Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Why We Should Not Be Surprised Trump Could Do a Deal Over Nuclear Weapons with North Korea

Believe it or not, Trump has had a long standing interest in nuclear proliferation.

Millennials Are Waiting For The End Of Capitalism

Not surprisingly, Millennials are not in very good financial shape…..

Plastic Watch: Great Pacific Garbage Patch Grows

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a major plastic accumulation zone located between California and Hawaii, is growing at a rate greater than previously believed, according to a new scientific paper published last week.

Brexit: UK Capitulates

The latest installment in the Brexit soap opera.

Biodiversity Plummets, Posing Grave Global Threat

Three years in the making, comprehensive UN report on declining biodiversity identifies this trend as a major threat to continued survival.

Who Will Stop the US-Russia Arms Race?

Real News Network interview with Professor Stephen F. Cohen on the insane arms race between the United States and Russia, which leaders from both parties are doing their utmost to stoke.

The Euro Area’s Deepening Political Divide

The Euro is creating new fault lines. Eurozone leaders need to give greater priority to national interests, particularly of economic “losers”.

How Well Does Financial Regulation Work?

Sadly, reactive regulations don’t have a great track record.

Waiting for the Chinese Bear Stearns

Why the Chinese shadow banking system is a possible source of systemic risk: a outstanding worry that has not gotten any better.

Brexit: EU Tightens the Noose

Has the fatal Brexit standoff arrived, or will someone blink?

Putin, Trump, and the Nuclear Danger

Some critical background on why Putin decided to invest heavily in technologies that could counter or circumvent US threats.

Monetary Policy and Fiscal Discipline: How the ECB Planted the Seeds of the Euro Area Crisis

How the ECB did Euro-area member states a dirty when it tried to act as deficit enforcer.

Crash Out Brexit Now the Defender Position

Brace yourselves! Why a “crash out” Brexit is now the most likely outcome.

Brexit-Induced Pillaging of the UK Starts: US Fleecing UK on Must-Have Air Transport Pact

Yet another Brexit shoe is about to drop….this one on the aviation front.

Tories, Trapped by Their Red Lines, Again Blame EU as Clock Runs Down

Assume the brace position. A hard Brexit is looking more likely.