt faculty speakers at this event is Robert Kiyosaki (of Rich Dad, Poor Dad fame) who keeps drilling home the point that the education system is not designed to help you achieve financial freedom. Rather, it's designed to slot you into the most heavily-taxed layer of the pyramid, and then keep you there.
The “Employee” slot, no matter how well-compensated, is heavily taxed. As soon as you break out of a poverty-level paycheck you quickly escalate towards an overall combined rate of taxation of about 40%.
What if you were to learn that there were other means of making money that will legally reduce your tax rates to 20%, or even to 0%? Further, what if you learned that nearly all of the rich people are operating in these areas?
It's true. And so we learn that…. (Enroll to read more)
by
JHK
Executive Summary
- In a future defined by diminished economy, due to depleting resources, what can we expect?
- A return to "old-style" cultural norms looks inevitable for:
- Spirituality
- Trust & Reputation
- Values & Virtues
- Leadership & Order
- Education
- Commerce
- Jobs & Work
If you have not yet read Are You Crazy To Continue Believing In Collapse? available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
The journey to where we’re going, the transition to the next economy and the society that comes with it, is liable to be harsh and disruptive. Network breakdown will be the order of the day. Money and goods will stop moving. People will lose a lot. They’ll lose property, imagined wealth, comfortable routines, faith in institutions and authorities. In some places they may lose personal security or freedom. Depending on how disorderly politics gets, we may lose family, loved ones, and friends. People will be very unsure of who or what they can depend on. We might expect pervasive desperation, anger, and despair.
One thing I fully expect is…
How Life Will Change
PREVIEW by JHKExecutive Summary
- In a future defined by diminished economy, due to depleting resources, what can we expect?
- A return to "old-style" cultural norms looks inevitable for:
- Spirituality
- Trust & Reputation
- Values & Virtues
- Leadership & Order
- Education
- Commerce
- Jobs & Work
If you have not yet read Are You Crazy To Continue Believing In Collapse? available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
The journey to where we’re going, the transition to the next economy and the society that comes with it, is liable to be harsh and disruptive. Network breakdown will be the order of the day. Money and goods will stop moving. People will lose a lot. They’ll lose property, imagined wealth, comfortable routines, faith in institutions and authorities. In some places they may lose personal security or freedom. Depending on how disorderly politics gets, we may lose family, loved ones, and friends. People will be very unsure of who or what they can depend on. We might expect pervasive desperation, anger, and despair.
One thing I fully expect is…
by
Adam Taggart
by
heronview
Can you imagine how it must feel to be a teenager today confronting your economic future? Do you go to college and incur a debt you will spend the rest of your life repaying? Or do you consider jumping right into the job market, and finding a job, any job, to begin to build a resume? I am an independent studies teacher at a small charter school, and students are my special interest. The Crash Course materials have played a valuable role in answering some of those questions that teens confront.
Using the Crash Course to Educate Teens
by heronviewCan you imagine how it must feel to be a teenager today confronting your economic future? Do you go to college and incur a debt you will spend the rest of your life repaying? Or do you consider jumping right into the job market, and finding a job, any job, to begin to build a resume? I am an independent studies teacher at a small charter school, and students are my special interest. The Crash Course materials have played a valuable role in answering some of those questions that teens confront.
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