Mike Norman Economics

I'm a little maxed out on the politics at the moment, and as the elite are so intent of destroying the whole planet just to add a few more billions to the ones they already have, I've been looking into physics, string theory, and the multidimensions because maybe if the whole lot ever does goes up, there might be a bolt hole for us in the 4th, 5th, or whatever dimension to escape into. Could they be the dimensions of spirit?Okay, it's all speculative, supposition, and metaphysics, but I'm...

I intended to put this out under the Truthmedia article but I had a long intro and I thought that people who might like this video could miss it.Tesla felt that the numbers 3,6, and 9 had a very special significance and in this video Gary Lite tells us why.Gary Lite is an occultist and has a number of off-beat and mystical articles far too strange for here, including this one, maybe, but look at the fascinating math in this? And it's all mixed up spirituality, at least according to Gary...

What passes for US military strategy.Reminiscence of the FutureCutting Empire To Size, Or Yet Another "National Security" CrisisAndrei MartyanovAndrei Martyanov cites this. It's a must read. Gripping account.We Are The MightyThat time a Marine general led a fictional Iran against the US military – and won Blake StilwellSee also This year, the US has started to stress its intention of withdrawing from the 1987 INF Treaty not just because of Russia’s alleged non-compliance with it, but also...

Corruption watch. The new "Nigerian" scam is now Israeli.Mint Press NewsThanks to Government Inaction, Israel Has Become a Haven for International Scammers and Fraud Allison WeirThen there is the land grab at the state level.Moon of AlabamaNetanyahoo's Likely Fall Destroys Trump's Middle East Strategy

Recent extreme volatility and sharp drops in US stock markets underscore the instability of capitalism yet again. As many commentators now note, another economic downturn looms. We know that all the reforms and regulations imposed in the wake of the Great Depression of the 1930s failed to prevent both smaller downturns between 1941 and 2008 and then another big crash in 2008. Capitalism’s instability has, for centuries, resisted all efforts to overcome it with or without government...

I kept telling people to buy natural gas. That investment is up 500% now.

Causality is one of the fundamental problems in philosophy, covering epistemology, philosophy of language, semiotics, and philosophy of science. Since causality is the basis of explanation, it applies to all aspects of understanding and theorizing, as Aristotle pointed out in his Metaphysics millennia ago. Yet, there is still no complete understanding of causality that would end controversy.There many interrogatives — who, what, when, where, how and why, for example. Description involves...

This article is a continuation of previous comments on financial crises, with two lines of discussion. The first is a bit of a primer, explaining why I and other commentators associate financial crises with a buildup of private debt. The second part discusses the main problem with associating crises with private debt buildups: growth in debt stocks is by itself not enough to trigger a crisis. The catch is a variant of the efficient markets hypothesis: if we could easily forecast crises, it...

Analysis from the left mostly about British politics but inclusive of all aspects of neoliberalism as the policy, strategy and tactics of elite power. Says "long read," but it is not that long. Worth a read even if you are not British since it is also an analysis of elite power as it relates to national politics and neoliberal globalization. Let's hope Cook is correct in seeing the wave cresting. The question then becomes will the breaking of the wave result in world war as the elite...

I would suggest considering limiting federal government "bond" sales — with "bonds" meaning term secretaries — to short term notes that are essentially cash equivalents that pay a bit of interest. Longer term government securities can be issue without a term limit, which makes them appear to be "debt" comparable to private debt. The UK has already done this with "consoles." Consols (originally short for consolidated annuities, but subsequently taken to mean consolidated stock) was a...