What Collapse Destroys, or How the Wealth of Nations (and People) DiesHi! How’s everyone?Oct 2A response icon8Oct 2A response icon8
What’s the Opposite of Fascism?There I was, standing on the street beside the little cafe, sneaking a ciggie. A woman walked by. Wearing a “Fascism” T-shirt. What it is…Sep 29A response icon12Sep 29A response icon12
Published inEudaimonia and CoIs America Dying?Every day, friends from around the world ask me. And I suppose many Americans are probably asking themselves, too. Is America dying?Sep 26A response icon30Sep 26A response icon30
Published inEudaimonia and CoAmerica’s Big Stupid Energy, or What Happens When Stupid Goes Radioactive and Melts a Society DownIf I had to put a name to it, I’d call it Big Grandiose Stupid Energy.Sep 24A response icon33Sep 24A response icon33
Published inEudaimonia and Co(Why) Censorship is a Milestone in Authoritarian CollapseHi! How’s everyone? Welcome back old friends, welcome new ones, and here’s a hug from little Snowy.Sep 23A response icon6Sep 23A response icon6
Published inEudaimonia and CoThe Faustian Bargain Americans are Making With Their Futures (and Their Money)They’re not, three friends said to me the other day, going to let the stock market fall, are they? I raised an eyebrow. We’ll come back to…Sep 20A response icon26Sep 20A response icon26
Published inEudaimonia and CoThe Parable of Falling Empires, or What Happens to (Your) Wealth as America CollapsesI have a friend. Poor guy, because he’s going to be the center of a little parable I’m about to tell you.Sep 18A response icon19Sep 18A response icon19
Published inEudaimonia and CoHow to Tell if a Stock Market’s in a BubbleIs it a bubble? Isn’t it? When is it one? What’s going on with the stock market, anyways? I’m going to teach you the classic signs of a…Sep 11A response icon6Sep 11A response icon6
The Good German and the Good AmericanBehind my childhood home winds a path. Through woods, forbidding and dark. So deep are these woods, that once you step foot on this path…Sep 10A response icon30Sep 10A response icon30
The Quiet Despair of the Sane AmericanImagine that you’re in airplane, crashing. On a ship, sinking, trapped, on its way to the fathomless depths. In a submarine, stranded atop…Sep 8A response icon59Sep 8A response icon59