Courtesy of John Rubino.
Best Of The Web
The banquet of consequences is being served – Peak Prosperity
Financial repression a chronic unemployment problem – FRA
Structural growth and dope dealers on speed-dial – Hussman
26 incredible facts about the economy every American should know – Economic Collapse
How to suffocate your economy: Drown it in massive private debt – Evonomics
3 things: The Fed’s missed window & failed realization – Real Investment Advice
Hell to pay – Peak Prosperity
Like old times: Q2 2016 flow of funds – Credit Bubble Bulletin
How bond yields got this low – Wall Street Journal
What if we’re in a depression but don’t know it? – Charles Hugh Smith
Target zero a “commitment to be irresponsible” – Mish
Why the EU is doomed – Mises Institute
Essence of decision – Salient Partners
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Breaking News
The Economy
9/29 Why ‘radioactive’ Deutsche Bank could go nuclear any time – Express
9/29 Commerzbank to cut 9,600 jobs, suspend dividend – GATA
9/29 How the IRS helps the rich get richer – Bloomberg
9/29 Negative interest rates threaten a new banking crisis – The Street
9/29 It hadn’t happened since US presidents started visiting foreign countries – GoldMoney
9/29 As Chicago staunches fiscal bleed, schools are awash in red ink – Bloomberg
9/29 The planned destruction of Greece continues… – Bill Mitchell
9/29 Wells Fargo workers fired for reporting ‘gaming’ of sales quotas – Yahoo!
9/29 China’s gross external debt sees second-quarter increase – Caixin Online
9/29 US Q2 GDP revised upward to 1.4% – CNBC
9/29 Expecting earnings to rebound in the third quarter? Think again – MarketWatch
9/29 Why people have been worrying about Deutsche Bank, in 12 charts – Bloomberg
9/29 Stanford posts 0.4% decline in year of losses at top endowments – Bloomberg
9/29 Factory orders flat, July revised 0.8% lower – Mish
9/29 California suspends ‘business relationships’ with Wells Fargo – Bloomberg
9/29 John Rubino over at Dollar Collapse – Korelin Economics Report
9/29 Why the central banks must minimally print $200B/mo – FRA
9/29 The perils of debt complacency – Project Syndicate
9/29 Global bonds: Why our analyst says things just got “monumental” – Elliott Wave
9/29 “It’s a lot more negative than people think” – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
9/29 How constant is gold’s purchasing power? – Seeking Alpha
9/29 What the upcoming wealth transfer will look like – GoldSilver
9/29 Russian central bank can’t explain why it keeps buying gold – GATA
9/29 3 gold stocks with recent insider buying – Seeking Alpha
9/29 Rates, inflation, and the dollar; headwinds for gold – Seeking Alpha
9/29 Better buy: Silver Wheaton Corp. vs. Barrick Gold Corp. – Motley Fool
9/29 Which will be the best investments during the next financial crash? – SRSrocco
9/29 2017: Gold and silver’s year of “public recognition” – Money Metals
9/29 Gold in precarious position as large move appears imminent – Seeking Alpha
9/28 How gold came to South Korea’s rescue – Seeking Alpha
9/28 Massive Chinese debt and why they are on a gold buying binge – GoldAndOilGuy
9/28 Shandong Gold said to be top bidder for $2 billion Glencore mine – GATA
9/28 Top gold stocks continue to take a break; how long will it last? – Investors
9/28 Gold: Debates, inflation, & option expiry – 321Gold
9/28 Physical gold protects against disingenuous central banks – Mountain Vision
9/28 What is a Mercury Dime worth? – APMex
9/28 Must-knows of coin collecting – APMex
9/28 Expect major deflation in gold before breakthrough – Seeking Alpha
9/28 Randgold chief sees gold supply problem – GATA
9/28 Massive Chinese debt and why they are on a gold buying binge! – CNA Finance
9/27 Do you really own your gold? – GoldCore
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
9/29 Negative interest rates have made everyone better off – Business Insider
9/29 Desperate central bankers – Project Syndicate
9/29 Bigger than bitcoin: Here comes blockchain – Boston Globe
9/29 Japan 10-year yield seen nearing level too low for BOJ comfort – Bloomberg
9/29 Jordan Goodman – Deflation is coming now – Financial Survival Network
9/29 Banks adopting blockchain ‘dramatically faster’ than expected – Reuters
9/29 Economists urge RBNZ to declare war on painfully strong currency – Reuters
9/28 IMF warns central banks could lose deflation fight – Yahoo!
9/28 Grocery prices are plunging – Bloomberg
9/28 China’s ambitious plan to make the yuan the world’s go-to currency – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
9/29 China’s red-hot property market risks missing lessons from Japan’s crash – Bloomberg
9/29 Disturbing facts about the fed’s phony housing “recovery” – Zero Hedge
9/29 China’s richest man: Mainland real estate the “biggest bubble in history” – Zero Hedge
9/29 Some of America’s hottest housing markets are cooling off – Bloomberg
9/28 Revealed: the city with a bigger property bubble than London – Telegraph
DollarCollapse Podcasts
9/13 Markets explain facts of life to Fed
8/16 A tough time to manage money
7/27 Random violence and political instability: the new normal
7/21 It’s not the event but the response to the event that matters
7/01 Brexit was just the beginning
6/25 The deeper meaning of Brexit
6/08 Gold Will Soar, Marijuana Will Be Legal
5/23 Hard times for obsolete entities
5/14 Chaos spreads to US retailers and Italian banks
5/04 Easy money has failed; what’s next?
Politics
9/29 Obama says backing third-party candidate is ‘a vote for Trump’ – Bloomberg
9/29 Trump tries to reclaim his pre-debate swagger – Bloomberg
9/29 Rep. Gowdy questions FBI director Comey – US House Judiciary GOP
9/29 Why a “hard brexit” looms for Britain – Bloomberg
9/29 Gang of 27 hits UK with impossible demands – Mish
9/29 How Reuters “tweaked” its latest poll to show a Clinton lead – Zero Hedge
9/29 Geert Wilders for Breitbart: Let’s lock the door to Islam – Breitbart
9/29 Congress easily overrides Obama veto of Saudi 9/11 lawsuit bill – Bloomberg
9/29 Hillary won 1st debate, upping stature with Dems, women – CNBC
9/29 Meet the National Front leader who could take France out of EU – Express
9/28 New debate strategy for Donald Trump: practice, practice, practice – New York Times
Offshore Investing
9/14 4 totally legal reasons to use an offshore structure – Nestmann
7/20 Costa Rica: Central America’s hidden gem – Sovereign Investor
7/08 Time to adjust your wealth plan – Mountain Vision
7/08 We pulled the ripcord on daily life and moved to Costa Rica – International Living
Clean Tech
9/29 Ontario scraps 600MW of new wind – Wind Power
9/29 New wind turbines could power Japan for 50 years after single typhoon – Gizmodo
9/28 Surge in wind power output hits German spot – Reuters
9/27 Solar power cost down 25% in five months – Electrek
9/27 Talking mines and money with Rick Rule and Frank Holmes – Stockhouse
9/27 SolarCity accused of taking shingling technology secrets – Bloomberg
9/27 Future of solar power brightens – Omaha
9/26 Clean energy gets a boost with California regulations – Oil Price
9/25 Enel at 1 gw of wind capacity in Oklahoma alone – Clean Technica
Art of the Collapse
9/24 2016 debate preparation begins – Zero Hedge
9/14 Book review of Dave Stockman’s “Trumped!” – Mish
9/08 Daily Show dissects Trump’s attempts to win black votes – Huffington Post
9/03 Why you should enroll in the chartered central bank watcher – Zero Hedge
8/17 The hardest job in the world: Donald Trump’s campaign surrogates – Daily Show
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
9/29 India raids Pakistan, claims “significant casualties” inflicted – Mish
9/29 China armed forces warn Japan against South China sea patrols – Reuters
9/29 The new totalitarianism – 24hGold
9/28 More protests set after police kill unarmed black man in California – Reuters
9/28 Apple logs your iMessage contacts – and may share them with police – Intercept
9/26 Japan scrambles jets as China makes show of force in key strait – Bloomberg
9/26 Aleppo has become a ‘ghost city’ – CNN
9/26 The Obama gun “super owner” – Zero Hedge
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
9/29 What are doctors and patients going to do? – Dr. Sircus
9/28 China wants GMOs. The Chinese people don’t – Bloomberg
9/27 Bayer and Monsanto – 2 destructive behemoths become 1 – Mercola
9/19 These six plant extracts could delay aging – Kurzweil
9/19 The ultimate collection of kickass survival ideas – Survival Sullivan
9/16 The changing paradigm on drugs – Dr. Sircus
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
9/28 Russian hackers breached democrats’ cell phones: FBI – Zero Hedge
9/25 Is the Yahoo hack evidence of an international cyberwar? – SCPR
9/25 India mulls all options including cyber warfare to make Pak pay – Millennium Post
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
9/29 You can’t strip dancers of the right to bare all – Bloomberg
9/29 Meet the world’s first ‘three-parent’ baby – MarketWatch
9/28 Single clothes wash may release 700,000 microplastic fibres – Guardian
9/28 Marilyn Monroe and Bobby Kennedy ‘were an item’ – Telegraph
9/28 An infusion of AI makes Google Translate more powerful than ever – Wired
9/27 Over 90% of world breathing bad air: WHO – Yahoo!
9/27 Stunning University of Kansas ‘safe space’ vs. ‘free speech’ meeting – Zero Hedge
9/26 How to watch the US presidential debates in VR – Kurzweil
9/26 A thought-controlled robotic exoskeleton for the hand – Kurzweil
9/26 African elephants ‘suffer worst decline in 25 years’ – Times Live
9/26 High times: Vertical farming is on the rise – Salon