Courtesy of John Rubino.
US stocks down, gold and silver up modestly. President Trump begins with flurry of changes to Obamacare and NAFTA, meets with UK prime minister and speaks to Mexican president, plans summit with Putin. bans immigration from several countries. Global debt continues to soar, especially in China. Marine Le Pen catches a break.
Best Of The Web
The clear and present danger list for the week ending January 13, 2017 – Deep Connections
Dow companies report worst revenues since 2010, Dow rises to 20,000 (LOL?) – Wolf Street
How great the fall can be – Arch Druid Report
A dubious monetary backdrop – Credit Bubble Bulletin
How to listen to authoritarians (without losing your mind) – Umair Haque
Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right – Coinbase Blog
Doomsday prep for the super-rich – New Yorker
What’s behind the collapse in global exports in the US, Japan, EU – Mish
These are the countries with the biggest debt slaves – Wolf Street
Everything is awesome! – Mish
What is this ‘crisis’ of modernity? – Automatic Earth
Weekend edition: comparing the 1930s and today, part I – Casey Research
The global war on cash – Visual Capitalist
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Breaking News
The Economy
1/30 US stocks fall most in month as gold, bonds rise: markets wrap – Bloomberg
1/30 U.S. consumer spending rises solidly; inflation firming – Yahoo!
1/30 Op-Ed: US became a dumping ground for the world. No more – CNBC
1/30 Americans spend more than they earn for 9th straight month – Zero Hedge
1/30 French bond risk spikes to 3-year high – Zero Hedge
1/30 Global stocks, futures slide on US protectionism worries – Zero Hedge
1/30 Asia shares, S&P futures fall with Trump travel ban, weak GDP – Reuters
1/30 Junk borrowers forced to pay double-digit yields – Business Insider
1/30 Remember Greece? It’s still as insolvent as ever… – GATA
1/30 The standard wage for an American is $29,000 – My Budget 360
1/30 Tough road to fiscal reform for debt-ridden Japan before FY 2020 – Mainichi
1/30 Japan in depth / deflation lingers despite interest rate policy – Japan Times
1/30 Beware risks in China’s economy – Japan Times
1/29 A side effect of China’s debt binge – Seeking Alpha
Precious Metals
1/30 Gold is world’s ultimate currency, former Indian central banker says – GATA
1/30 Gold market charts – January 2017 – Bullion Star
1/30 Greyerz – we now have the perfect recipe for a global disaster – King World News
1/30 Gold (miners) – The single best hedge against Trump – Seeking Alpha
1/29 Gold stock update: short-term bearish, otherwise bullish – 321Gold
1/28 Gold price: Physical demand from India, China craters – Mining.com
1/28 Which senior gold miners could re-rate after their 4Q16 results? – Market Realist
1/28 Barrick Gold reports preliminary operating results for 2016 – Yahoo!
1/28 Gold market correction: key tactics – 321Gold
1/27 Dow 20k… US debt $20 trillion… Trump and $15,000 gold – GoldCore
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
1/30 Deflation probability drops to 0% for next five years – Wolf Street
1/30 Bitcoin ‘a great hedge against the system,’ could be the new gold – Business Insider
1/30 Britain: rising inflation ends shortlived economic boom – Mirror
1/30 ECB under pressure as German inflation spikes to highest since 2013 – Zero Hedge
1/30 Why 2017 could see the collapse of the euro – GoldCore
1/28 Europe proposes “restrictions on payments in cash” – Zero Hedge
1/28 Japan’s inflation data shows signs of progress – MarketWatch
1/28 Negative rates have made Danes richer than ever – Bloomberg
1/28 Key euro zone inflation gauge tops 1.8 pct, in region of ECB target – Yahoo!
1/28 The dollar will die with a whimper, not a bang – Daily Reckoning
Real Estate Bubble
1/28 Consider Southern Chile – SCP
1/26 Commercial realty loan defaults booming – Financial Sense
1/26 US new-home sales tumble in December – Mercury News
1/25 Americans are flipping houses like it’s 2006 – Bloomberg
1/25 Existing-home sales for 2016 best in decade – Financial Sense
DollarCollapse Podcasts
12/21 Blow-Off Top
12/01 All Eyes On Italy
11/04 Instability on the horizon
10/04 European banks in the eye of the storm
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
Politics
1/30 Trump’s immigration ban promises constitutional showdown – Bloomberg
1/30 Trump sets 5-year and lifetime lobbying ban for officials – MSN
1/30 Donald Trump holds call with Russian president Vladimir Putin – Time
1/30 Benoit Hamon to be Socialist candidate in French election – BBC
1/30 Will Marine Le Pen give France a Trump-style election surprise? – NBC News
1/30 Radical left cheers Benoît Hamon’s victory in French socialist primary – Mish
1/30 The silver lining of Donald Trump’s refugee ban – Time
1/30 Netanyahu’s support of Donald Trump is already causing him problems – World Post
1/30 Theresa May, Merkel, European leaders criticize Trump’s travel ban – NY Daily News
1/30 Russian spy linked to Trump’s dirty dossier found DEAD in Moscow – Daily Kos
1/30 Paul Craig Roberts’ ominous warning for 2017 – King World News
1/30 Trump gives Steve Bannon a seat on the National Security Council – ThinkProgress
1/30 Senate should promptly confirm Betsy DeVos – Medium
Offshore Investing
1/24 Switzerland: still a safe country for storage… but only for physical gold – GoldBroker
12/23 The best countries for your escape plan – International Man
12/21 Do you have an offshore backup plan? – Sovereign Investor
12/17 If Europe goes down, we go with it – Nestmann
Clean Tech
1/28 Member states reject solar trade duties – Solar Power Europe
1/28 America torn apart by partisan politics–except in buying solar power – Quartz
1/26 EPA data under scrutiny by Trump administration’s political staff – CNBC
1/25 Donald Trump claims ‘environmentalism is out of control’ – Independent
1/25 How solar power might burn dry bulk shipping – Seeking Alpha
1/24 Renewables with vanadium batteries to reshape $27bn off-grid market – SafeHaven
1/24 Trump signs orders renegotiating Keystone XL, Dakota access pipelines – Zero Hedge
Art of the Collapse
1/29 This Dutch video on Trump has gone viral because, well, just watch it – Mashable
1/26 Bad Lip Reading’s video on Trump’s inauguration is hysterical – The Blaze
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
1/30 Pre-emptive attack Iran bill active in US house – Ron Paul Institute
1/30 6 killed in Canada mosque shooting; Trudeau calls it terror – Bloomberg
1/30 Ukraine says more soldiers killed in deadliest clashes in weeks – Reuters
1/29 Trump, Putin discuss “real coordination” against ISIS in phone call – Mish
1/27 US, UK will no longer ‘remake the world in their own image’ – Independent
1/27 Donald Trump’s plan for China relations is to be unpredictable – Guardian
1/27 Donald Trump says torture ‘absolutely works’ — but does it? – CNN
1/26 Six shot during vigil for gunshot victim in Chicago – Reuters
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
1/29 When the rich become preppers, it’s time to worry – Peak Prosperity
1/27 Standing for mental clarity and physical health – Mercola
1/27 How Pete & Gerry’s cage-free eggs are a model for other small farmers – MarketWatch
1/24 What does roundup do to your liver? – Mercola
1/24 Dirty dairy is in panic mode – Mercola
1/23 How sun exposure improves your immune function – Mercola
1/22 Persistence is undervalued – Signal v. Noise
1/22 Why planning your day the night before drastically increases productivity – Medium
1/19 How to protect your online life – International Man
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
1/28 Hacker, tailor, soldier, spy: the future is cyberwar – Vocativ
1/28 Quantum computers versus hackers, round one. Fight! – Wired
1/28 The sound of surveillance – Medium
1/28 Information supremacy is the new frontier of combat – Medium
1/28 Cyberwar and disinformation – Confluence Investment
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
1/30 Why I only watch movies in virtual reality – Medium
1/28 The ‘untranslatable’ emotions you never knew you had – BBC
1/28 Are we destined to fall in love with androids? – Medium
1/28 The giant zero – Nonlocal
1/28 VR & the great unbundling – IoT for All
1/28 Intelligent agents + things – Medium
1/28 Infographic: sci-fi and the future of transport – Electric Lit
1/27 Genetically-modified CYBORG dragonflies that can be remotely controlled – Daily Mail
1/27 Dogs are happier listening to soft rock and reggae, study finds – Telegraph
1/27 End of tasteless tomatoes as scientists discover long-lost ‘flavour genes’ – Telegraph
1/27 Human-pig embryos breakthrough for organ transplants – Telegraph
