Tag Archive | "economic recession"
The myth of sustainability
I’m couchsurfing Michigan and somebody posted one of my 15 presentations (so far) on YouTube. It’s an updated version of my September 2011 presentation in Middleville, Michigan and I’m presenting here without further comment. ___________ A few recent interviews associated with my tour of Michigan are posted below: Walking away from empire, Kristine Morris for [...]
Continue reading...Bricks in the wall
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The U.S. Department of Defense consumes 360,000 barrels of oil each day. Yet corporate Amerika wants you to conserve, no doubt to save the last drops for the military (to be used to secure more oil). We’re being fleeced, folks, and the fleecing continues unabated at all levels. Here’s a minor example of the fox [...]
Continue reading...Systemic collapse
Friday, June 17, 2011
Only willfully ignorant individuals are failing to perceive the ongoing systemic collapse of western civilization. Economic recession? Check, since 2000. Economic depression? Check, since 2008. Rampant “natural” disasters? Check, with increasing frequency. Climate chaos? Indeed, only a politician could miss it. Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is what systemic [...]
Continue reading...Like an elevator when the cable breaks
Sunday, April 17, 2011
According to Mark Twain, “civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.” It seems western civilization is just about done with the mindless multiplication of anything, much less unnecessary nonsense. It’s too late for a fast collapse of the industrial economy. According to every significant index, the U.S. hit its economic peak in 2000. We’ve [...]
Continue reading...Fanning imperial embers: Barack Obama channels John Maynard Keynes
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Who was John Maynard Keynes, and what did he have to say about people, society, and economics?
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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