Just when you thought "fake news" was only about those dastardly Russians hiding under every bed, Japan comes out and admits that 40% of its economic data is bogus. That's right, a report from Japan's Internal Affairs Ministry this week reveals that 22 of the 56 key...
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Has the Chinese Dragon Been Tamed?
by Corbett | Jan 27, 2019 | Newsletter
Chinese President-for-Life Xi Jinping is warning that the glorious Communist Party of China (CPC) "is facing long-term and complex tests in terms of maintaining long-term rule, reform and opening-up, a market-driven economy, and within the external environment." Or at...
Know Your Enemy: The Royal Institute of International Affairs
by Corbett | Jan 19, 2019 | Newsletter
Readers of this column will know all about the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) by now. The CFR's influence in setting Washington's foreign policy agenda was once derided as “conspiracy theory." But, as is often the case, that "conspiracy theory" is now a simple...
Banksters HATE The Free Market
by Corbett | Jan 12, 2019 | Newsletter
It's no secret that governments hate the free market. At its base, every single government tax, license, regulation and restriction is an implicit rebuke to the idea that humans should be able to interact freely with those around them. This is old news to my long-term...
5 Outrageous New Year’s Predictions
by Corbett | Jan 6, 2019 | Newsletter
Sick of the same old, same old boring list of predictable, safe New Year's predictions that are so vague they can't possibly come true? (Weaponized narratives, indeed!) Yeah. So am I. So, in the spirit of spicing things up for this post-holiday hangover season, let's...
Venezuela Joins the Social Credit Club
by Corbett | Dec 16, 2018 | Newsletter
So you know all about China's social credit system by now, right? You know, the one that I've been talking about for years? The one that we had a sneak preview of eight years ago in "You Are Being Gamed?" The one that's being trial ballooned at home via Carrot Rewards...
Mais Non! The People vs. The Paris Agreement
by Corbett | Dec 8, 2018 | Newsletter
"Let them eat carbon!" said French President Emmanuel Macron this week, offering his peasants a six-month reprieve on their coming carbon sin tax. And, kicking his feet up on his desk at the Élysée Palace, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had bought himself some time...
SEC Launches (Glitchy) Database To Prevent Another Flash Crash
by Corbett | Nov 17, 2018 | Newsletter
Playing in the (manipulated and rigged) stock market is not for the faint of heart. Things can turn on a dime and that sure-fire stock you're riding today might just revert to its intrinsic value (i.e., zero) tomorrow. But as exciting as the markets can be, they're...