By: Zachary Yost In a piece recently published at The American Conservative entitled “Americans, We Aren’t So Tough, and It Shows” I discussed the way in which a confluence of factors such as the decay of the intermediary institutions of civil society and economic insecurity leads to individuals being vulnerable and anxious. This vulnerability, I argued, leads […]
Archives for November 2017
BUST: 70% chance of a stock market correction, says Vanguard Group
The United States stock market has been riding high since the end of the Great Recession. With low interest rates and money pumping, Wall Street has been posting record highs what seems like every day. But can the party go on forever? Some may believe the economic expansion will be perpetual, but the reality is […]
WATCH: Amazon’s Alexa is a wacky leftist
Why anyone would want Amazon Alexa in their home is truly baffling. It is essentially a spying device, one that you permit to invade your privacy. Alexa and all of the other home devices are just like smart TVs that listen in on you a la “1984.” With Jeff Bezos becoming a bigger crony day […]
REPORT: Germans carry the most cash, Portuguese the least
Tap, swipe, scan, flick. There are many, many different ways to pay for goods and services in today’s economy, but some are still relying on the old form of physical cash. In the eurozone, according to new data from the European Central Bank (ECB), people carry an average of €65. Germans carry the most in […]
Week in Review: November 20 to November 26
In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a round-up of some of the most read pieces written by the Economic Collapse News staff: STUDY: 7 of 10 richest members of Congress are Democrats POLL: Just 39% say bitcoin is in a bubble WATCH: Anti-Roy Moore CNN, MSNBC defend Senator Al Franken […]