The Art of Survival, Taoism and the Warring States
(June 27, 2008)

The Remnant, the Pareto Principle and You
(June 26, 2008)

A Critique of Reinventing Collapse
(June 25, 2008)

Under the Hood of Jim Kunstler's World Made by Hand
(June 24, 2008)

Food Shortages, Rising Prices, Stagnant Wages:
Welcome to the 13th Century
(June 23, 2008)

Did You Get This Spam, Too?
(June 21, 2008)

Welcome to Sadr City, U.S.A.
(June 20, 2008)

U.S. Lifestyle + "Healthcare" = Bankruptcy
(June 19, 2008)

Personal Resilience, Institutional Brittleness, and the Marketing of Powerlessness
(June 18, 2008)

Will Housing Provide a Hedge in Inflationary Times?
(June 17, 2008)

Are People Smarter than Media Pundits? Yes; Something Is Deeply Amiss
(June 16, 2008)

Saturday Quiz: Trade with China
(June 14, 2008)

Scapegoating China
(June 13, 2008)

$25 per Gallon Gasoline and a Crazy Idea
(June 12, 2008)

Dude, We Are So Doomed
(June 11, 2008)

Interest Rates Will Rise Regardless of the Fed
(June 10, 2008)

Recipe for National Insolvency
(June 9, 2008)

Saturday Quiz: Inflatable Electric Vehicles
(June 7, 2008)

Can the Market Solve the Energy Shortage/Peak Oil Crisis?
(June 6, 2008)

An Agenda for the Next President
(June 5, 2008)

Obama and McCain: One Political Junkie's View
(June 4, 2008)

Could 50% of All Homes End Up in Foreclosure?
(June 3, 2008)

Sleepwalking Into Recession
(June 2, 2008)

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"Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. The object is to recognize the trend whose premise is false, ride that trend, and step off before it is discredited." (George Soros)

"To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness? (William Makepeace Thackeray, recommended by U.Doran)

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