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The following article was written by James Howard Kunstler,  I thought this would be a nice follow to Monday’s post “When Will Financial Armageddon Begin?” My take on this excellent piece–big changes are baked into the cake already.   The US economic crisis

 By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com    A little more than two years ago, economist John Williams of shadowstats.com predicted a “severe recession” was coming and soon.  At the time, I was working as an investigative correspondent for CNN.  I interviewed Williams for a

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Last week I was asked to be a Guest Host on a very popular morning talk radio show here on the East Coast.  It’s called “The Brad and Britt Show.”   It airs on WZTK-FM 101.1.  The station broadcasts

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS  Guest Writer for Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com It is not unusual for members of the diminishing upper middle class to drop $20,000 or $30,000 on a big wedding. But for celebrities this large sum wouldn’t cover the wedding dress

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Monday started out with a bang!  There were strong earnings reported from some big banks, manufacturing rose for the 12th straight month, construction spending edged up (mainly due to government projects) and the stock market jumped 200

By Paul Craig Roberts Guest writer for Greg Hunter’s  USAWatchdog.com It was 2017.  Clans were governing America. The first clans organized around local police forces. The conservatives’ war on crime during the late 20th century and the Bush/Obama war on terror

By James Howard Kunstler Guest writer for Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The New York Times ran a story of curious import this morning: “Mel Gibson Loses Support Abroad.” Well, gosh, that’s disappointing.  And just when we needed him, too. Concern over this

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Last week, bank failures quietly passed the 100 milestone for the year.  I say “quietly” because the bank failure story has gone largely unreported or, at least, under-reported by the mainstream media.  Just to give you an

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com   Last week, guest writer James Howard Kunstler wrote a compelling and controversial article on this site called, “What If He’s Right.”  It was about shocking comments made by veteran oil analyst Matthew Simmons in an interview about

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com   The decade of the 1990’s is America’s modern day equivalent of the Roaring 20’s.  Back then, we were making great strides in productivity.  We had near full employment, the government had a surplus of cash and the

By James Howard Kunstler Guest Writer for Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com         Just when America was celebrating the provisional end of BP’s Macondo oil blowout, and getting back to important issues like Kim Kardashian’s body-suit collection, along comes Matthew Simmons

 By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  I wanted to do a little more on the coming plight of the U.S. dollar.  I received this comment from a reader named Billhopen who wrote, “Inflation???  you go to lengths quoting Karl Denninger (Market Ticker) who

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com   I have been saying for months the path the country will ultimately take will be the inflation path.  Yes, I know we have had some deflationary signs in the past.  The financial meltdown of 2008 would have

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com    There is hardly a day goes by I don’t hear some spin about the economy and how the so-called “recovery” is progressing.  Last week’s job numbers is a classic example.  It seems the jobless claims fell to

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com    I got this rather nasty email from a reader who identified himself with only an email address.  So, I am going to identify this person with the first part of the address, which is Jdavidm24.  Here is