Tag: Economics

Saturday Snippet: One woman’s nightmare experience of hyperinflation

  The news that natural gas costs in Europe are already ten times higher than a year ago, and likely to go higher this winter, has sparked near-panic in European governments.  Electricity generation is directly affected, so overall energy prices are likely to reflect a similar increase.  The average consumer in Europe simply can’t afford… Continue reading Saturday Snippet: One woman’s nightmare experience of hyperinflation

A deliberate plan to cull the human population?

  That’s what Gates Of Vienna calls “Omnicide”:  the growing evidence of a deliberately planned, genocidal population reduction through disease, war, food and energy shortages, and other means. More than a year ago I wrote about something that had become increasingly obvious: both the Wuhan Coronavirus and the “vaccine” that ostensibly protected recipients from the… Continue reading A deliberate plan to cull the human population?

Have European Union bureaucrats lost their minds?

  The Zman warns that European bureaucrats are trying (perhaps “conspiring” would be a better word) to fix energy prices at higher levels for the long term. In effect the EU is lending its citizens money to pay their utility bills, without telling them that they are creating a debt for them. Example Cornelius is… Continue reading Have European Union bureaucrats lost their minds?

That’s what happens when theory fails to take account of reality

  The worldwide energy shortage is beginning to show its teeth, and threatens to literally bankrupt many businesses and consumers unless a solution is found.  The Financial Times reports: Across the world, politicians are ever more desperately looking to contain the explosive consequences of the energy crisis. In those parts of Asia, the Middle East… Continue reading That’s what happens when theory fails to take account of reality

More evidence of how inflation is destroying America from within. Is it deliberate?

  A recent headline reads:  “A ‘Tsunami of Shutoffs’: 20 Million US Homes Are Behind on Energy Bills“. The Nice household is one of some 20 million across the country—about 1 in 6 American homes—that have fallen behind on their utility bills. It is, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (Neada), the worst… Continue reading More evidence of how inflation is destroying America from within. Is it deliberate?

When extremist climate ideology tries to trump economic reality

  Sundance, writing at The Conservative Treehouse, posits that the governments of the Western world are engaged in a deliberate attempt to slow down the economies of, not just their own, but all nations, so as to accomplish their climate change goals. Western governments’, specifically western Europe, North America (U.S-Canada) and Australia/New Zealand, are intentionally… Continue reading When extremist climate ideology tries to trump economic reality

So much for the “value” of money

  Nick Giambruno reminds us: When was the last time you saw someone pick up a penny off the street? A nickel? A dime? Nowadays, even bums often can’t be bothered to pick up anything less than a quarter. The US dollar has become so debased that these coins are essentially pieces of rubbish. They… Continue reading So much for the “value” of money

Parasites and society

  Arthur Sido has an article (excellent, as usual) about what he calls “Kleptoparasitism” in society.  Here’s a brief excerpt. When the “Great Society” and “War on Poverty” took shape, a new permanent parasite class formed: people, usually single mothers, who rely in part or in whole on government payments. As the decades have gone… Continue reading Parasites and society

Don’t raise the bridge – lower the river!

  The headline to this post was a feature of a BBC radio Goon Show episode titled “The Sinking of Westminster Pier“, first broadcast in 1955.  It was also the title of a 1968 British comedy movie.  Basically, both plots involved turning accepted wisdom on its head, with comically disastrous results. Not so comical, but even… Continue reading Don’t raise the bridge – lower the river!