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A Shrinking Trust Horizon — And Hard Times In The City

by John Rubino on January 29, 2012

Nicole Foss, who under the pen name Stoneleigh co-edits the Automatic Earth website, just did a long-form interview with an Italian magazine where she lays out her peak energy, societal collapse thesis in the coherent, accessible way that fans of her writing have come to expect. One part was especially interesting: When you have economic [...]

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Complex Systems, Dysfunctional Industries, and Catastrophic Collapse

by John Rubino on January 8, 2012

Over the holidays we tempted fate by booking a multi-stage plane trip … and ended up with cancelled flights, missed connections, and blank-faced airline employees who sincerely didn’t care if we spent a night or a week on the terminal floor. While I wallowed in self pity over this loss of control, my wife noted [...]

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Paying Off The Past

by admin on October 20, 2009

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal ran a great, sad article on the effects of the credit bubble on low-income people. A few excerpts: The ‘Democratization of Credit’ Is Over — Now It’s Payback Time Karen King owes nearly $36,000, more than she’s ever earned in a year. All day long, bill collectors call. She hunts for a second [...]

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