Courtesy of John Rubino.
Best Of The Web
The banquet of consequences is being served – Peak Prosperity
Financial repression and 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
10/01 Deutsche Bank reckons with a new reality – Financial Sense
10/01 Illinois to suspend Wells Fargo from bond, investing work – Bloomberg
10/01 How the IRS helps the rich get richer – Bloomberg
9/30 Deutsche Bank shares spike after report it is near DOJ settlement – CNBC
9/30 Deutsche Bank’s troubles, Europe’s failures – Bloomberg
9/30 ING plans thousands of job cuts – Bloomberg
9/30 China factories limp along, Japan inflation goes backwards – Reuters
9/30 US consumer spending softens in August, inflation rises – MarketWatch
9/30 Everything is in a bubble and it will end in ‘chaos’ – Yahoo!
9/30 Fines, withdrawal, job cuts; ugly day for global banks – Bloomberg
9/30 Deutsche Bank hedge fund clients withdraw excess cash – Zero Hedge
9/30 The loophole for Deutsche Bank’s bailout: game almost over? – Wolf Street
9/30 Vice Index shows the start of a downtrend – Financial Sense
9/30 Here are the best scream fests from today’s John Stumpf hearing – Zero Hedge
9/30 “People are mad” – Dave Collum warns “existential change is in the air” – Zero Hedge
9/30 Yellen says Fed buying stocks is “a good thing to think about” – Zero Hedge
9/30 Heavy truck sales vs. GDP: Sales plunged 29% in August from year ago – Mish
9/30 The world’s economic system failing fast – Daily Bell
9/30 Deutsche Bank falls 8% in early European trading – Bloomberg
9/29 Dow sheds 200 points as bank stocks fall sharply; Deutsche Bank tumbles 8% – CNBC
Precious Metals
10/01 The US govt. financial disaster vs. gold & silver – SRSrocco Report
10/01 Deutsche danger & gold stock money sticks – 321Gold
9/30 Why Krugman, Roubini, Rogoff and Buffett hate gold – GoldCore
9/30 Secret Alpine gold vaults are the new Swiss bank accounts – GATA
9/30 Ted Butler: The biggest scandal – GATA
9/30 They know a bargain when they make it – Silver Coin Investor
9/30 Three top stock picks from Sprott’s Rick Rule – Globe And Mail
9/30 Pan American Silver: The upside is not over yet – Seeking Alpha
9/30 Royald Gold, Inc’s best business segment in 2016 so far – Motley Fool
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
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
10/01 Near ‘collapse,” Minnesota to raise Obamacare rates by half – Bloomberg
9/30 Euro-area inflation accelerates to fastest rate since 2014 – Bloomberg
9/30 Failure to destroy your own currency even when you try – Mish
9/30 China seeking to succeed where Japan failed in yuan global push – Bloomberg
9/30 Got bitcoin? Despite early setbacks, some say it is stronger than ever – CNBC
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
10/01 Near ‘collapse,” Minnesota to raise Obamacare rates by half – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
10/01 Echoes of Japan’s bubble era in China’s red-hot market – Straits Times
10/01 ‘Housing party’ in the U.S. may be coming to an end – MarketWatch
9/30 ‘This is just the start’: China’s passion for foreign property – Guardian
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
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
10/01 After the debate, the deluge? – Garret Galland
10/01 David Cay Johnston: The making of Donald Trump – Jesse’s Cafe Americain
10/01 Emotional Obama tearfully thanks Trump for granting him citizenship – New Yorker
10/01 Computer voting revolution already crappy, buggy, obsolete – Bloomberg
10/01 Clinton ahead of Trump after debate, fear motivating both sides – Fox News
9/30 Clinton says Trump may have violated U.S. law on Cuba – Reuters
9/30 Congress’s retreat on 9/11 Saudi bill shows fear of backlash – Bloomberg
9/30 Alain Juppé only candidate who could defeat Marine Le Pen – Irish Times
9/30 French far-right chief gets personal to win vote – Chicago Tribune
9/30 Iceland’s Pirates head for power on wave of public anger – Reuters
9/30 Computer voting resolution is already crappy, buggy, and obsolete – Bloomberg
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
10/01 What is the learning curve and what does it mean for alt energy? – UCSUSA
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
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
10/01 Orwellian tools used by law enforcement to spy on activists – Activity Post
10/01 Message sent – Burning Platform
9/30 Turkey pulls plug on 20 radio, TV channels – Reuters
9/30 Pakistan ‘completely rejects’ Indian claim of cross-border strikes – Reuters
9/30 Syrian army, rebels wage fierce battles in Aleppo – Reuters
9/30 3 Chinese fishermen killed in confrontation with S. Korea coastguard – Reuters
9/29 India raids Pakistan, claims “significant casualties” inflicted – Mish
9/29 China armed forces warn Japan against South China sea patrols – Reuters
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
10/01 Infographic: Only 10 companies own all the world’s food brands – Good Food
9/30 How to make your own toothpaste – Peak Prosperity
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
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
10/01 Sex robot cafe offers Londoners fellatio with morning coffee – RT
10/01 Scientists trace society’s myths to primordial origins – Scientific American
9/30 The South Hills Crossbill is evolving in a seriously bizarre way – Wired
9/30 Suburbs will soar on wings of tech – Bloomberg
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