Charles Hugh SmithThe Anti-ConsumersWho are the biggest chumps in today’s economy? One set of contenders is the corporations and marketers buying social media and search data…1d ago1d ago
Charles Hugh SmithThe Upside of Adversity: a master class with Marcus Aurelius, Kierkegaard and Lao Tzu.We all know the downside of adversity: it’s tiresome, and if it pushes us up against our limits long enough, it can break us.2d ago2d ago
Charles Hugh SmithWe All Need a Little Magic in Our LivesSwitching gears from dreary financial topics, to say that we all could use a little Magick in our lives is to open the door to quite a few…5d ago5d ago
Charles Hugh SmithThe Great Unwinding: Is There Any Way to Come Out Ahead?In response to my chart-fest post The Rollercoaster Ride Ahead: 15 Years of Extreme Distortions Will Be Unwound, readers asked: OK, so what…Jul 31Jul 31
Charles Hugh SmithThe Rollercoaster Ride Ahead: 15 Years of Extreme Distortions Will Be UnwoundHumans have a knack for normalizing extremes. We quickly habituate to conditions that would have been intolerable before the extremes were…Jul 291Jul 291
Charles Hugh SmithThe Downside of Complacency: Illiquidity Evaporates Stocks and Real EstateWhen Alan Greenspan issued his mea culpa in late 2013 about missing the subprime mortgage implosion and the resulting Global Financial…Jul 26Jul 26
Charles Hugh SmithTwo Tidbits of Timeless Political Wisdom from MachiavelliNow that the air is thick with the burned-rubber stench of politics, let’s consider two tidbits of timeless political wisdom from…Jul 231Jul 231
Charles Hugh SmithTwisters on the Horizon: Is This Decade a Re-Make of ‘That 70s Show’?I’ve often written about the 1970s, as it is a profoundly misunderstood decade in so many ways. As one example, the enormous expense of…Jul 19Jul 19
Charles Hugh SmithThe Roots of American Populism: Are Trump and Vance Populists?What does it mean to say a politician is a populist? Over 30 years ago, Christopher Lasch observed in his book The True and Only Heaven…Jul 17Jul 17