Written by Bryan Lutz, Editor at Dollarcollapse.com:
Every Sunday morning I send out three thoughts.
Sometimes these thoughts are on the economy, life, or hard assets.
If they’re helpful or hopeful to you, that’s great… Sometimes it just comes down to reality. That’s what I’m interested in…
So, here we go.
Here are three Sunday morning thoughts for you:
1. Does reduced jobs in government increase private sector productivity? If Trumps wins, will less government jobs, and reduced taxes increase private sector productivity?
Here is a graph of productivity in Britain:
There is no correlation between productivity in private sector to public sector(government jobs).
In others words, increased employment by the government did nothing to increase productivity in the real world.
But there is one interesting correlation.
At around 2020, when public sector productivity decreased, private sector productivity increased.
Huzzah!
Does that mean that reducing activity in government will increase productivity?
Maybe.
Trump has already promised to hire Elon Musk to reduce government inefficiency.
And now Ron Paul is raising his hand to help.
I’ll bet after more than 30 years or so in government Ron Paul has a few ideas on “efficiency.”
In any event, this week promises the most interesting election in recent history.
I’m sure we’re both tuned into to see what happens next.
2. It’s great women are being educated, working, and looking for work. But why are men now being left behind? Here’s why.
When civilization’s are formed, thank the men.
Men fight off enemies.
Men fight for what’s right.
And men fight to provide for their families, indirectly leading to the assumption of private property.
But after civilization is formed when most people are enjoying prosperity, the reason for men’s existence begins to fade.
“Unity” becomes more important than establishing boundaries, therefore we give in to the idea that there are no enemies.
The idea of what’s right gives way to what feels good, therefore maintaining relationships is more important that what’s right…
And the abundance of prosperity ironically leads to every individual wanting more, more than what they’ve gained through private property.
So, they run to the State to mediate their divergent desires.
For example, women get educated, enter the workforce, and get elected.
That’s great to see, but…
It also begins to prioritize femininity – emotions, relationship, and an open door to anything and everything.
So, women take to the forefront of leadership in society, then men get left behind.
Men become passive.
They numb themselves from the loss of purpose.
And give in to a sense of naivete that the State has become some kind of second mother to them. They think, “the government will take care of me.”
Here’s a look at how that has played out in different countries since the growth of government in the 1990’s, as well as, massive amounts of fiat spending.
3. The US Dollar is at a critical moment in technical stock chart time.
The DXY dollar index shows a intersecting two resistance levels:
A top and bottom, which makes this a critical moment in time.
We want to know, will the dollar’s value go up, or down?
Well, the Fed meets this week on November 6 and 7.
And that means, they’ll meet right after the election.
Wild times, but…
Even so, they’ll be choosing whether or not to lower interest rates again.
They’ll most likely lower rates once more because more money will be needed to pay for the growing interest on Federal debt, which surpassed $1 Trillion per year, this year.
My bet is this.
The Fed will lower rates…
And the DXY’s downward trend will continue.
