Charles Hugh Smith·Aug 12While We Focused on Fripperies, the Foundations Have Rotted AwayFor your consideration, four charts that tell a single story: while those Americans who have benefited so immensely from the Everything…A response icon2
Charles Hugh Smith·Mar 13This Polycrisis Is UniqueThe problem with predictions based on the past is the analogies we discern are interpretations which means if we like one interpretation…A response icon1
Mateo Pérez·Oct 10, 2025When Everything Rises (Oct 2025)Call option volume is climbing again. The last time it spiked like this was late 2021, just before the Fed began its hiking cycle. That…
Charles Hugh Smith·Aug 4, 2025Two Ways to Fix Generational Wealth InequalityWhen I address knotty issues such as generational wealth inequality, I am naturally asked: “what do you propose as a solution?” As I…A response icon4
Charles Hugh Smith·Oct 21, 202417 Indicators of Global Recession Are ClangingCorrespondent Wilson R. Logan kindly shared his list of 17 indicators of globally synchronized recession. In my view, each is an alarm bell…