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: ELECTION EVE: Will the Democrats regain control of the House? It’s the economy, stupid – What voters might be looking at on Election Day FAIL: MSNBC, CNN have […]
Archives for November 2018
Random Friday: PPI, Jim Acosta, distracted driving
News Story of the Day: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released October’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which rose by a bigger-than-expected 0.6 percent. This is the biggest jump in six years. It was led by higher food, gasoline, and chemical prices. Despite the spike, experts agree that inflation appears to be in check because […]
Uh, Hillary? Antifa to Tucker Carlson: ‘We know where you sleep at night’
Remember when Hillary Clinton, the woman who will never be president, claimed that when the Democrats reclaim the House or Senate that the nation would return to civility? It seems the CNN-endorsed Antifa failed to get the memo. On Wednesday, Antifa members held a terrifying demonstration outside of Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s house. The […]
WAR ON WASTE: How capitalists created a new industry
By: Chris Calton Perhaps the most commonly referenced historical image invoked by people who wish to demonstrate the need for government interventions to protect the environment from private industry is that of the Chicago River in the nineteenth century. By the end of the Civil War, Chicago had the largest stock yard in the country, […]
U.S. consumers still borrowing amid rising interest rates
Americans are still making borrowing great again, without any end in sight Despite interest rates climbing, consumers continue to borrow to fund a wide variety of things. Surprisingly, the one borrowing category that fell was credit cards. According to Federal Reserve data, consumer borrowing jumped by $10.9 billion in September, down from $22.9 billion in […]