By Anis RAISS
The story Washington wants you to believe is simple. The Iran war broke the Persian Gulf's economy, and the US is throwing its allies a lifeline. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) called the proposed UAE dollar swap line a financial backstop. The Financial Times (FT) called it a rescue. CNBC called it a bailout. The real question is who gets access to the Fed's gates, and on what political terms.
By Milan Adams
Preppgroup
May 16, 2026
Great nations are rarely destroyed in the way Hollywood imagines. Most people still think empires collapse under missile strikes, invasions, assassinations, revolutions, or dramatic military defeats broadcast live across television screens. History, however, tells a colder and far more disturbing story. The strongest civilizations usually begin dying financially long before the population realizes anything irreversible has started.
Ambition must be made to counter ambition inside each legislative house.
By James Anthony
May 16, 2026
Spending in all jurisdictions consumes 40% of GDP. Regulating by the national government consumes another 7% to 10% of GDP.
To power this, government people unconstitutionally grant powers to create money while holding only fractional reserves. Then, they issue bonds and unconstitutionally inflate away the bonds' value.
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Un char Leopard 2 A6 de la Bundeswehr
L'industriel militaire européen KNDS étudie la reprise de deux sites de Mercedes et Volkswagen afin d'y produire des véhicules blindés. Sur fond de ralentissement du secteur automobile et d'explosion des budgets militaires en Europe, l'Allemagne accélère la conversion d'une partie de son appareil industriel vers les besoins de défense.
By Doug Casey
International Man
May 15, 2026
To eliminate misunderstanding as to what taxes are, it is helpful to define the word "theft." One good definition is "the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another." The definition does not go on to say, "unless you're the government."
There is no difference, in principle, between the State taking property and a street gang doing so, except that the State's theft is "legal" and its agents are immune from prosecution.
By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com
May 15, 2026
The state has two monopolies it must protect whatever the cost: the monopoly on decreeing what is legal tender and on force.
We're entering an era in which push comes to shove will lead to immovable objects encountering irresistible forces. All sorts of verities and vanities will be bulldozed as kicking the can down the road descends into desperation to stave off collapse, a desperation that unleashes second order effects the desperate did not anticipate.
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Paris sous la crise économique
Les chefs d'entreprise français, notamment les dirigeants de très petites entreprises, s'inquiètent des conséquences économiques de la guerre au Moyen-Orient. Hausse des coûts énergétiques, ralentissement de l'activité et montée du chômage nourrissent un climat d'anxiété croissante.
SchiffGold.com
May 14, 2026
In his latest interview with Glenn Diesen, Peter lays out a picture of an economy in which the post-war shock is only a temporary detour from a longer-running slide in the dollar. He ties energy prices, fiscal deficits, trade policy, and America's fading industrial base together into a single theme: a weaker dollar and the painful adjustments that follow. He also suggests where investors might look as the world reallocates purchasing power.
By Madge Waggy
MadgeWaggy.blogspot.com
May 14, 2026
"The frightening aspect was never the shortage itself. The frightening aspect involved how many institutions already knew instability was approaching months before civilians understood the severity of the situation." - Anonymous infrastructure analyst quoted in a leaked emergency transcript, March 2026
During the second week of January 2026, several freight-monitoring systems across Europe simultaneously experienced unexplained synchronization failures affecting refrigerated cargo routes, automated warehouse inventories, and maritime customs verification channels.
By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com
May 13, 2026
Rather than being sold, Treasuries will be sought after for their safety, predictability and yield.
In the card game Uno, playing a Reverse card reverses the direction of the game. If the play moved to the right, it reverses direction and moves to the left.
The consensus view is the US dollar (USD) and US Treasuries are both weakening as global capital flows to other currencies and investments such as cryptocurrencies, commodities, precious metals, reshoring industries and of course AI.
Par Hovannès Derderian
L'Agence internationale de l'énergie n'a pas l'habitude d'ouvrir ses rapports par des avertissements philosophiques. Pourtant, la première phrase d'une étude de septembre 2025 sonne comme un coup de tonnerre : "Le débat sur le futur du pétrole et du gaz se concentre presque exclusivement sur la demande, alors même que la compréhension du déclin des champs existants n'a jamais été aussi cruciale." Cette entrée en matière, d'apparence anodine, marque en réalité une rupture.
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By Ellen Brown
The Web of Debt Blog
May 12, 2026
A Universal Basic Income (UBI) has long been proposed as a way to cushion the blow of jobs lost to automation. Under that model, everyone receives a modest monthly payment - enough to cover basic needs and prevent extreme poverty.
But Elon Musk has gone further. On April 16, he posted on X:
Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI.
By Brandon Smith
Alt-Market.us
May 12, 2026
Maybe the most prominent economic discussion circulating today is the fear that the vast majority of people have been priced out of housing markets for the rest of their lives, regardless of the country they live. Gen Z and even Gen Alpha teens are already planning for a future in which buying a home is impossible. Those that are buying are aiming for cost efficiency and they are buying alone (prioritizing savings and home ownership over marriage).
SchiffGold.com
May 12, 2026
On Friday's episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter takes apart the latest employment numbers and warns that financial markets are already discounting an ideal outcome few can reasonably expect. He walks listeners through why headline job gains are misleading, why stock valuations rest on optimistic assumptions about war and AI, and why the nation's debt picture is far more dire than most realize.
By Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics
May 12, 2026
There is a pattern within the cost of living series based on a series of factors that directly contribute to the overall economic health of a population. What we are witnessing globally is not random. The same patterns continue to emerge regardless of the country, language, or political party in power. Nations that are expanding their middle class, attracting capital, building infrastructure, and maintaining affordable energy are experiencing economic growth in real time.
GEH April 28, 2026, US swap agreements with Emirates
Radhika Desai: Hello and welcome to the 64th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the conversation that illuminates the fast-changing political economy and geopolitical economy of our times, and does so from a socialist and anti-imperialist point of view. The point of view that is of the world majority. I am Radhika Desai and you're watching Radhika Desai, Geopolitical Economist.