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Over the last several decades, the global economy has become more interconnected than ever, but now everything is changing.  The flow of goods between the number one economic power on the planet and the number two economic power on the planet is absolutely imploding, and that is going to have enormous implications on both sides … Read more

Are you ready for store shelves to start emptying all over America?  When I first started writing about the coming shortages last month, I received quite a bit of criticism.  But now expert after expert is warning that we really are facing a crisis of historic proportions.  Most major retailers still have several weeks of … Read more

The president of the United States just threatened to end all trade with China if the Chinese do not stop buying oil from Iran.  I realize that this sounds like something that Hollywood would dream up, but this isn’t a plot from an episode of your favorite television show.  This is really happening.  President Trump … Read more

2025 is going to be largely defined by whether there is a major war with Iran or not.  If a verifiable deal with Iran can be reached that prevents Iran from producing nuclear weapons, I will applaud the Trump administration for pulling off the diplomatic coup of the century.  But if negotiations fail, it is … Read more

For years, our economy and our financial markets have been artificially propped up.  Since 2008, politicians in Washington have added about 26 trillion dollars to the national debt, and bureaucrats at the Fed have pumped trillions of freshly created dollars into the financial system.  If we could go back and undo just those two things, … Read more

China is normally the largest export market for U.S. agricultural products.  In a typical year, we sell tens of billions of dollars worth of agricultural products to the Chinese, but now that door has been slammed shut thanks to the extremely high tariffs that China has imposed on U.S. imports.  If that door is not reopened … Read more

Experts are telling us that the supply chain disruptions that we are facing are likely to be more severe than anything that we witnessed during the last pandemic.  Anyone that believes that we can easily replace 438 billion dollars of imports from China is just being delusional.  There are thousands of products that are made … Read more