The Collapse of Civilization Manifesto
Since the 2008 financial crash, the world has witnessed an unprecedented outbreak of social protest in every major continent. Beginning with the birth of the Occupy movement in the US and Western Europe, and the Arab Spring, the eruption of civil unrest has continued to wreak havoc unpredictably from Greece to Ukraine, from China to Thailand, from Brazil to Turkey, and beyond. In some regions, civil unrest has coalesced into the collapse of incumbent governments or even the eruption of a prolonged state of internecine warfare, as is happening in Iraq-Syria and Ukraine- Crimea.
Increasing public dissatisfaction with government is correlated with continued government difficulties in meeting public expectations. Yet while policymakers and media observers have raced to keep up with events, they have largely missed the deeper causes of this new age of unrest — the end of the age of cheap fossil fuels, and its multiplying consequences for economic growth, industrial food production, and the Earth’s climate stability.
N.M. Ahmed, Failing States, Collapsing Systems, Springer Energy, 2017
Brexit: stage one in Europe’s slow-burn energy collapse
The “disintegration” of global capitalism could unleash world war 3, warns top EU economist
Huge Human Inequality Study Hints Revolution is in Store for U.S (Kohler 2017) Nature
Billionaire Hedge-Fund Manager Warns a “Revolution” Is Coming
Ray Dalio: tackle inequality or face a violent revolution
Thousands march as France’s ‘yellow vest’ protests rumble on
Merkel: Europe must unite to stand up to China, Russia and US
Majority of Europeans ‘expect end of EU within 20 years’
The EU looks like the Soviet Union in 1991 — on the verge of collapse -Soros
How the perception of unfair economic inequality leads to civic unrest
Rage at Globalism Is Just the Beginning
Globalization has failed for many and the reaction may be violent
Kyle Bass: Hong Kong’s political turmoil occurs atop a ‘financial time bomb’
‘It’s the apocalypse’: Paris rioters run amok at yellow vest rallies
The Real Roots of American Rage
War, empire and racism in the Anthropocene
America’s new redneck rebellion
Three decades ago, a revolution occurred in the world economy. Today, we’re living through its extensive political consequences. This revolution consisted of financialization.
Financial services, from banks and hedge funds to trading houses, became the largest industry in the U.S. The impact of this revolution has been incalculable.
Accompanied by the rapid enrichment of a tiny few and stagnation and disappointment for many more. Now the only growth that remains is selling expensive services to each other. The financial revolution has no solution for stagnant wages, income inequality and job insecurity.
The Great Depression 1929–1940 US Economic Growth GDP (1%)
The Great Recession 2007–2018 US Economic Growth GDP (1.6%)
CBO’s GDP Forecast for the 2018–2028 (1.9%)
Govt economic advisor warns British defense planners that OECD growth is ending
Get Ready for Europe’s Next Crisis
World economy is sleepwalking into a new financial crisis, warns Mervyn King
Ben Bernanke: The US Economy Is Going To Go Off The Cliff In 2020
America’s Real Economy: It Isn’t Booming
George Will: Another epic economic collapse is coming
The 2020s Might Be The Worst Decade In U.S. History
Investors Should Brace for a ‘Frightening’ Recession
The Coming Collapse of the American Economic System with Richard Wolff
EU membership has many benefits, but economic growth is not one of them — new findings
Global economic growth has peaked, says World Bank
Global economic growth has peaked, warns OECD
Welcome To The Decade Of Slow Economic Growth
Global economy set for decade of gloom as World Bank predicts recovery will fizzle out
BIS warns global economy risks crisis ‘relapse’
IMF warns of global economic “storm” as growth undershoots
Will we survive the next financial crisis?
The Federal Reserve Seems Oblivious to a Coming Crisis
Global economy is facing a ‘perfect storm’, warns BIS chief
World economy at risk of another financial crash, says IMF
The world has not learned the lessons of the financial crisis
BBC: World Bank warns of ‘darkening skies’ for global economy
The World Economy Just Can’t Escape Its Low-Growth, Low-Inflation Rut
AP FACT CHECK: So where is Trump’s 3 percent growth?
President Trump has made 7,546 false or misleading claims over 700 days
$1.5 trillion US tax cut has no major impact on business spending plans: Survey
US economic growth (GDP) since 2000 is all an illusion
During the mid/late 20th century (1960–1999), a barrel of oil cost $19 on average; during the years immediately prior to the Great Recession (2000–2008), the average price of a barrel of oil had increased to $47; and during the years immediately following the Great Recession (2010–2012), the average price of a barrel of oil had further increased to $81. During the same three time periods, the average price of a metric ton of copper increased from $3,085, to $3,713, to $6,817; the average price of a metric ton of iron ore increased from $36, to $57, to $124; and the average price of a metric ton of potash increased from $114, to $185, to $343. (Prices are inflation adjusted.)
The simple fact is that we cannot grow our global economy and improve our global material living standards on $50 oil, $6,817 copper, $124 iron ore, and $343 potash like we did on $19 oil, $3,085 copper, $36 iron ore, and $114 potash. It should come as no surprise that our Non Renewable Resource-dependent global economy experienced the Great Recession during 2009. Nor should it come as a surprise that we have yet to recover from the Great Recession. Nor will our industrialized and industrializing economies ever recover, so long as price levels associated with the vast majority of Non Renewable Resources remain at their inordinately high levels.
Christpoher Clugston, Scarcity: Humanity’s Final Chapter
Causes and Consequences of the Oil Shock of 2007–08 (Hamilton 2009)
Did the Oil Price Boom of 2008 Cause Crisis? WSJ
Every downturn since 1970 has been preceded by a doubling of oil prices the prior 12 months.
Oil and food prices move in tandem in the long term. -FAO Food Price Index
From 2007 to 2016, US productivity grew at about 1 percent — a historic low
No Recovery: An Analysis of Long-Term U.S. Productivity Decline
Can Declining Productivity Growth Be Reversed?
The Mystery of Declining Productivity Growth
Robots Are Now Everywhere, Except in the Productivity Statistics
George Will: How technology is hurting U.S. productivity
Foreign countries are sapping US productivity, study shows
Trump: Since China joined WTO, U.S. has lost 60,000 factories
China really is to blame for millions of lost U.S. manufacturing jobs, new study finds
China didn’t steal our jobs. Corporate America gave them away
Shareholder capitalism and the slow death of U.S. manufacturing
Study: Illinois Auto Plant Layoffs May Trigger More Job Loss
BASF to cut 6,000 jobs to drive down costs amid slowdown
U.S. auto industry’s record sales streak snapped in 2017
Carpocalypse now: Lyft’s founders are right — we’re in the endgame for cars
Honda to shift production of SUV to China from US amid trade war
After 38,000 layoffs, Wall Street wakes up to ‘peak car’
Auto loan delinquency rates are worse now than during the financial crisis
Trump, tweets couldn’t save U.S. auto jobs in 2017
How GE Went From American Icon to Astonishing Mess
America’s oldest gunmaker Remington files for bankruptcy after 200 years in business
If the Economy Is So Great, Why Are Car Loan Defaults at a Record High?
Gibson guitar company facing bankruptcy after 116 years
Tariffs Unlikely to Bring Back Many U.S. Blue-Collar Jobs, Study Finds
‘Deep’ Subprime Car Loans Hit Crisis-Era Milestone
Subprime Auto Defaults Are Soaring, and PE Firms Have No Way Out
Smaller Subprime Auto Lenders Are Starting to Fold
U.S. used-car glut is a dealer’s dream, automakers’ nightmare
Harley-Davidson, a U.S. icon, highlights offshoring’s perils
Hundreds Of Carrier Factory Jobs To Move To Mexico
Harley-Davidson will ship work to Thailand from closing U.S. plant
Automakers’ Job Cuts Are at 38,000 and Counting
GM to lay off up to 14K workers, close as many as 5 plants
Morgan Stanley Predicts Ford to Cut 25,000 Jobs in Overhaul
Ford to move all small car production to Mexico
Ford to cut 7,000 jobs by August, including 900 this week
‘A kick in the stomach’: massive GM layoffs leave workers distraught — and angry
A record 7 million Americans are 3 months behind on their car payments, a red flag for the economy
The Next American Car Recession Has Already Started
Ford Prepares for Mass Layoffs After Losing $1 Billion to Trump’s Trade Tariffs, Report Says
As GM union faces big job losses, South Koreans turn cold shoulder
Economist: Expect more GM layoffs after plant closures, car eliminations
In Mexico, $2-per-hour workers make $40,000 SUVs
Ford to cut jobs in Europe, announces talks with labor, expects VW tie
Detroit in ruins: the photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
Tesla Model 3 Costs More To Charge Than A Gasoline Car
Tesla’s mass layoffs and reduced car production have Wall Street ‘waking up from the dream’
As Tesla Struggles, Its Rivals Make Far More With Less
Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies
Lawrence Solomon: How Tesla’s Elon Musk became the master of fake business
Former GM vice chair: I think Tesla is doomed
Tesla Doesn’t Burn Fuel, It Burns Cash
UM Economists: GM layoffs could cost Michigan 16,000 jobs
Why so many restaurants are filing for bankruptcy
Up to 120 more Applebee’s and IHOP restaurants will close, signaling a big shift
Workers Say McDonald’s Isn’t Keeping Up With Rising Local Wages
Wendy’s to Install Self-Ordering Machines in 1,000 Stores
Buffalo Wild Wings Cuts Jobs Amid Rising Labor, Wing Prices
Owner of Romano’s Macaroni Grill Files for Bankruptcy
The Amazon Era: No Profits, No Problem
Amazon made an $11.2bn profit in 2018 — and its federal tax bill is $0
Bernie Sanders says Amazon paid no federal income tax in 2017. He’s right
Revealed: Amazon employees are left to suffer after workplace injuries
How Amazon gets away with not paying taxes
Amazon lobbies to exempt employees from labor protections
The Life and Death of an Amazon Warehouse Temp
‘A sweatshop firing on all cylinders’: what it’s like to work at Amazon at Christmas
This Analyst Claims the U.S. Postal Service Is Giving Amazon a Huge Subsidy
Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace
Amazon warehouses don’t increase jobs: study
Is it Prime Time for an Amazon Dividend?
Amazon is using classic anti-union language with workers at Whole Foods
Amazon is using an unfair advantage to dominate its competitors
I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon
‘We are not robots’: Amazon warehouse employees push to unionize
Will Central Bank Policies Set off Another Global Financial Crisis?
There is only one country in the world where negative interest rates are working
A Decade of Low Interest Rates Is Changing Everything
Why Low interest rates could cause a ‘colossal reckoning’
Low Interest Rates Might Be What’s Hurting Growth
Peter Schiff says ‘we’re in a house of cards that the Fed built’
Big banks are still paying American savers almost nothing, even as interest rates hit 2.5 percent
Central banks are printing money as though the global economy is in freefall
$12 trillion of QE and the lowest rates in 5,000 years … for this?
If Central Banks Are the Only Game in Town, We’ve Lost
How central bankers blew up the global economy
World has run out of firepower to fight next recession, IMF warns
Unwinding QE could trigger financial crisis, warns JP Morgan
The verdict on 10 years of quantitative easing
How Stimulus Made a Soft Landing Harder
Quantitative easing was the father of millennial socialism
Easy Money of Stimulus Made Life Harder for Some
Bank of England’s recovery policies have increased inequality, finds S&P
How The Fed Is Helping To Rig The Stock Market
US companies have spent record $4T buying back their own stock since 08
Companies buying back their own shares is the only thing keeping the stock market afloat right now
The Winners and Losers in a $1 Trillion Buyback Year
The stock market would be much lower if it weren’t for companies buying back their own shares’
Share buybacks soar to record $806 billion — bigger than a Facebook or Exxon Mobil
Goldman Considers ‘A World Without Buybacks.’ It Looks Ominous.
Hedge fund manager: Stock buybacks should be ‘illegal’
Stock market to get $1 trillion boost via buybacks, says Goldman
Why the buyback frenzy may be bad for U.S. stock investors
Corporate stock buybacks boom despite Schumer, Sanders criticism
Corporate America is spending more on buybacks than anything else
Are Stock Buybacks Starving the Economy?
The sub-prime timebomb is back — this time companies are lighting the fuse
Why Stock Buybacks Do So Little for Americans
When The Stock Buybacks Go Bye-Bye
Debt-financed share buybacks have turned the stock market into a high-risk ‘CDO residual’
America’s companies have binged on record amount of debt; a reckoning looms
Swelling US corporate debt raises risk of global financial meltdown
The IMF is worried about rising debt in the corporate sector
Fed’s Powell Flags Corporate Debt Surge: ‘Some Businesses May Come Under Severe Financial Strain’
Why Corporate America’s mountain of debt matters
Corporate Debt Is Reaching Record Levels
America’s top leveraged loans banker is worried about corporate debt
13% of the world’s companies are ‘zombies.’ That’s not healthy
Corporate debt bubble could spark devastating fire sale of bonds, OECD warns
Does the corporate debt mountain pose an avalanche risk?
A $3-trillion tsunami is about to flood the stock market, warns fund manager
Jeffrey Gundlach interview — Corporate debt is the biggest risk
‘Big Short’ investor Steve Eisman just joined those sounding the alarm on rising corporate debt
The sub-prime timebomb is back — this time companies are lighting the fuse
How a corporate debt pileup could intensify the global economic slowdown
U.S. Corporate Debt Maturing In Five Years Rises To Over $2 Trillion
The Next Recession: Mark Zandi says corporate debt could cause ‘reckoning’
When Blue Chip Companies Pile on Debt, It’s Time to Worry
US commercial bankruptcies are soaring
A $9 trillion corporate debt bomb is ‘bubbling’ in the US economy
Investors to Corporate America: You’ve got a debt problem
Corporate Debt Crises Could Come Faster and Harder
After PG&E, keep an eye on corporate debt
Gundlach’s warning on ‘ocean of debt’ adds to worries over corporate bonds
Goldman Sachs is worried big companies are stifling competition, holding down wages and growth.
The Entire Economy Is MoviePass Now. Enjoy It While You Can.
IMF warns that tech giants stifle innovation and threaten stability
It’s time to break up the FAANGs (FB, APPL, AMZN, NFLX, GOOGL)
A call to save democracy by battling monopolies
Economists Get Serious About the Harm From Monopolies
Wolf of Wall Street’s Jordan Belfort: ‘The lessons of the crash have been forgotten’
Bill Gates: We will have another financial crisis like the one in 2008 — it’s a ‘certainty’
Perfect storm’: Global financial system showing danger signs, says senior OECD economist
Markets are ignoring ‘major risk’ of rising interest rates and end of QE, warns Citigroup
83% of IPOs (new stock issues) this year have come to the market with negative earnings.
The Federal Reserve inflated stock prices for years — now comes the scary unwinding
World financial structure ‘unstable’
Janet Yellen Warns Another Financial Crisis Could Be Brewing
Alan Greenspan has a new warning for investors: ‘Run for cover’
Disaster Is Inevitable When America’s Stock Market Bubble Bursts
Why Economists Failed to Predict the Financial Crisis
Economists often don’t know what they’re talking about
The Financial Crisis and the Systemic Failure of Academic Economics (Colander 2009)
What economists have gotten wrong for decades
IMF shows poor track record at forecasting recessions
The Experts Keep Getting the Economy Wrong
Why the Phrase ‘Late Capitalism’ Is Suddenly Everywhere
American Capitalism Isn’t Working.
A Guardian of Global Capitalism Warns Capitalism Has A Problem
Capitalism is in crisis — and business leaders know it
America needs to fix capitalism to save it
The World Economy Is A Pyramid Scheme, Steven Chu Says
Warren Buffett says no textbook could have predicted the strange economy we have today
Bill Gates: “Economists don’t actually understand macroeconomics”
New Study Suggests Late-Stage Capitalism Stripping Humanity of Simple Joy: Frequent Sex
Even the rich worry about the economic future of the US
Dare to declare capitalism dead — before it takes us all down with it
Charlie Munger: Be afraid when a democracy thinks it can print money to solve all its problems
‘Socialism for the rich’: the evils of bad economics
Is Communism Cool? Ask a Millennial
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio: ‘Capitalism basically is not working for the majority of people’
People are losing faith in capitalism. The world needs a new approach
DealBook Briefing: Capitalists Fear a Socialist Revolt
Happy Birthday, Karl Marx. You Were Right!
Capitalism in crisis: U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system that made them rich
Neoliberalism must be pronounced dead and buried. Where next?
Rulers of the world: read Karl Marx!
The world is finally ready for Marxism as capitalism reaches the tipping point
Marx predicted our present crisis — and points the way out
Is Capitalism a Threat to Democracy?
Reform capitalism or face revolution, billionaires are told at Milken Conference
Capitalism no longer working for greater good, say two of its biggest cheerleaders
New Zealand’s new prime minister calls capitalism a ‘blatant failure’
Founder of the worlds biggest hedge fund says capitalism needs urgent reform
France’s Message for Capitalism Is Quite Simple: Adapt or Die
Socialism is gaining in popularity, and today’s capitalism is to blame
The Young Left’s Anti-Capitalist Manifesto
Capitalism simply isn’t working and here are the reasons why
Unless It Changes, Capitalism Will Starve Humanity By 2050
Why are millennials burned out? Capitalism.
Richard Branson: Capitalism basically is not working for the majority of people.
Exposing the great ‘poverty reduction’ lie
The top 26 billionaires are as wealthy as 3.8 billion people
Wealth inequality ‘out of control,’ Oxfam warns
Bill Gates says poverty is decreasing. He couldn’t be more wrong
Billionaires take more than they make
CEOs made 287 times more money than their workers in 2018
The World Now Has Three People Worth More Than $100 Billion Each
Gap between rich and poor growing, fueling global anger: Oxfam
World’s wealthiest saw their fortunes increase by $2.5 billion a day in 2018: Oxfam
World’s 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam
Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030
World’s witnessing a new Gilded Age as billionaires’ wealth swells to $6tn
Credit Suisse: The world’s wealthiest 1% own half of the worlds wealth
These charts show the extreme concentration of global wealth
The mathematical law that shows why wealth flows to the 1%
Wealth Of 9 Richest Indians Equivalent To Bottom 50% Of Country: Report
In America, a third to nearly a half of all wealth is inherited rather than self-made.
In the past, median income rose in line with GDP. Yet since 2000, median income has stagnated
Middle class no longer dominates in the U.S.
America’s Fastest Growing Jobs Pay About $24,000 Annually
62% of millennials say they’re living paycheck to paycheck
$1 million isn’t enough to make you wealthy in America, survey finds
Families Go Deep in Debt to Stay in the Middle Class
Millions of Americans are just one paycheck away from ‘financial disaster’
The average American household carries $137,063 in debt, according to the Federal Reserve
Almost 80% of US workers live from paycheck to paycheck
Nearly half of US workers need side gig to stay afloat, survey finds
Compensation of Employees: Wages and Salary Accruals/Gross Domestic Product
Consumer debt hits $4 trillion
Why the middle class is shrinking
Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common: “I see no way out.”
Americans see themselves in debt forever, even as they continue to borrow
40% of Americans only one missed paycheck away from poverty
A fifth of Americans say they have zero savings
Half of Older Americans Have Nothing in Retirement Savings
The top 1% of households own more wealth than the bottom 90 per cent.
Income inequality in America is the highest it’s been since census started tracking it, data shows
The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities | BFI University of Chicago
US income inequality jumps to highest level ever recorded
At this rate, the rich could truly have it all just 33 years from now
Millionaires now hold nearly half of the world’s wealth
The richest 1% own 50% of stocks held by American households
The One Percent Have Gotten $21 Trillion Richer Since 1989. The Bottom 50% Have Gotten Poorer.
The bottom 50% of Americans now have 1% of America’s wealth
Most Americans Received No Pay Increase In 2018
A decade after the recession, 40% of U.S. families still struggling
Real Wage Growth Is Actually Falling
Fed’s Brainard: Middle-class wealth still less than before Great Recession
Income Inequality in America: Growth and Statistics
A shocking 42% of all U.S. workers make less than $15 per hour
Income inequality is rising so fast, data can’t keep up
Middle classes losing out to ultra-rich
40% of Americans One Paycheck Away from Poverty: Report
Congress has never let the federal minimum wage erode for this long
America’s Humongous Wealth Gap Is Widening Further
US income inequality is a ‘national emergency,’ billionaire Ray Dalio says
Federal Reserve chair calls income inequality the biggest challenge in next 10 years
History tells us where the wealth gap leads — Peter Turchin
It’s been almost 100 years since America’s 1% had this much wealth
Most Americans Think the Current Economic System Is Skewed Toward the Wealthy, Says Study
Feeling poorer? That’s because “real” wages fell last year
The Shrinking Middle Class: The Current State of Affairs
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist: We’re Headed for Oligarchy
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett are wealthier than poorest half of US
More than half of Americans say they didn’t get a pay raise this year
US wealth inequality — top 0.1% worth as much as the bottom 90%
Quarter of Americans are ‘worse’ now than before Great Recession: survey
It’s Never Been Easier to Be a C.E.O., and the Pay Keeps Rising
Survival of the richest: All are equal, except those who aren’t
In America, inequality begins in the womb
25% of US adults have no retirement savings
Top 1.0 percent reaches highest wages ever — up 157 percent since 1979
Politicians have caused a pay ‘collapse’ for the bottom 90 percent of workers, researchers say
Adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage is worth less than 50 years ago
The Wealth Gap in the U.S. Is Worse Than In Russia or Iran
78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck
Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart
The World Income Database found the U.S. has the highest inequality among all Western countries
The decline of African-American and Hispanic wealth since the Great Recession
Get Rich, Live Longer: The Ultimate Consequence of Income Inequality
American’s personal savings is near an all time low
Human health and the Great Recession
Nearly 1 In 4 Feel They’ll Never Escape From Significant Debt
Too Many Americans Will Never Be Able to Retire
The 1% grabbed 82% of all wealth created in 2017
A new billionaire is minted every 2 days as the poor lose wealth
The richest 10% of households now represent 70% of all U.S. wealth
How Economic Inequality Inflicts Real Biological Harm
Share of middle-income households having difficulties to make ends meet in Europe in 2017
Europe’s Middle Class Is Shrinking. Spain Bears Much of the Pain.
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population
The top 26 billionaires own $1.4 trillion — as much as 3.8 billion other people
Here’s how the global financial crisis is still affecting your wages
World’s eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50%
Wealth Inequality Is Way Worse Than You Think, And Tax Havens Play A Big Role
CEOs earn 361 times more than the average U.S. worker
Middle class struggles are now threatening the global economy
Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck
Dimon, Schwarzman and Other Davos A-Listers Add $175 Billion in 10 Years
Super-rich early Amazon investor: Wealth gap crisis is the ‘direct result’ of ‘moral failure’
Polarized Americans Rate Environment Worst since 2009 –Gallup
Poll: Americans Say We’re Angrier Than A Generation Ago
For the first time since the 1940s, Americans have been asking: Can it happen here?
Obama warns: if America stays so divided, our democracy and economy won’t survive
Loss of newspapers contributes to political polarization
Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
The Global Rise of ‘Us vs. Them’ Politics
How America’s identity politics went from inclusion to division
Why is it so stressful to talk politics with the other side?
Alec Baldwin: ‘We Need To Overthrow The Government’
‘American War’ — a grim novel about a second American Civil War
Georgetown University: Almost 70% Of Americans Believe Civil War Is Imminent
In America, talk turns to something unspoken for 150 years: Civil war
Former McCain adviser: Trump has ‘stoked a cold civil war’ in America
Christian rightwingers warn abortion fight could spark US civil war
Is a Second American Civil War Likely? 31% of Americans Think So
I think we’re at the beginning of a soft civil war
Russian Official Cancels US Visit, Saying ‘Second American Civil War’ Is Underway
Is America headed for a new civil war? Fury, violence and now bombs show a US deeply divided
Is America headed for civil war?
Another ‘Civil War’? Pessimism About Political Violence Deepens In A Divided Nation
What are the chances that America’s disunion turns into Civil War?
A New American Civil War Feels Closer Than Ever After Pittsburgh
Iowa Rep. Steve King says America is heading toward another civil war
Steve King posts meme saying red states have ‘8 trillion bullets’ in event of civil war
Is America Headed for a New Kind of Civil War?
Are Billionaires Leading America Toward Civil War?
Clinton, Obama, Soros and CNN mailings mark trail to civil war
The American civil war didn’t end. And Trump is a Confederate president
Is America headed toward a civil war? Sanders, Nielsen incidents show it has already begun
Is France showing us what America’s next civil war will look like?
The country is hopelessly split. So why not make it official and break up?
It’s Time For The United States To Divorce Before Things Get Dangerous
The worst American politics since the Civil War
How a Real Civil War Between Rich and Poor Could Actually Happen
Joe diGenova’s advice to patriots: It’s a ‘civil war’ — ‘I buy guns’
Bernstein: US in a ‘cold civil war’ Trump may ignite
Are we headed for Civil War 2.0?
The Only Thing, Historically, That’s Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe
Is Nuclear War the Only Cure for Inequality?
The labor participation rate across the world is dropping rapidly. You may be inclined to believe the official unemployment numbers, but, they are a poor indicator of employment statistics. Let us take the United States as an example. The labor participation rates have dropped way below the rates when 1980’s recession unfolded.
Don’t believe the lies about the US being at ‘full employment’
Here’s Why The Prior Jobs Report Numbers Were Wrong By Over Half A Million
Unemployment Is Low, but That’s Only Part of the Story
The Big Lie: 5.6% Unemployment — Gallup
Best U.S. Job Numbers Ever? Not If You’re Out of Work for a Year
Over 20% of Americans in their prime working years (between the ages of 25–54) do not have a job
Almost all the US jobs created since 2005 are temporary
The lost decade for the economy
Citigroup Ready To Replace “Tens Of Thousands” Of Call-Center Workers With Robots
The outlook is dim for Americans without college degrees
A record number of robots were put to work across North America in 2018, report says
Busting the ‘Trucker Shortage’ Myth
More on the ‘lie’ behind the unemployment numbers
Unemployment in the UK is now so low it’s in danger of exposing the lie used to create the numbers
Automation has hurt labor-force participation, and it’s going to get worse, IMF finds
47% of jobs will vanish in the next 25 years, say Oxford University researchers
Automation is set to hit the heartland the hardest — again
Robots are hurting middle class workers, and education won’t solve the problem, Larry Summers says
White-Collar Robots Are Coming for Jobs
This Thriving City — and Many Others — Could Soon Be Disrupted by Robots
Automation could kill 73 million U.S. jobs by 2030
How Technology Is Destroying Jobs — MIT
New Oxford study shows nearly half of US jobs at risk of computerization
Small cities face greater impact from automation
Walmart’s Future Workforce: Robots and Freelancers
The robots are coming — for as many as 800 million jobs
What if jobs are not the solution but the problem
These Are the 12 Employers Who Have Laid Off the Most Workers This Year
Amazon lays off hundreds of employees
Tech layoffs surged in 2016, and 2017 doesn’t look much brighter
Goldman Sachs Announces Its Biggest Layoffs Since Financial Crisis
IBM Layoffs 2018: What We Know About the Job Cuts
Cisco’s Layoffs Are Just the Tip of the Spear for Tech
Harley-Davidson to cut U.S. manufacturing jobs
Microsoft plans thousands of job cuts
Apple Plans to Cut Back on Hiring Due to iPhone Sales Struggles
Walmart is reportedly planning to cut over 1,000 corporate jobs
Caterpillar announces undisclosed number of layoffs
Lego to cut 1,400 jobs and ‘reset company’ after sales drop
GE Is Laying Off 12,000 People From Its Power Business
Kellogg job cuts are ‘devastating news’ -Union
Pfizer Expecting Layoffs as it Ends Alzheimer’s Drug Research
AT&T Preps for New Layoffs Despite Billions in Tax Breaks and Regulatory Favors
Toys ‘R’ Us lays off 31,000 employees: No job and no severance
Barnes & Noble Is Laying Off Workers Amid Declining Sales
Kleenex and Huggies Maker to Cut More Than 5,000 Jobs
State Farm to Close 11 Offices, Cut Some 4,200 Jobs, After 2016 $7B Loss
Macy’s is closing 68 stores — laying off around 4,000 employees
Lowe’s Will Lay Off More Than 500 Workers
Homeless People Outside New York City Are Pushing for More Help
More Than 16,000 People in L.A. Now Live in Cars, Vans and RVs, But Safe Parking Remains Elusive
Homeless in College: Students sleep in cars, on couches when they have nowhere else to go
U.S. homeless population tops 550,000 — with Los Angeles seeing ‘26%’ spike
1 in 7 New York City Elementary Students Will Be Homeless, Report Says
Homelessness jumps 12% in L.A. County and 16% in the city, leaving officials ‘stunned’
L.A.’s Homelessness has surged 75% in six years
Los Angeles homelessness rises sharply as housing crisis deepens
Rise in homeless numbers prompts outrage and alarm
The Homeless Are Dying in Record Numbers on the Streets of Los Angeles
Retail apocalypse: 4,810 closures in first three months of 2019
Minnesota’s homeless population reaches record high number
How rising rents contribute to homelessness
1 in 5 L.A. community college students is homeless, survey finds
Homelessness Rises Slightly, Federal Report Finds
Why America Can’t Solve Homelessness
Homelessness growing at faster rate in Massachusetts than any other state
Thanksgiving help for the homeless: ‘We haven’t seen numbers like this since the Great Depression’
Indianapolis Homeless population on the rise as mayor challenges community to curb issue
The impact homelessness and the opioid crisis are having on San Francisco streets
L.A.’s Housing Crisis Hits Hollywood: The Entertainment Workers Living in Their Cars
Atlanta’s homeless population triples as officials move them into the Airport
Homeless population up in the panhandle
U.S. homeless shelters overwhelmed in brutal weather
Silicon Valley — working and homeless
Seattle’s homeless population grows more than 40-percent in two years
A record number of homeless people died in Seattle in 2017
Letter Promising to ‘Beat’ and “Burn” Homeless People in San Francisco Strikes Fear
Revealed: homeless people given one-way tickets to other areas
Homeless family of 4 found dead in parked van
“It was the hardest week of my life” Executive Director of Homeless Shelter spends week homeless
Homeless man dies on ‘doorstep’ of Houses of Parliament
America has two economies — and they’re diverging fast
US has regressed to developing nation status, MIT economist warns
U.N. report: With 40M in poverty, U.S. most unequal developed nation
The Middle Class Is Shrinking Everywhere — In Chicago It’s Almost Gone
America’s 10 worst states to live in
New report shows more senior citizens in the Mid-south living below the poverty line
America’s Shrinking Middle Class: A Close Look at Changes Within Metropolitan Areas
Nearly 40% of Americans can’t cover a surprise $400 expense
Why American families are struggling to pay for child care
Almost half of US families can’t afford basics like rent and food
America Is Poorer Than It Thinks
U.S. Is a Rich Country With Symptoms of a Developing Nation
The US has a lot of money, but it does not look like a developed country
OSU study: Nearly 2/3 of US kids live in ‘asset poverty’
New York City is edging toward financial disaster, experts warn
Having a ‘good’ job in America no longer makes you financially secure
“You feel so overwhelmed”: Fed reports $1 trillion increase in Americans’ debt
A minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a one-bedroom apartment in most of the US
World’s Retirees Risk Running Out of Money a Decade Before Death
Extreme poverty in America: read the UN special monitor’s report
School turns students’ lunch debt over to collection agency
Childhood poverty has a lasting impact on developing brain, finds study
There are over 43 million people currently living in poverty in the United States
13 million people in poverty are disconnected from the social safety net. Most of them are white.
The Crushing Logistics of Raising a Family Paycheck to Paycheck
Extreme poverty has nearly doubled since major welfare reform efforts in the 1990s
Poverty is moving to the suburbs. The war on poverty hasn’t followed
A Shocking Number of American Families Can’t Afford Diapers
Child poverty in the U.S. is among the worst in the developed world
This Week in Poverty: US Single Mothers — ’The Worst Off’’
The Kaiser Family Foundation has poverty rates at 27% for African Americans and 24% for Hispanics
The Number Of Americans Living In Their Vehicles “Explodes” As The Middle Class Collapses
Working to 70 is not an easy fix to the retirement crisis
These numbers prove African-Americans still haven’t recovered from the financial crisis
China was barely a statistical rounding error in 1978, with less than 1 percent of global trade, China rose to become in 2013 the world’s leading trading nation with almost a quarter of its annual flows. Nothing on this scale or speed has been witnessed before in history. Since 1970, Asia’s per capita incomes have increased fivefold. Even in Africa, the world’s worst performing continent, incomes have almost doubled. The west’s median income, meanwhile, has barely shifted in the last half century.
In arguing for China’s entry to the World Trade Organization, Bill Clinton, the then US president, said globalization was ‘the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water’. In addition, he argued that China’s entry would reduce America’s bilateral trade defect by binding China to lower tariff rates on its imports. Following China’s WTO accession in 2001, America’s trade defect with China has leapt almost five fold. It is clear, in retrospect, that Beijing had better grasp of the global economy’s dynamics than Washington.
In terms of purchasing power parity — measured by what you can buy in the local currency — China economy surpassed the US in 2014. Within a decade, give or take a few years, China will overtake America on more conventional dollar measures. By 2050 — a century after its communist revolution — China’s economy is likely to be twice the size of America’s and larger than all the Western economies combined. And by then, even India’s economy will be roughly the same size as America’s.
Edward Luce
The Retreat of Western Liberalism Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2017
Normalizing Trade Relations With China Was a Mistake
America today has higher inequality and less upward social mobility than most other developed countries
Georgetown study: ‘To succeed in America, it’s better to be born rich than smart’
Americans Have Lost Faith In Their Ability To Move From Poverty To Riches
Meritocracy is a myth invented by the rich
An alarming number of Americans are worse off than their parents and we’re not talking about it
More Than Half Of All College Grads Are Working Jobs That Don’t Even Require A Degree
Half Of College Grads Are Working Jobs That Don’t Require A Degree
Felicity Huffman among dozens charged over admissions fraud at top US schools
Many college grads feel their grip on middle class loosening
Will more higher education improve economic growth?
Textbook costs have risen nearly 1000% since the 70's
The economics of higher education
Petroleum engineering degrees seen going from boom to bust
Two-thirds of American employees regret their college degrees
U.S. Student Loan Debt Sets Record $1.5 trillion, Doubling Since Recession
10 mind-blowing facts that show how dire the US student loan crisis is
Free college and bailouts won’t solve the student debt crisis: SoFi CEO
U.S. Student-Loan Program Now Runs Deficit, CBO Estimates
One in 15 US student loan recipients have considered suicide over debt, study suggests
People are fleeing the US to keep from paying off their student loans
Is College Worth It? Debt, Low Pay Leaves Some Grads Regretful
The looming student loan default crisis is worse than we thought
Student Loan Debt Statistics In 2019: A $1.5 Trillion Crisis
Dimon: U.S. student loan debt is ‘now starting to affect the economy’
Federal Reserve chairman: Mounting student debt could hold back economic growth
U.S. Student-Loan Delinquencies Hit Record
Is College still worth it? It’s complicated.
America’s Great College Boom Is Winding Down
Despite the economic recovery, student debtors’ ‘monster in the closet’ has only worsened
What to do with homeless college students? Let them sleep in the parking lot, new bill says
What a Student Loan ‘Bubble’ Bursting Might Look Like
U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166 Billion
U.S. Student Debt in `Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166 Billion
Student debt may inch the US towards the next crisis
Fed Says Student Debt Has Hurt the U.S. Housing Market
Janet Yellen warns student debt may be holding back housing recovery
This Economic Bubble Is Going to Wreak Havoc When It Bursts
Rural America’s “brain drain”: How student debt is emptying small towns
Think college students are privileged? Nearly a third are hungry and homeless
The financial crisis is far from over for students
Young People Are Doomed by Student Loans, Not the National Debt
Who Foots the Bill? Families Fight Over College Debt
Seniors, too, are drowning in student loan debt
Millennials are ‘canaries in the coalmine’ for toxic economic trends, say Stanford scholars
More millennials are living at home than at any other time this century
Percentage of Young Americans Living With Parents Rises to 75-Year High
Millennials are in worse off financial state than any other generation since the great depression
The Next Recession Will Destroy Millennials
The average American millennial has an $8,000 net worth
More Millennials Are Dying ‘Deaths of Despair,’ Report Says
Millennials kill industries because they’re poor: Deloitte study
22 percent of millennials say they have “no friends”
Millennial men live with their parents more than other generations
Millennials ‘more likely to face working-age poverty than any previous generation’
Millennials Are Suffering, But It’s Not Baby Boomers’ Fault
The lost generation: ‘I’m 30-something and still depressed and broke’
The number of adults living with their parents has doubled since 1995
Fewer millennials are making it into the middle class
Millennials’ pay still stunted by the 2008 financial crash
Millennials being squeezed out of middle class, says OECD
Millennial households are poorer than any other generation: Study
Millennials buried in debt can’t buy into American Dream
Why Millennials Are Facing Financial Struggles We’ve Never Seen Before
Millennials Face $1 Trillion Debt as Student Loans Pile Up
Millennial debt passes $1 trillion
More Than One In Five Millenials Still Live With Mom
Millennials born in 1980s may never recover from the Great Recession
Millennial depression on the rise, study says
More than half of millennials in their 30s still banking on Mom and Dad
Nearly 50% of millennials have nothing saved, according to a 2018 report
Nearly a million more young adults now live with parents — study
All the ways Gen X is financially wrecked
Millennials’ pay still stunted by the 2008 financial crash
New York’s millennials are waiting tables to pay off student loans
Me and my quarter-life crisis: a millennial asks what went wrong
Millennials struggle to afford homes over high debt, no savings
Some millennials aren’t saving for retirement because they don’t think capitalism will exist by then
Millennial money: Why young adults still need support from parents
Millennials are struggling. Is it the fault of the baby boomers?
Millennials say anxiety about money is literally making them sick
Young People have never been unhappier, research suggests
1 in 5 millennials with debt expect to die without ever paying it off
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
Millennials Didn’t Kill the Economy. The Economy Killed Millennials.
Home ownership among young adults has ‘collapsed’, study finds
A $21,000 Cosmetology School Debt, and a $9-an-Hour Job
Millennials are spending an insane amount on rent
66% of Millennials have nothing saved for retirement.
Poll: Majority of millennials are in debt, hitting pause on major life events
Hollywood is suffering its worst-attended summer movie season in 25 years
2017 was the worst year for Hollywood movie ticket sales in the US in over two decades
Can Hollywood’s Biggest Media Companies Avoid Getting Crushed by Debt?
U.S. Real Estate 25% to 60% Overvalued: Analyst
HSBC sounds alarm over ‘vulnerable’ Canadian housing market as global home prices cool
Average Americans can’t afford a home in 70 percent of the country
$61/Hour Wage Needed To Rent 2-Bedroom In San Francisco, $54/Hour In San Jose
Why bubble-era home mortgages are a disaster waiting to happen
You need to earn $418,000 to buy home in NYC. Here’s what you need in other major US cities
The current bubble could take 2 paths on this chart — one’s nastier than the other
Living In A Van in Google’s Backyard? Some Employees Make It Work
Millennials dont want baby boomer’s homes
Higher home prices mean more Americans struggling to afford homes near work
More than 1 in 11 mortgaged properties in the U.S. is considered “seriously underwater”
San Francisco’s Median House Price Hits a New High: $1.6 Million
You can buy an entire town in Georgia for the cost of a typical home in San Francisco
Home prices soar high as Federal Reserve hopes to avoid big crash
New York’s luxury real estate market is in correction
The same house costs $500,000 more to build in California than Texas
Rising Home Prices Push Borrowers Deeper Into Debt
Median income insufficient to buy a home — even cheap ones, Zillow reports
U.S. Fertility Rate Reaches a Record Low
The U.S. birthrate hits another record low. Even women in their 30s are having fewer babies
America’s declining birth rate is a warning sign for millions of people’s finances
New moms stuck with crippling medical debt
The Relentlessness of Modern Parenting
US population growth hits 80-year low, capping off a year of demographic stagnation
Americans aren’t making enough babies to replace ourselves
Hackers breach dozens of voting machines brought to conference
Russians compromised election systems in seven states
When Russian hackers targeted the U.S. election infrastructure
US officials say foreign election hacking is inevitable
Top-Secret NSA Report: Details Russian Hacking Effort Days before 2016 Election
The Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Is Falling Behind
Global Cyberattack Could Cause Economic Damage of $85b-$193b, Report Finds
How Americans Began Denying Reality Itself
Science journalist retires at 98 and warns of Americans who suffer from a ‘thinking disability’
The Self-Destruction of American Power
Researchers find IQ scores dropping since the 1970s
‘Never underestimate human stupidity,’ says historian whose fans include Bill Gates and Barack Obama
Americans view fake news as a bigger problem than terrorism
Actual Journalism Is Under an Asymmetrical Attack
Right-wing individuals are more tolerant of the spreading of misinformation by politicians
Fake news sharing in US is a rightwing thing, says Oxford study
Older people, conservatives more likely to share fake news: study
Republicans baby boomers are more likely to share #fakenews on Facebook
Study: Fake news may have won Trump the election
UN Special Rapporteur: Donald Trump ‘worst perpetrator’ of fake news
populists far more likely to believe in conspiracy theories
59 percent of Americans consider this the lowest point in US history
The U.S. Is the Unhappiest It’s Ever Been
Americans are more anxious than before
The US Department of Defense is the Worlds Largest Employer
The US is the Worlds Largest Arms Dealer
MSU Scholars find $21 Trillion in Unauthorized Government Spending
America has spent $5.9 trillion on wars in the Middle East and Asia since 2001, a new study says
Former VP of Boeing with no military experience is now the ‘acting’ US Secretary of Defense
The Pentagon’s doctored ledgers conceal epic waste
The Pentagon Doesn’t Know Where Its Money Goes
The United States Is Notoriously Bad at Counting Civilian Casualties. Its Allies Are Even Worse.
The United States Has a Superb Military That Never Gets the Job Done
Pentagon Video Warns of “Unavoidable” Dystopian Future for World’s Biggest Cities
Military survey finds deep dissatisfaction with family housing on U.S. bases
Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals
US military consumes more hydrocarbons than most countries — massive hidden impact on climate
US military ‘could lose its next war’ with Russia or China, warns Rand Corporation
Army Study: US strategy to ‘dethrone’ Putin for oil pipelines might provoke WW3
Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks
Libya in chaos since overthrow of Kadhafi
US ‘might lose’ war against China or Russia, report to Congress says
National debt hits new milestone, topping $22 trillion
Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis
The US has the largest federal debt in the entire world
The Debt Threat to the Economy
New Evidence on Debt as an Obstacle to US Economic Growth
Gundlach Warns U.S. Economy Is Floating on ‘an Ocean of Debt’
Janet Yellen: A debt crisis is coming
Fed Chairman Powell says he is ‘very worried’ about growing amount of U.S. debt
Fed Chair Powell: ‘The U.S. federal government is on an unsustainable fiscal path’
The Debt Crisis Is Coming Soon
In a decade, the federal debt held by the public will reach nearly $82,000 per American
US National debt rose to record high $21.974 trillion at the end of 2018
As Debt Rises, the Government Will Soon Spend More on Interest Than on the Military
Federal Budget Deficit Projected to Soar to Over $1 Trillion in 2020
Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’
US national debt rises $2 trillion under Trump
U.S. Treasury Set to Borrow $1 Trillion for a Second Year to Finance the Deficit
The debt is still out of control
Federal debt bomb moves closer to detonating
The US national debt problem is only getting worse
U.S. growth would have contracted without trillions in gov’t, consumer debt -Gundlach
Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product Tops 104%
Debt Denial Is a Threat to America
Top Economist: America: The Future Looks Broke
Professor Laurence Kotlikoff from the University of Boston is, according to The Economist, one of the 25 most influential economists in the world. He says America’s official debt paints an untrue fiscal picture.
“The problem is the official debt is only the debts that politicians decide to put on to the books. Politicians are able and free to put whatever they want on to the books and keep other things off the books.” What doesn’t get recorded is the value of all future government liabilities and the value of all future receipts, what he calls fiscal gap accounting. Future liabilities would be social security benefits, pensions, health care benefits and defence. These liabilities minus future receipts gives the true picture, Kotlikoff says.
“For the US, the fiscal gap is not $US20 trillion, which is the size of the official debt, but it’s $US200 trillion, ten times larger. So the country’s bankrupt.”
The world is drowning in debt, warns Goldman Sachs
Rising Emerging-Market Debt Sparks Anxiety
Government debt hits record $66 trillion, 80% of global GDP, Fitch says
China central bank chief warns of ‘Minsky moment’
China’s grand plan hit by delays and debt fears
As China’s Debt Balloons, Other Emerging Markets Fail to Take Off
Debt, Not Trade War, Is China’s Biggest Problem
Bass Says China Is ‘Just a Paper Tiger’
As China’s debt soars, the market for buying bad loans revs up
China’s Silk Road Isn’t So Smooth
China’s looming great wall of debt may have ‘major global implications’
China and emerging market debt bubble set to burst
George Soros warns the European Union is on the brink of collapse — and Trump is partly to blame
American investor Jim Rogers warns of severe economic downturn and forecasts grim future for Japan
IMF chief warns of high Arab public debt
Japan’s debt passes 250% of GDP
Italy could blow up Europe as we know it
European Central Bank sends Italy a warning over debt
EU Sets in Motion Discipline Process Against Italy Over Debt
German Bundesbank comes clean on euro default risks after Italy’s ‘parallel currency’ decree
Italy has excessive economic imbalances, a risk to euro zone: EU
Why Italy’s Debts Are Europe’s Big Problem
Doomed: How There’s No Way Out Of The Debt Crisis For Italy
Debt and doom loops: The eurozone’s Italian nightmare
Europe Is Emerging as the Real Weak Link for Global Economy
Brazil tumbles deeper into its worst ever depression
Why Latin America’s economies are stagnating
Government Intervention is triggered by a Keynesian belief that aggregate demand can be increased by lower interest rates and by increasing government deficits thereby somehow spurring economic growth. Debt grows faster than income growth and eventually has to be restructured, i.e., everyone loses in the end. Since 2007, global debt has grown by US$57 trillion and it’s had disastrous results. Greece, Detroit, Puerto Rico, Venezuela are just the beginning of this trend. Soon, it will be followed by larger countries like China and United States.
‘WORSE THAN 2007’: Top central banker warns of looming wave of worldwide bankruptcies
Global debt surges to highest level in peacetime
Why we should all be worried about the global economy
Global debt now totals $246.5 trillion after unprecedented borrowing binge.
The world is swimming in $244 trillion of debt
The Decade of Deleveraging Didn’t Quite Turn Out That Way
Total global debt tops 325 pct of GDP as government debt jumps: IIF
World Bank President David Malpass says there is too much debt in the world
Explosion of global debt biggest risk to world’s financial system, Bank of Canada warns
Emerging market debt hit a record high of $69 trillion
Chilling Davos: A Bleak Warning on Global Division and Debt
China’s loans to other countries are causing ‘hidden’ debt. That may be a problem
China’s debt at 303% of GDP, 15% of global total: Report
Global debt rose to $237 trillion in 2017, highest level on record
Over 60% Of All New Debt Created Globally In Past Decade Was In China
The world’s mounting debt crisis must solved before it blows up in our face
Debt Worldwide Hits Record $184 Trillion, or $86,000 Per Person
World Bank CEO Adds to Voices of Worry Over Global Debt Pileup
A Worldwide Debt Default Is Coming
How global debt has changed since the financial crisis
IMF’s firepower insufficient to respond to major new crisis: BIS head
Beware: The worldwide debt monster is rearing its ugly head
Global debt ticks up, just shy of record high -IIF
Retail defaults soar to record high in 2018
Store closures accelerate and may top 12,000 in 2019. Here’s what’s closed so far this year
A Nation of Broke People Are Killing Retail More Than Amazon: Top Expert
Don’t Blame Amazon for the Retail Apocalypse
With So Many Vacant Stores, E-Commerce Is Only Part of the Problem
Apparel retail earnings haven’t been this bad since the Great Recession
Dressbarn closing all of its 650 stores after decades in business
These haunting photos reveal the retail apocalypse ripping through America
Are more store closings coming? Firm forecasts ‘No light at the end of the tunnel’
Malls see tsunami of store closures as foot traffic declines further
More than 5,300 stores are closing in 2019 as the retail apocalypse drags on
Online sales only make up 9 percent of all retail sales in America
America’s ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning
Europe’s Retail Apocalypse Spreads to Online From Stores
Walmart is quietly closing stores — here’s the full list
J.Crew is kicking off 2019 with a set of store closings
Payless ShoeSource will close all 2,100 shoe stores in biggest retail liquidation ever
The continuation of the ‘retail apocalypse’: Retailers closed thousands of stores in 2018
Sears plans to liquidate after 126 years in business
What in the World Is Causing the Retail Meltdown of 2017?
Retailers Are Going Bankrupt at a Record Pace
More than 6,300 stores are shutting down — here’s the full list
JCPenney stock falls below $1 for the first time ever
Payless ShoeSource to close all US stores, file for bankruptcy again: report
Owners of failing malls ‘on their knees’ as buyers disappear
Mall Vacancies Reach Six-Year High as Retail Slump Batters Local Economies
Around half of all shopping Malls in America are scheduled to close by 2023
This Mall Is Only for the Rich, and It’s Doing Fine
Victoria’s Secret to close 20 stores in 2018
Online sales only make up 9 percent of all retail sales in America.
Why The Consumer Price Index Is Controversial
7 things you could buy for $1 in 1950
More Americans Are Getting Their Electricity Cut Off
The Fed says inflation is low but you don’t agree.
Hospitals’ prices keep going up
Prepare to Pay More for Diapers, Clorox and Cat Litter
Why Your Water Bill Is Rising Much Faster Than Inflation
Government to Cigna: Drug Pricing is Broken
Senators tell drug company executives pricing is ‘morally repugnant’
Drug companies greet 2019 with U.S. price hikes on more than 250 prescription drugs
Drug companies are sitting on generics — 43% of recently approved aren’t for sale
America’s Insanely Expensive Child Care Is a Serious Economic Problem
Higher tuition fees are distorting the choices poorer students make
Why the US has higher drug prices than other countries
10 charts that show the effect of tuition fees
Affordable Water in the US: A Burgeoning Crisis
Insulin has become so expensive that this diabetic is trying to make his own
Big Pharma returning to U.S. price hikes in January after pause
When companies raise prices, they make the rich richer at everyone else’s expense, study finds
Over half of Americans are struggling to pay their medical bills
The U.S. healthcare system: ranked worst in the developed world
U.S. Health Care Spending Highest Among Developed Countries
U.S. lawmakers want NIH and CDC foundations to say more about donors
Many U.S. hospitals mark up prices 1,000 percent: study
137 million Americans suffered hardships from medical costs
Experts Shocked to Learn US Centers for Disease Control Taking Drug Company Funding
25% of cancer survivors reported problems paying medical bills, CDC study findsE
72 million Americans struggle with medical debt
This is the real reason most Americans file for bankruptcy
Americans Are Going Bankrupt From Getting Sick
These states leave the most mentally ill adults untreated. Guess what else they have in common.
Doctor Prescribing Linked to Industry Gifts
Michigan Blue Cross CEO’s $19.2M pay is higher than Ford, FCA bosses
Americans Far Less Healthy, Die Younger Than Global Peers, Study Finds
Why private, for-profit health care is a terrible idea
42% of new cancer patients lose their life savings
Critical condition: The crisis of rural medical care
CDC: One-third of uninsured can’t afford to take drugs as prescribed
To end the HIV epidemic, addressing poverty and inequities one of most important treatments
“People are dying”: Diabetics rationing insulin amid rising drug prices
Almost half of all US adults have heart disease, study says
Low-Income Workers Are Less Likely to Receive Employer-Funded Insurance
World Health Organization — World Healthcare Rankings: United States (37)
Medical Bills Are the Biggest Cause of US Bankruptcies: Study
Coke and CDC, Atlanta icons, share cozy relationship, emails show
Doctor Prescribing Linked to Industry Gifts
Why medical bills in the US are so expensive
Big Pharma shells out $20B each year to schmooze docs, $6B on drug ads
U.S. health care industry spends $30 billion a year on marketing
Doctors and hospitals got at least $3.5 billion from industry in just five months
A $20,243 bike crash: Zuckerberg hospital’s aggressive tactics leave patients with big bills
Drug company made rap video to push for higher doses, sales
Two-thirds of Americans see docs who got paid by drug companies
What It’s Like Living Without Health Insurance in America
Majority of Americans are one medical emergency away from financial ruin
The health care industry is bound to collapse soon, experts say
Here’s how much being unhealthy will cost you
CDC banned from using ‘evidence-based’ and ‘science-based’ in official documents: report
The Disappearing Doctor: How Mega-Mergers Are Changing the Business of Medical Care
Former pharma CEO pleads guilty to bribing doctors to prescribe addictive opioids
Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? Because junk food is the only indulgence they can afford
Americans Are Shrinking, While Chinese And Koreans Sprout Up
Physicians, Depression and Burnout
US infrastructure report card: D+
US infrastructure is crumbling, and it needs lots of money to fix it: Civil engineer group
America’s infrastructure is falling apart — here’s a look at how bad things have gotten
More than 50,000 American bridges are falling apart
The State of U.S. Infrastructure -Council on Foreign Relations
Major Power Outages In New York City, San Francisco Come Amid Worries About Failing Infrastructure
US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive
America’s Virtual Border Wall Is a 1,954-Mile-Long Money Pit
U.S. electricity blackouts skyrocketing
Chevron CEO warns US shale oil alone cannot meet the world’s growing demand for crude
Schlumberger CEO: Can U.S. shale meet future global oil demand?
Shale Oil Will Boost U.S. Production, But It Won’t Bring Energy Independence
US energy independence could prove to be an illusion
Firms that burn up $1bn a year are sexy but statistically doomed
U.S. Oil Companies Find Energy Independence Isn’t So Profitable
A New U.S. Oil Production Peak Looks Imminent
A ‘’Gusher Of Red Ink’’ For U.S. Shale
More than 75% of dedicated US shale oil companies are unprofitable
Shale return on investment peaked in 2017. -Rystad
U.S. Shale Is Doomed No Matter What They Do
North American exploration and production companies have seen their net debt balloon from $50 billion in 2005 to nearly $200 billion by 2015.
U.S. Vastly Overstates Oil Output Forecasts, MIT Study Suggests
Problems for US Producers at $50
According to the Wall Street Journal, since 2010, the US shale industry has spent $265 billion more than it has generated.
US Shale Companies are Burning through Cash
Nine in ten US shale oil companies were burning cash in Q1 2019
US Shale Companies Facing “Catastrophic Failure” over Ballooning Debt
Can U.S. Shale Overcome Its Cash Flow Problem?
Fracing’s Secret Problem — Wells Aren’t Producing as Much as Companies Forecast
U.S. Oil Has One Fatal Weakness
Wall Street Loses Faith In Shale
BP questions pace of US tight oil growth as productivity fades
The IEA is grossly overestimating shale growth
Rystad: US Shale Production To Peak At 14.5 Million Bpd in 2030
Peak U.S. Shale Could Be 4 Years Away
Is Peak Permian Only 3 Years Away?
BP questions pace of US tight oil growth as productivity fades
Shale Skeptic Forecasts Imminent Demise for Permian and Eagle Ford
Shale Produces Oil, Why Not Cash?
U.S. Shale Has A Glaring Problem
America Is Producing the Wrong Kind of Oil
Big Fracking Profits at $50 a Barrel? Don’t Bet on It
Shale Trailblazer Turns Skeptic on Soaring U.S. Oil Production
Frackers Scrounge for Cash as Wall Street Closes Doors
Is Wall Street Funding A Shale Failure?
Hedge fund star David Einhorn calls fracking companies a joke
Shale Pioneer: Fracking Is An “Unmitigated Disaster”
How the Financial Crisis Created the Fracking Revolution
Wall Street Tells Frackers to Stop Counting Barrels, Start Making Profits
The Next Financial Crisis Lurks Underground
Could Fracking Industry Debt Trigger a Financial Crisis?
The Shale Gas Revolution Is A Media Myth
Insider Documents: Industry Privately Skeptical of Shale Gas
US Shale: How Smoke And Mirrors Could Cost Investors Millions
US shale investors still waiting on payoff from oil boom
US Real Cost per Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Dry Well Drilled -EIA
Oil Discoveries Hit 70-Year Low
Oil Discoveries Recover, But Still Far From Replacing Output
RYSTAD: 2018 Oil discoveries 9.4 billion barrels
Oil discoveries in 2017 hit all-time low –Houston Chronicle
All-Time Low For Discovered Resources in 2017: Around 7 Billion Barrels of Oil Equivalent
Will peak oil save Earth’s climate?
The Biggest Saudi Oil Field Is Fading Faster Than Anyone Guessed
Global Economic Growth In Serious Trouble When U.S. Shale Oil Peaks & Declines
Global crude oil discoveries plunge to record low, and it’s gonna get worse
Warning of oil shortages as discoveries fall to record low
Oil Discoveries at 70-Year Low Signal Supply Shortfall Ahead
The Oil Industry Needs Large New Discoveries, Very Soon
Peak Oil & Drastic Oil Shortages Imminent, Says IEA
The Largely Ignored Problem Of Global Peak Oil Will Seriously Hit In A Few Years
Oil peak likely by 2025, according to the International Energy Agency
There will be an oil shortage in the 2020’s, Goldman Sachs says
Growing demand for oil will lead to shortage and high prices in 2020s
Is An Oil Supply Crunch Looming?
IEA: Crunching the numbers: are we heading for an oil supply shock?
Sleepwalking Into The Next Oil Crisis
Is An Oil Supply Crunch Inevitable? -Nasdaq
The Inevitable Oil Supply Crunch
Oil Executive: Industry Needs To Find ‘Another Iraq Or North Sea’ Every Year To Meet Demand Growth
IEA Chief warns of world oil shortages by 2020 as discoveries fall to record lows
IEA warns of oil supply crunch after 2020
IEA 2018 World Energy Outlook: Peak oil is here, oil crunch by 2023
Oil markets may see a supply gap in the early 2020s, says IEA
Oil Market Reliance on U.S. Shale Potential Is Risky, IEA Says
Why the IEA is worried about an oil supply crunch
Oil price will soar without investment in capacity, says watchdog
International Energy Agency: Oil price spike coming in 2020
Saudi Arabian oil reserves are overstated by 40% — Wikileaks
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Warns of World Oil Shortages Ahead
Saudi Aramco chief warns of looming oil shortage
Saudi Aramco CEO believes oil shortage coming despite U.S. shale boom
Saudi Aramco CEO sees oil supply shortage coming as investments, discoveries drop
Saudi Arabia ‘may run out of oil to export by 2030’
The collapse of Saudi Arabia is inevitable
An oil crisis may be brewing — and it’s not because of decreasing demand
Venezuela’s collapse is a window into how the Oil Age will unravel
10 Trillion Investment Needed To Avoid Massive Oil Price Spike Says OPEC
The underinvestment could cause a super-spike “potentially much larger than” $150 a barrel.
UAE warns of world oil shortages ahead by 2020 due to industry spending cuts
Halliburton CEO says oil will spike due to oil shortages by 2020 after Industry Cuts
Repsol boss warns of oil supply crunch after spending squeeze
Wood Mackenzie warns of oil and gas supply crunch
Permian Won’t Be Enough — Prepare for Supply Gap and ‘a Decade of Disorder’
Oil shortages could push prices all the way to $80, commodities expert says
Oil is escaping from ‘purgatory,’ as supply fears shift from glut to shortage
World Oil Shortages To Lead To Oil Price Spike By 2020s, warns Goldman Sachs VP
UBS Global Bank warns of industry slowdown and world Oil Shortages by 2020
The underinvestment could cause a super-spike “potentially much larger than” $150 a barrel.
Citigroup CEO Ed Morse warns of oil shortages coming soon
2020s To Be A Decade of Disorder For Oil
All That New Shale Oil May Not Be Enough as Big Discoveries Drop
Wood Mackenzie warns of oil supply crunch and world oil shortages around 2020
People are almost completely ignoring a looming crisis for oil
Energy watchdog warns oil and electricity shortages could develop as investment falls
Opec believed to overstate oil reserves by 70%
How an oil glut could swiftly turn to an oil shortage — Houston Chronicle
IEA: Warning: Oil supplies are running out fast
Why investors’ should brace for a devastating oil shortage ahead
The decline of the world’s major oil fields
Former BP geologist: peak oil is here and it will ‘break economies’
North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources Director “We could have worldwide oil crisis by 2021”
50% Of Proved Oil Reserves May Have Just Vanished
It Will Take 131 Years To Replace Oil, And We’ve Only Got 10
IEA: Russia’s oil output to reach its peak in 2020
Russia’s Peak Oil Production Could Be Just Three Years Away
Russia plans to reduce oil production in 2022
Mexico Oil Reserves Gone in 9 Years Without New Finds
World Bank Warns Of Extreme Volatility In Oil Markets
IEA: Oil markets are entering an era of unprecedented volatility
Imminent peak oil could burst US, global economic bubble — study
Peak Oil And The Fall Of The Soviet Union: Lessons On The 20th Anniversary Of The Collapse
Impending Soviet Oil Crisis: CIA (1977)
Peak Oil May Be Imminent (Reynolds 2015) International Association for Energy Economics
Peak oil is not a myth -The Royal Society of Chemistry
The future of oil supply –The Royal Society of Science
Peak Oil: Theory or Myth? -Live Science
Has Petroleum Production Peaked, Ending the Era of Easy Oil?
Predicting Peak Oil (Hall 2016) Science
Peak Oil may keep Climate Change in Check
A Regional Oil Extraction and Consumption Model. (Dittmar 2017)
An Estimation of Different Minimum Exergy Return Ratios Required for Society
HSBC Global Bank: 81% of world liquids production already in decline and world oil shortages ahead
A global energy assessment (Jefferson 2015)
Energy return on investment, peak oil, and the end of economic growth (Murphy, (2010)
World’s oil supply gone by 2041, study says
Oil’s Tipping Point Has Passed (James Murray & Sir David King 2012)
World Oil Production 2018–2050: World Energy Annual Report
Projection of World Fossil Fuels by Country (Mohr, 2015)
Economic Vulnerability to Peak Oil (Kerschner 2013)
We’re still on the slippery slope to peak oil
Oil shortages, climate change and collective action ( Newberry 2011)
Energy and the food system (Woods 2010)
The implications of the declining energy return on investment of oil production (Murphy 2014)
Decline and depletion rates of oil production: a comprehensive investigation (Hook 2014)
Crude Oil — the Supply Outlook — EWG (2008)
Oil Extraction, Economic Growth, and Oil Price Dynamics (Schindler 2017)
Economic Consequences Of Peak Oil For The Major Multinational Oil And Gas Companies (Amate 2018)
EROI of different fuels and the implications for society (Hall 2014)
Energy Return on Investment, Peak Oil, And the End of Economic Growth (Murphy, & Hall, 2011)
Energy Expenditure, Economic Growth, And the Minimum EROI of Society (Fizaine 2016)
Forecasting OPEC crude oil production using a variant Multicyclic Hubbert Model (Ebrahimi 2015)
Analyzing the DeGolyer & MacNaughton Audit of Saudi Crude Oil Reserves
What Saudi Aramco’s Bond Offering Says About the Ghawar Oil Field
Saudi Proven Crude Oil Reserves: The Myth & the Reality Revisited
Aging giant oil fields produce more than half of global oil supply and are declining (Hook, 2009)
Global oil depletion: A review of the evidence (Sorrell 2010)
Forecast for US oil and gas production (Laherrère & Hall 2018)
The End of Peak Oil? Why this topic is still relevant despite recent denials (Chapman, 2014)
IMF: The Future of Oil — Geology vs Technology
Energy and public health: the challenge of peak petroleum (Frumkin H 2009)
USA DOE Study: Peaking of World Oil Production (Hirsch, 2005)
USA GAO Study: Uncertainty about Future Oil Supply. Addressing a Peak and Decline in Oil Production
Australian Government (Leaked) Study: concludes world peak oil around 2020
‘Peak Oil’ and the German Government
China Government Study: China’s Oil Production is About to Peak in 2018 & Coal in 2020 (Wang, 2017)
Edinburgh Study: Only 10 years of UK’S North Sea Oil and Gas Remaining (Thompson, 2017)
Russian Oil Production Outlook to 2020
Shell forecasts global Natural Gas supply shortage in mid-2020s
Chevron expects global Natural Gas supply shortage by 2025
RYSTAD: Major Natural Gas Shortage Increasingly Likely
Europe’s Biggest Natural Gas Producer Is Running Out of Fuel
Natural gas as answer to oil decline could lead to catastrophe, says leading expert
The coming nuclear energy crunch
The end of cheap uranium (Dittmar 2013)
Can The U.S. Keep Its Nuclear Industry Afloat?
IEA: Nuclear energy set for risky, significant decline
USA must take action on nuclear policy, says IEA’s Birol
Declining use of nuclear power may increase reliance on fossil fuels: study
Renewable energy ‘simply won’t work’: Top Google engineers
Solar and Wind produced less than two percent of total world energy in 2016 — IEA WEO 2017
Renewable energy push barely dents fossil fuel dependence
Former NASA scientist and climate advocate James Hansen said “suggesting that renewables will let us phase rapidly off fossil fuels in the United States, China, India, or the world as a whole is almost the equivalent of believing in the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy.”
The “New Energy Economy”: An Exercise in Magical Thinking
If You Want ‘Renewable Energy,’ Get Ready to Dig
Despite renewables growth, there has never been an energy transition
It Will Take 131 Years To Replace Oil, And We’ve Only Got 10
We Might Not Have Enough Materials for All the Solar Panels and Wind Turbines We Need
We Don’t Mine Enough Rare Earth Metals to Replace Fossil Fuels With Renewable Energy
Bill Gates: We need global ‘energy miracles’
Study predicts world economy unlikely to stop relying on fossil fuels
‘Most renewable energy companies’ linked with claims of abuses in mines
Why technology can’t solve all of our problems
Do Alternative Energy Sources Displace Fossil Fuels? (York 2012)
Shortage of resources for renewable energy and food production (Rhodes 2011)
Top scientists show why powering US using 100 percent renewable energy is a delusional fantasy
Why sustainable power is unsustainable
Renewable energy mix played role in SA blackout, third AEMO report confirms
At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system
Desert sun in Qatar too hot for solar panels to work
Air Pollution Casts Shadow over Solar Energy Production
Solar power — largest study to date discovers 25 percent power loss across UK
Insane: Germany Will Need 3,000 Wind Turbines To Replace This Workhorse Nuke Plant
Germany’s Expensive Gamble on Renewable Energy
Germany’s renewable energy program, Energiewende, is a big, expensive failure
Germany Runs Up Against the Limits of Renewables
The Reason Renewables Can’t Power Modern Civilization Is Because They Were Never Meant To
Why we can’t reverse climate change with ‘negative emissions’ technologies
Rebound, Backfire, and the Jevons Paradox
The Curse of Energy Efficiency
According to the IEA, an estimated 50 million electric vehicles will be in operation by 2025, and 300 million by 2040, compared to about 2 million vehicles currently on the road. That growth is expected to reduce global oil demand by 2.5 million barrels a day or about 2%. A factor of 6-to-1 easily offsets that reduction with increased demand from petrochemicals, trucks, shipping and aviation — areas the IEA says could lead to net demand growth of up to 14 million barrels a day.
All told, the IEA expects net oil demand to be 12 million barrels a day higher in 2040 compared to 2016.
Not enough lithium to electrify transportation
How Much Oil is in an Electric Vehicle?
Electric cars will not stop rising oil demand, says IEA chief
IEA Chief: EVs Are Not The End Of The Oil Era
Are Automakers Overestimating EV Demand?
Saudi Aramco CEO Rebukes Peak Oil Demand ‘Hype’
Saudi Aramco says electric vehicles won’t heavily impact oil demand
IEA Sees No Peak Oil Demand ‘Any Time Soon’
EV’s have decreased global oil demand by less than 3% since 2011
BP’s ‘Peak Oil’ Demand Prediction Falls Flat
Shell is Wrong: Global Oil Demand Can Only Increase
Why the electric vehicle revolution will bring problems of its own
Understanding the life of lithium ion batteries in electric vehicles
AAA: Cold weather can cut electric car range over 40 percent
Don’t be too optimistic about electric car forecasts
Tesla Model 3 Costs More To Charge Than A Gasoline Car
L.A. to Vegas and Back by Electric Car: 8 Hours Driving; 5 More Plugged In
Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds
Are electric cars worse for the environment?
Morgan Stanley Says Electric Cars Create More CO2 Than They Save
Electric vehicles emit more CO2 than diesel ones, German study shows
Study reveals that green EV incentives could actually be increasing CO2 emissions
The Myth Of An Imminent Energy Transition
We no longer have faith in technology to solve global issues
The 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, with the top four in the past four years, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
The last five years have been Earth’s warmest since records began
Shift the focus from the super-poor to the super-rich (Otto, 2019) | NATURE
June was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth
Global warming could devastate civilization by 2050: report
Earth’s carbon dioxide levels are highest they’ve been in millions of years
BP Warns Of An Unsustainable Path
UN chief urges action to avert climate change ‘catastrophe’
Warning to Davos: world ‘sleep-walking’ into climate disaster
Satellite confirms key NASA temperature data: The planet is warming — and fast
U.N. Secretary-General Warns of ‘Total Disaster’ If Global Warming Isn’t Stopped
We Have Five Years To Save Ourselves From Climate Change, Harvard Scientist Says
Air pollution in cities ‘as bad for you as smoking 20 cigarettes a day’
Global warming has increased global economic inequality
Air pollution killing more people than smoking, say scientists
Climate change: Sir David Attenborough warns of ‘catastrophe’
Global carbon emissions hit record high in 2018: IEA
U.S. and Canadian oil production pushing planet’s climate goals out of reach, says IEA
Scientific consensus on humans causing global warming passes 99%
Heat to smash records every year across vast swathes of Earth
Out of history’s trash heap, clues to climate’s role in ancient collapse
Marks of the Anthropocene: 7 signs we have made our own epoch
Global warming: Earth carbon dioxide levels highest in 3 million years
Climate and economic risks ‘threaten 2008-style systemic collapse’
The last five years have been Earth’s warmest since records began
Evidence for man-made global warming hits ‘gold standard’: scientists
Study shows IPCC is underselling climate change
Earth just had its 400th straight warmer-than-average month thanks to global warming
2018 Is the Fourth-Hottest Year on Record
It is absolutely time to panic about climate change
Medical community must sound alarm about climate change’s negative effects on health
Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change
It’s already too late: the inevitability of our climate doomsday
Global Temperature in 2018 and Beyond (Hansen, 2019)
Climate risk makes 2008 crisis look like a breeze
Climate change: World heading for warmest decade, says Met Office
Carbon dioxide levels will soar past the 410 ppm milestone in 2019
The planet’s 4 warmest years on record have all occurred since 2015
250,000 deaths a year from climate change is a ‘conservative estimate,’ research says
U.N. Predicts Disaster if Global Warming Not Checked
U.S. Midwest Freezes, Australia Burns: This Is the Age of Weather Extremes
Climate change is making us sicker and shortening our lives, doctors say
Global temperature 1850 to 2018 compared to pre-industrial values
Global carbon emissions hit record high in 2017
‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ explores climate doomsday
The World Is Losing Fish to Eat as Oceans Warm, Study Finds
A terrifying look at the consequences of climate change
Canada’s forests actually emit more carbon than they absorb
Climate change could zap clouds, bake the Earth even more
More extreme and more frequent: Drought and aridity in the 21st century
Climate Change Tipping Point Could Be Coming Sooner than We Think
Oceans warming faster than expected, set heat record in 2018, scientists say
Source apportionment of circum-Arctic atmospheric black carbon from isotopes and modeling
The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age
Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state
Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene” (or “hothouse earth”)
Defining the Anthropocene (Lewis 2015) Nature
Less than 2 °C warming by 2100 unlikely (Raftery 2017) Nature
What Future for the Anthropocene? A Biophysical Interpretation (Bardi 2016)
More Than 250,000 People May Die Each Year Due to Climate Change
Current fossil fuel infrastructure does not yet commit us to 1.5 °C warming
Industrial methane emissions are 100 times higher than reported, researchers say
Global warming of oceans equivalent to an atomic bomb per second
Climate Change May Cause Increased Rates of Heart Defects in Babies
Why heatwaves are the silent killers more devastating than hurricanes
Climate change impacts worse than expected, global report warns
Are Antarctica’s Glaciers Collapsing?
Devastating climate change could lead to 1m migrants a year entering EU by 2100
Climate models are even more accurate than you thought
Risks of ‘domino effect’ of tipping points greater than thought, study says
Are We Living Through Climate Change’s Worst-Case Scenario?
Extreme weather linked to climate change caused billions in damage this year, new report finds
The Next Financial Crisis Could Be Caused by Climate Change
Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say
Climate Change Is a Public Health Emergency
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040
Risks of ‘domino effect’ of tipping points greater than thought, study says
Global warming will happen faster than we think
How soon will climate change force you to move?
Climate change may have played a significant role in the collapse of the Akkadian Empire
Climate action must now focus on the global rich and their corporations
Social and economic impacts of climate (Carleton 2016) Science
The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people (Scheffers 2016) Science
Ancient Antarctic ice sheet collapse could cause a global flood
Quantifying the influence of global warming on extreme climate events ( Diffenbaugh 2017)
Warming World Impacts By Degree
Earth just had its 400th straight warmer-than-average month thanks to global warming
Harrison Ford: leaders who deny climate change are ‘on the wrong side of history’
Climate change is already causing widespread local extinction in plant and animal species
Climate change will affect gender ratio among newborns, scientists say
Military buildup in Arctic as melting ice reopens northern borders
The US Is Burning Up, But No One Wants to Talk About The Elephant in The Room
Shocking Global Map Shows the Extent of a Global Heat Wave
Terrifying climate change warning: 12 years until we’re doomed
Increase of extreme events in a warming world (Rahmstorf 2011)
Climate models have underestimated Earth’s sensitivity to CO2 changes, study finds
Air pollution ‘as bad as smoking in increasing risk of miscarriage’
The World’s richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions.
Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change
Pentagon Fears Confirmed: Climate Change Leads to More Wars and Refugees
Our planet is one big fireball
Organic food worse for the climate?
How archaeology can help us understand climate change
Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water.
Climate change will fuel more wars and displacement in the Middle East, experts warn
David Attenborough: The world’s oceans are under the greatest threat in human history
A meteorologist’s warning: We’re running out of time to save ourselves
How smartphones are heating up the planet
Arctic permafrost might contain ‘sleeping giant’ of world’s carbon emissions
Wave of Climate Migration Looms, but It “Doesn’t Have to Be a Crisis”
Violence, infectious disease and climate change contributed to Indus civilization collapse
Central bank chiefs sound warning on climate change
Caravan Provides a Preview of Climate Migrations, Experts Say
Climate change is exacerbating world conflicts, says Red Cross president
The air in Germany’s capital is currently so bad, it’s violating EU law
Conservatives Are Purposely Making Their Trucks Spew Black Smoke To Protest Environmentalists
How global warming makes hurricanes more severe
Harvey dumped 33 trillion gallons on Texas, southern US
The indirect cost of natural disasters and an economic definition of macroeconomic resilience
Megadisasters devastated America in 2017. And they’re only going to get worse
After Worst Hurricane Season Ever, 2018 Will Be Above Average
Eight Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Have Hit the U.S. So Far in 2016
Brutal Choice in Houston: Sell Home at a Loss or Face New Floods
U.S. High-Tide Flooding Has Doubled in 30 Years, NOAA Report Says
Human-driven climate change meets “gold standard” of scientific certainty
Extreme weather shatters records around the world
During Record-Breaking Heat Wave, California Sees Nearly 240 Wildfires Within a Week
Climate disasters cost $650 billion over 3 years — Americans are bearing the brunt: Morgan Stanley
California’s Camp Fire Was The Most Expensive Natural Disaster Worldwide In 2018
California’s 2017 Wildfire Season Continues to Break Records
Natural disasters: The riskiest spots in the U.S.
Self-Driving Cars Will Always Be Limited. Even the Industry Leader Admits it.
Waymo CEO: Autonomous cars won’t ever be able to drive in all conditions
Tesla and GM self-drive cars involved in road collisions
Self-driving Uber kills Arizona woman in first fatal crash
New Jersey man involved in scary crash after autopilot Tesla veers off road
The “Self-Driving Car” is Only an Oxymoron
Consumers Don’t Really Want Self-Driving Cars, MIT Study Finds
Tires Slashed, Guns Pulled On Self-Driving Cars As Arizona Residents Revolt
Public’s trust in self-driving cars is plunging — for good reason
Brand New Tesla Model S Spontaneously Combusts Twice
Tesla shares fall after Consumer Reports yanks its reliability ranking
Moore’s Law Is Dead. Now What?
Road Tripping Around Europe in a Tesla Is Less Fun Than You’d Think
Five reasons why autonomous cars aren’t coming anytime soon
Humans can’t live on Mars because the radiation and cosmic rays can fry your brain and cause chronic dementia and paranoia. And the technology and logistics haven’t advanced far enough either.
Bill Nye: We are not going to live on Mars, let alone turn it into Earth
Elon Musk wants to live on Mars, but this planetary scientist says that’s a terrible idea
The likeliest reasons why we haven’t contacted aliens are deeply unsettling
Fermi Paradox: Where Are the Aliens?
Scientists say humans are alone in the universe
How Do Aliens Solve Climate Change?
‘Artificial Intelligence’ Has Become Meaningless
Questioning the Hype About Artificial Intelligence
Don’t believe the hype: the media are unwittingly selling us an AI fantasy
The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be
Yes, U.S. locks people up at a higher rate than any other country
Concentration Camps in the U.S.
Nearly Half of Americans Have a Close Family Member Who Has Been Incarcerated
Study finds police misconduct “spreads like a contagion”
Armed police raid US journalist’s home ‘with a sledgehammer’ after he refuses to reveal source
The Moral Horror of America’s Prisons
The NDAA Legalizes The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public
Call immigrant detention centers what they really are: concentration camps
Alabama’s Gruesome Prisons: Report Finds Rape and Murder at All Hours
Trump Makes It Easier for Police to Get Military Equipment
Private Prisons Are a Failed Experiment
Capital and punishment: Resource scarcity increases endorsement of the death penalty
U.S. Homeland Security to compile database of journalists, bloggers and ‘media influencers’
1.6 Billion Rounds Of Ammo For Homeland Security? It’s Time For A National Conversation
How to Break America’s Addiction to Caging Human Beings
Police shootings have an underlying economic issue (Poverty) that is deeper than just race.
Portland Police Sergeant To Precinct: If A Homeless Person Is Black, Just Shoot Them
POLICE MAKE MORE THAN 10 MILLION ARRESTS A YEAR, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE SOLVING CRIMES
Fatal Force: 987 people have been shot and killed by police in 2018
‘Better financially’ to kill suspects than wound them: sheriff
ICE paid estimated $807 million to 19 private detention centers in fiscal 2018: report
U.S. in Top 10 of most dangerous countries for women
Radical-right wing groups reach all time high
Hate Crime Has Gone Up In Most Major U.S. Cities
Anti-Semitic Assaults Doubled In The U.S. In 2018, ADL Report Finds
FBI director says white supremacy is a ‘persistent, pervasive threat’ to the US
White Supremacist Propaganda At ‘Record-Setting’ Levels, ADL Report Finds
Right-Wing Extremism Linked to Every 2018 Extremist Murder in the U.S., ADL Finds
Violent far-right extremist groups on the rise in Germany
In the United States, right-wing violence is on the rise
US terror attacks are increasingly motivated by right-wing views
Teenage neo-Nazis jailed for threatening to attack Prince Harry and other targets
Armed Neo-Nazis disrupt Detroit Pride Parade, appear to urinate on Israeli flag
World stunned by explosion of hate
The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize
German far-right group ‘used police data to compile death list’
Swastika flyers dropped by drone on Ariana Grande concert
Hate makes a comeback in the Pacific Northwest
Right-wing extremists are already threatening violence over a Democratic House
The Making of an American Nazi
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate groups
Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting claims 11 lives; 4 officers among multiple wounded: Officials
Hate crimes go up in San Francisco
49 people killed in shootings at New Zealand mosques, prime minister says
Antisemitic incidents at record high in the UK
Outrage in France over swastika graffiti as anti-Semitic acts surge by 74 percent
More than 2.6m Brits are Holocaust deniers, poll finds
Survey: Nearly half of Canadians think US has a large number of neo-Nazis
Israeli Director Nominated for Oscar: ‘As a Jew, I Don’t Feel as Safe in America as I Once Did’
Extreme neo-Nazi ‘death cults’ drawing in children as young as 13, report warns
European support for far right extremism reaches 1930s scale
Holocaust Survivor Receives Threats After Criticizing Germany’s Far-right AfD Party
Suspect in German politician’s murder ‘has links to far right’
White Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Killing Black Man in New York to Start a ‘Race War’
Three Kansas men convicted over mass ‘slaughter’ plot targeting Muslims
Neo-Nazis Are Organizing Secretive Paramilitary Training Across America
Polish Neo-Nazis Protest Against Auschwitz Commemorations
Disillusioned Britons turn to far-right ‘popular front’
Charlottesville attack shows homegrown terror on the right is on the rise
U.S. sees 300 violent attacks inspired by far right every year
Far-right suspect confesses to killing German politician
Anti-Defamation League CEO: White supremacy a global threat
‘You have to call them out,’ Madeleine Albright in Ann Arbor talk on fascism
In Germany, online hate speech has real-world consequence
Far-right activity at universities rising as more young people deny Holocaust, experts warn
Anti-Semitic incidents soared in 2017, marking nation’s largest single-year increase, report finds
‘Far-right cell’ in German police ‘threatened to kill lawyer’s two-year-old daughter’
Could anti-Semitism be on the rise in Canada?
Right-wing mobs creating ‘civil war’ in Germany after second night of violence in Chemnitz
People with extreme political views ‘cannot tell when they are wrong’, study finds
Study shows rapid rise in mass school shootings in the US
El Paso Walmart shooting is the 250th mass shooting this year
Gun deaths at highest level in 40 years, CDC says
There have been 47,220 gun incidents in the U.S. in 2018 — and here they all are on one map
More than 15% of childhood deaths in America are due to guns, study says
Editorial: America’s Real National Emergency: Mass Shootings
One mass shooting every day: Seven facts about gun violence in America
Five mass shootings in five days: Is America officially desensitized to gun violence?
14 Children Died in the Parkland Shooting. Nearly 1,200 Have Died From Guns Since.
Shooter in deadly Illinois rampage was not supposed to own a gun, police say
Student journalists track 1,200 youth gun deaths in year since Parkland
There have been 1,624 Mass Shootings in 1,870 days in America.
Las Vegas Shooting: 59 Killed and More Than 500 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay
Gunman Kills at Least 26 in Attack on Rural Texas Church
Kentucky school shooting: 2 students killed, 18 injured
Virginia Beach: 11 people killed in shooting at government building, police say
2 killed on east side marks 2018 as Indy’s bloodiest year
17 killed in mass shooting at high school in Parkland, Florida
Advocacy group highlights 18 cases of gunfire at US schools so far this year
YouTube Shooting: Woman Wounds 3 Before Killing Herself, Police Say
‘I Think About It Daily’: Life in a Time of Mass Shootings
A Mother’s Fear Post-Sandy Hook
Florida massacre survivor hid under dead classmate’s body
Secretly, Americans Love Guns. Just Watch TV
This kind of shooting happens every day in America — and we usually ignore it
An FBI Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013
Deaths by suicide, drugs and alcohol reached an all-time high last year
Suicide Is Becoming America’s Latest Epidemic
Suicide rates soar among America’s young people, study says
Suicide is skyrocketing in young people, even as deaths from accidents, cancer, and murders are down
U.S. Suicide Rate Surges to a 30-Year High
Number of children going to ER with suicidal thoughts, attempts doubles, study finds
Yes, U.S. suicides have risen by 30% in past decade and a half
Suicide rates in girls are rising, study finds, especially in those age 10 to 14
Depression, anxiety, suicide increase in teens and young adults, study finds
Number of U.S. children taken to hospital for suicide attempt or suicidal thoughts doubles to 1.1M
Mapping the rising tide of suicide deaths across the United States
Suicide Rates Rise Sharply in U.S.
A Worrying Rise in Gun Suicides
Suicides are at the highest rate in decades, CDC report shows
Why Are Black Children Killing Themselves?
Soaring suicides are another sign of our toxic social disconnect
CDC says life expectancy down as more Americans die younger due to suicide and drug overdose
US Marine and Navy suicides at a 10-year high
Teen suicide is soaring. The biggest rate increase was among black youth
Teenagers not surprised by alarming increase of suicides
Why are America’s farmers killing themselves at record rates?
Land O’Lakes CEO: Farmers Are in Crisis — and America Isn’t Paying Attention
American farmers have seen net farm income decline by 50 percent since 2013
Suicide rates up for rural farmers
The Next American Farm Bust Is Upon Us
Midwest farmers going bankrupt
Here’s Why More American Farms Are Going Bankrupt
Suicide Is Rising Among American Farmers As They Struggle To Keep Afloat
Falling prices, borrowing binge haunt Midwest ‘go-go farmers’
Stressed, Struggling, and Suicidal: America’s Farmers Are Begging for Mental Health
Wall Street banks bailing on troubled U.S. farm sector
U.S. farm debt is at highest point since 1980s agriculture crisis
When the Death of a Family Farm Leads to Suicide
America’s Farmers Are in Crisis, and They’re Looking to Trump for Relief
As Milk Prices Decline, Worries About Dairy Farmer Suicides Rise
‘This One Here Is Gonna Kick My Butt’ — Farm Belt Bankruptcies Are Soaring
‘Deaths of Despair’ Are Surging Among the White Working Class
For non-Hispanic whites in the U.S., life expectancy outlook worsens
Deaths from drugs, alcohol, suicide at all-time high in U.S.
The Depths of Despair Among US Adults Entering Midlife
Why Is This Happening? Dying of whiteness with Jonathan Metzl
Deaths by suicide, drugs and alcohol reached an all-time high last year
More Americans Are Dying From Suicide, Drug Use And Diarrhea
Declining mental health among disadvantaged Americans
One in eight Americans is an alcoholic: study
New Study Finds Nearly 1 in 4 Americans Under the Age of 30 Is an Alcoholic
U.S. death rates from suicides, alcohol and drug overdoses reach all-time high
Drug overdoses killed more Americans last year than the Vietnam War
Deaths From Drugs and Suicide Reach a Record in the U.S.
U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row, Reflecting Rising Drug Overdoses, Suicides
UN report: Two-thirds of drug use disorder deaths in 2017 were from opioid use
The opioid crisis has stunted Canadian life expectancy. Let that sink in
America’s overdose crisis keeps getting worse. Fentanyl isn’t the only drug to blame.
How the Opioid Crisis Makes Everyone Poorer
Florida’s ‘pill mills’ were a gateway to the opioid crisis
Fentanyl deaths up 122% in West Virginia, say WVU researchers
How Heroin Came for Middle-Class Moms
Opioid epidemic may have cost US governments $37.8 billion in tax revenue
FDA opioids adviser: ‘One thing is clear’ about the ongoing crisis
Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from opioid overdoses
Americans more likely to die of opioid overdose than car crash, council report says
Even in best-case scenario, opioid overdose deaths will keep rising until 2022
Family behind OxyContin maker engineered opioid crisis, Massachusetts AG says
ER visits for opioid overdose up 30%, CDC study finds
Child deaths from opioids nearly tripled in recent years, says Yale study
Drug overdose deaths skyrocketed among women
Drug overdose deaths in America are rising exponentially
Millennials Hit Hard by Opioids. The death rate continues to rise sharply among young adults.
Why Drug Overdoses Are on the Rise and Getting Worse in America
CDC: Synthetic Opioid Deaths Doubled from 2015 to 2016
Nearly 1 million people out of workforce due to opioid addiction: study
Drug crisis: Opioid addiction costs employers $2.6B a year for care
Surgeon General Urges Americans to Carry Drug That Reverses Opioid Overdoses
When they smoke it, they almost become zombie-like
Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit
Opioid crisis creating ‘grandfamilies,’ a need for more resources
The Family That Built an Empire of Pain
The decline in U.S. life expectancy is unlike anything we’ve seen in a century
US life expectancy drops for second year in a row
Americans Are Retiring Later, Dying Sooner and Sicker In-Between
Report: Alcohol, Drug, Suicide Deaths Hit New High in America
America has become less attractive to economic migrants. Illegal immigration has dropped 80 percent, since it’s record high in 2000.
Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump admin of ‘brutalizing’ immigrants in ‘concentration camps’
‘The Taliban gave me toothpaste’: Former captives contrast U.S. treatment of child migrants
More people are moving from the US to Mexico than the other way around
More Mexicans are leaving the US than coming here — and it’s not because of deportation
Mexico meets migrants at southern border with armed forces
Foreign-Born Workers Make Up Highest Percentage of U.S. Employment Since 1996 -WSJ
Arrests For Illegal Border Crossings Hit 46-Year Low
What Immigration Crisis? The U.S. Isn’t Being Swamped
Americans Renouncing Citizenship at Record High
Record-Breaking Number Of Americans Want To Get Out Of U.S. Forever
Dallas Fed’s Kaplan: U.S. needs more, not less, immigration for economic growth
Gallup: World’s Approval of U.S. Leadership Drops to New Low
America’s New World Order Is Officially Dead
Global Poll Shows U.S. Prestige Plummeting Under Trump
Richard Dawkins says England is becoming a ‘nasty little backwater’
UK will be worse off in every possible scenario after Brexit, concludes leaked Government analysis
London murder rate overtakes New York’s
City of London is already dying
Persistent poverty affects one in five UK children
UK wages worth up to a third less than in 2008, study shows
Violent crime in England and Wales up 19%
‘You can’t really win’: 4m Britons in poverty despite having jobs
Child poverty in Britain is already a problem — and Brexit will likely make it worse
Homeless shelters experience record demand as government reports decrease in rough sleeping
My walk to work shows me how homelessness is transforming Britain
300,000 people in Britain are now homeless, shocking study reveals
Children’s bedroom photographs expose reality of UK poverty
Brexit could cost UK about 500,000 jobs, London mayor says
Average UK household debt now stands at record £15,400
Nearly 600 homeless people died on the streets last year
IFS: Growth in UK living standards worst in 60 years
British workers face worst decade for pay in 70 years
UK is the worst-performing advanced economy in the world, official figures confirm
Paradise Papers: U2 singer Bono named in tax-haven document dump
Bono used Malta-based firm to invest in Lithuanian shopping centre
The plague of global terrorism
Terror related deaths across the world (1970–2016)
Homeland Security head says terror situation is scarier than you know
Terrorists ‘plot in shadows of the dark net’, report warns
‘Children are dying before our eyes’: Images from suspected Syrian gas attack again tell the story
US Special Ops suicides tripled in 2018
US arms ended up in hands of Iranian-backed rebels, al Qaeda-linked fighters
A statistical look at the probability of future major wars
This nuclear-explosion simulator shows where radioactive fallout would blow using today’s weather
The world is two minutes from doom
We’re edging closer to nuclear war
When Doomsday comes, Americans will tweet
Putin to U.S.: I’m ready for another Cuban Missile-style crisis if you want one
Economic Crisis Can Trigger World War
Decades after the end of the cold war, Russia is showing new aggression
Vladimir Putin on nuclear war: U.S. is pushing world ‘closer to a very dangerous line’
The real purpose of Russia’s 100-megaton underwater nuclear doomsday device
Putin confirms development of Russia’s hypersonic cruise missile called Tsirkon
With the US-Russian Nuclear Treaty in Tatters, Is ‘Doomsday’ Ticking Closer?
U.S. exiting nuclear treaty with Russia
North Korea Keeps Stockpiling Materials to Make Nuclear Weapons, Report Finds
Putin threatens to target the US if it deploys missiles in Europe
US nuclear weapons: first low-yield warheads roll off the production line
Ticking doomsday clock warns yet again of this dangerous new world
Data mining adds evidence that war is baked into the structure of society
The US and China are in a quantum arms race that will transform warfare
At least 340,000 Americans died from radioactive fallout between 1951 and 1973
China preparing for World War III, warns US senator
The Threat of Nuclear Weapons Is Truly Terrifying and No One Seems to be Paying Attention
The conflict between India and Pakistan is about to get uglier
New EMP warning: US will ‘cease to exist,’ 90 percent of population will die
Massive global ozone loss predicted following regional nuclear conflict (Mills 2007)
7 Ways Russia Is Telling People to Prepare for War
China’s secret plan to topple the US as the world’s superpower
Putin boasts military might with animation of nuke strike on Florida
Russia has restarted the Cold War — but this time as an outlaw fighting only to assert its own power
Russian media threatens Europe with 200-megaton nuclear ‘doomsday’ device
The Doomsday Clock is ticking faster
How Russia’s New Doomsday Torpedo Works
Lowering arms threshold could lead to global nuclear catastrophe — Putin
China Installed Military Jamming Equipment on Spratly Islands, U.S. Says
Democracy continuities its disturbing decline worldwide
Trial runs for fascism are in full flown
‘This is an authoritarian era’ — and investors should be worried, says Richard Haass
If You’re Not Scared About Fascism in the U.S., You Should Be
How Democracy Dies, American-Style
The Self-Destruction of American Power
The world is sadder and angrier than ever, major study finds
European support for far right extremism reaches 1930s scale
Trump ‘most authoritarian president’ in US history, says Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein
A Fourth Reich is rising across Europe — with ties to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
Right-wing populists and authoritarians now govern over half of the world’s population
These European regions haven’t recovered from the crisis, and are now a populist breeding ground
‘Never underestimate human stupidity,’ says historian whose fans include Bill Gates and Barack Obama
The strongmen are back. And we have no idea how to confront them.
Brazil Is About To Show The World How A Modern Democracy Collapses
What Populists Do to Democracies
Hillary Clinton: ‘We are living through a full-fledged crisis in our democracy’
Angela Merkel warns of global political disintegration at Munich Security Conference
Revealed: the rise and rise of populist rhetoric
Corruption is still rife around the world
Soros: Xi Jinping is the ‘most dangerous opponent’ to open society
Record number cite poor leadership as US’s greatest problem
Will ‘winter of discontent’, fueled by populism, lead to European Union’s collapse?
Young Americans are ditching democracy, say Harvard researchers
Where And Why The World Is Getting More Dangerous
Thirty countries use ‘armies of opinion shapers’ to manipulate democracy — report
‘Big Brother’ in India Requires Fingerprint Scans for Food, Phones and Finances
Chinese schools make pupils wear micro-chipped uniforms to thwart truancy
United States added to list of most dangerous countries for journalists for first time
Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich
Do you know a good panic-room maker?
Doomsday preppers head underground as bunker economy enters mainstream society
Super-rich prepare for doomsday in American bunkers
NZ farms eyed as ‘boltholes’ for world’s super rich
New Zealand’s billionaire doomsday preppers
45 unreal photos of ‘billionaire bunkers’ that could shelter the superrich during an apocalypse
New Zealand’s ban on foreigners buying homes set to start
Reddit’s CEO got corrective laser eye surgery — for the apocalypse. I did too.
Miami's billionaire bunker, a private island
Business Is Booming for America’s Survival Food King
Costco selling $1,000 food kits that last 25 years
Costco sells out of 27-pound mac-and-cheese bucket with 20-year shelf life
Anticipating the Apocalypse? How to Grow Bud in a Bunker
Is it possible to live off-grid?
End of days: Is Western civilization on the brink of collapse?
National Intelligence Council — Global Trends 2030
Are we on the road to civilization collapse?
Jared Diamond: There’s a 49 Percent Chance the World As We Know It Will End by 2050
The US has reached the last stage before collapse — Foreign Policy
The End of Our World Order Is Imminent
Pentagon study declares American empire is ‘collapsing’
Huge Human Inequality Study Hints Revolution is in Store for U.S
How western civilization could collapse
Lessons from the fall of a great republic
Chris Hedges: The Coming Collapse
How America will collapse (by 2025)
Ralph Nader: American Society Is in Rapid Decay
Trent Reznor: ‘You’re seeing the fall of America in real time’
Michael Moore Says ‘We’re Living The Handmaid’s Tale’ IRL
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ doesn’t feel like fiction anymore
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
What America can learn from the fall of the Roman republic
The last law of nature says: that any creature that despoils and outbreeds its natural habitat will be culled to bring its numbers under control and restore a stable environment.
Studies of mice populations indicate that when faced with overpopulation, many catastrophic events occurred. Such as the mothers abandoned their young, the birth rate plunged, homosexuality, mass violence, cannibalism, and lack of maternal functions. Studies revealed as the mice population densities reached a tipping point. Once reached, the population began to suffer a “spiritual death” and went down a “behavioral sink”. (Calhoun, 1962)
Article I of the Constitution of the United States, (1790) describes the House of Representatives, and says that “The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand…” In the year 2000 there are over 600,000 persons per member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Thus in 210 years we have seen democracy being diluted by a factor of approximately 600,000 / 30,000 = 20. (Bartlett, 2000)
Democracy cannot survive overpopulation; Human dignity cannot survive overpopulation; Convenience and decency cannot survive overpopulation; As you put more and more people into the world, The value of life not only declines, it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies, The more people there are, the less one individual matters.
-Isaac Asimov
How many times has the human population doubled? Comparisons with cancer (Hern 99)
Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere (Barnosky 2012) Nature
Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’
‘This is a crisis: Facing up to the age of environmental breakdown’ (IPPR 2019)
Humans will be extinct in 100 years says eminent scientist
Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction arrived? (Barnosky 2011) Nature
Peak water limits to freshwater withdrawal and use ( Gleick 2010)
Inhabiting the Anthropocene Back Loop (Wakefield, 2017)
Anticipating societal collapse; Hints from the Stone Age ( Scheffer 2016)
Complexity and Collapse: (Ferguson 2010) Council on Foreign Relations
Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world’s mammals (Ripple 2016)
Modes of growth in dynamic systems (Garrett 2012)
Ecological selectivity of the emerging mass extinction in the oceans (Payne 2016) Science
Climate Change Could End Human Civilisation as We Know It by 2050, Analysis Finds
Number of migrants now growing faster than world population, new UN figures show
The ‘ecological foundations of society’ are in peril, a massive UN report warns
What fallen civilizations can teach us about avoiding our own ‘social catastrophe’
How to Avoid Population Overshoot and Collapse
5 U.S. Cities That Potentially Could Run Out of Water
High IQs won’t be enough to prevent ecological disasters
Muslim population in some EU countries could triple, says report
Amazon deforestation is close to tipping point
Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development?
Phosphate fertilizer ‘crisis’ threatens world food supply
Mammals going nocturnal to avoid humans
Obesity, malnutrition and climate change are the greatest threats to humanity
We’d Need 1.7 Earths to Make Our Consumption Sustainable
EU ‘outright dangerous’ in its use of natural resources, says WWF
Would Human Extinction Be a Tragedy?
Large Influence of Soil Moisture on Long-term Terrestrial Carbon Uptake (Green 2019)
Science proves kids are bad for Earth. Morality suggests we stop having them.
Lost world: UN report shows Nature at death’s door
Scientists warn of climate ‘time bomb’ for world’s groundwater
On the causes of mass extinctions (Bond 2017)
Researchers find IQ scores dropping since the 1970s
The Decline of the Worlds IQ (Lynn 2007)
Researchers suggest Victorian-era people more intelligent than modern-day counterparts
What do you mean, “Tipping Point” (Van Ness 2016) Cell
Cascading Regime Shifts Within and Across Scales (Rocha 2018) Science
Prince William warns that there are too many people in the world
Humanity is on path to self-destruction, warns UN special rapporteur
Over-population is the real cause of climate change — it’s killing us all off
Global food system is broken, say world’s science academies
Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature’
World’s food supply under ‘severe threat’ from loss of biodiversity
Humans Are Eating Most of Earth’s Largest Animals to Extinction
Nobel laureates call for a revolutionary shift in how humans use resources
Mathematics predicts a sixth mass extinction
Nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger, study shows
Apple CEO Tim Cook to the class of 2019: ‘My generation has failed you’
Paul Ehrlich: ‘Collapse of civilization is a near certainty within decades’
Sir David Attenborough: collapse of civilization is on the horizon
Al Gore:“We are facing an ecological crisis that can bring about the end of civilization.”
Noam Chomsky: ‘In a couple of generations, organized human society may not survive.’
Jane Goodall: ‘The most intellectual creature to ever walk Earth is destroying its only home’
David Attenborough tells Davos: ‘The Garden of Eden is no more’
Dennis Meadows: “There is nothing that we can do”
There are not enough resources to support the world’s population
The decline of sex is the end of civilization
Insects Are Dying Off at an Alarming Rate
World Wildlife Federation: Living Planet Index
The 21st-Century Great Food Transformation (Lucas 2019) The Lancet
The book that incited a worldwide fear of overpopulation
The Limits to Growth: A report for the Club of Rome’s project on the predicament of mankind
Critical Transitions in Nature and Society
Failing States, Collapsing Systems
The Seneca Effect: Why Growth is Slow but Collapse is Rapid
Energy and the Wealth of Nations: Understanding the Biophysical Economy
The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy (The MIT Press)
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be. Climate Change and Energy Scarcity
Oil and the Western Economic Crisis
Not the Future We Ordered: Peak Oil, Psychology, and the Myth of Progress
Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
Confronting Collapse: The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
Scarcity: Humanity’s Final Chapter
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
The Shock of the Anthropocene: The Earth, History and Us
Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us
Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Cold War Energy: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Mathematical Geoenergy: Discovery, Depletion, and Renewal (Geophysical Monograph Series) 1st Edition
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World
Oil, Power, and War: A Dark History
The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War
Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World
Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny
The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy
Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
Brave New Arctic: the Untold Story of the Melting North
The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History
The Third Curve: The End of Growth as we know it
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind
America the farewell tour: Chris Hedges
Limits to growth had 12 models. One of those models, the “standard run” or, alternatively, the “business as usual” model was the one that 40 years of historical data has tracked/followed.
Looking Back on the Limits of Growth -Smithsonian
Apocalypse Soon: Has Civilization Passed the Environmental Point of No Return? -Scientific American
Is Global Collapse Imminent? (Turner, 2014)
Gloomy 1970s predictions about Earth’s fate still hold true
Civilization peaked in 1940 and will collapse by 2040: the data-based predictions of 1973
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency
Here’s How NASA Thinks Society Will Collapse
Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided? (Ehrlich, 2013)
‘Society could end in less than a decade,’ predicts academic historian
Social instability lies ahead, researcher says
Society will collapse by 2040 due to catastrophic food shortages, says study
New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ Starting in 2050
Inside the new economic science of capitalism’s slow-burn energy collapse (Ahmed, 2017)
Energy Returns and the Long-run Growth of Global Industrial Society (Andrew, 2017)
Scientific model supported by UK Government Taskforce flags risk of civilization's collapse by 2040
This is how UN scientists are preparing for the end of capitalism
New study shows how environmental disruptions affected ancient societies
Industrial Society and Its Future (Kaczynski, 95)
Perfect Storm: Energy, Finance and the End of Growth. Dr Tim Morgan
Financial System Supply-Chain Cross-Contagion: A Study In Global Systemic Collapse (Korowicz, 2012)
It’s time for a hyper-crash, say multifractal analyses of the main stock market index
Simple really..When the world economy collapses everything shuts down..the end..We’re talking about grids down all over the world and 7.5B people dropping like f*** flies in short order..The collapse will be absolutely horrible..There is no collapse or horror movie ever produced that has even come close to imagining what the collapse of BAU might look like..I’m talking about every corporation and every social program going bankrupt at once. I’m talking about people eating people.. I’m talking about the worst catastrophe to ever happen in the history of mankind..Nothing has ever, or will ever come close..
