$28,166: What It Costs To Provide Health Care For An American Family Of Four For One Year
One of the primary reasons why the middle class in America is disappearing so rapidly is because of skyrocketing health care costs. Families all over the country are being absolutely crushed by extremely high health insurance premiums, ridiculously high deductibles and very…
Read more »Trump Wants Low-Yield, Sea-Launched Nuclear Option For War
President Trump and the Pentagon have completed an initial draft proposal for the emergence of low-yield sea-launched nuclear weapons intended to increase deterrence programs throughout the world and allow new precision capabilities on the modern battlefield. Pentagon officials told Warrior Maven, “final requirements for…
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Trump’s “Trade War” Is Working: US Trade Deficit Collapses
One month after the biggest plunge in the US trade deficit since the financial crisis – good news for Trump who has engaged in “trade war” with the rest of the world to boost US trader and exports – the…
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15 Signs That The Middle Class In The United States Is Being Systematically Destroyed
If your family is really struggling right now, you are far from alone. I have been publishing The Economic Collapse Blog for more than eight years, and all throughout that time I have seen the middle class in America get smaller and…
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Double Your Income: Stop Paying Taxes!
The easiest way to double your money—nearly overnight––actually has very little to do with investing. How much wealthier would you be if you could just keep the money you already make? Forget an extra exemption, forget a marginally bigger return—give yourself a REAL tax…
Read more »4 Reasons Why The Market Is Completely Ignoring Escalating Trade Wars
Back in March, JPM’s head quant Marko Kolanovic laid out the simplest case why despite all his bluster, angry tweets and constant puffing, Trump will not dare to engage in a full-blown global trade war which would impair the global economy and…
Read more »Three critical lessons from Europe’s recent mini-meltdown
Trying to trace the origins of the latest political crisis in Italy is like… well… trying to trace the origins of the decline of the Roman Empire. There simply is no good starting point. You can’t talk about the decline…
Read more »If The Economy Is So Great, Why Are 78 Million Americans Hustling For Dimes?
Authored by Rex Nutting, op-ed via MarketWatch.com, Millions of people are working erratic shifts, or scrambling for extra cash Even though the official unemployment rate has dropped to a 18-year low of 3.8%, the economy is still broken for a great…
Read more »Tesla’s problems are growing — here’s a list of the most recent issues
Tesla has a history of beating the odds. CEO Elon Musk has said he believed the company had around a 10% chance of successwhen it was founded in 2003. Since then, the company has won awards for its vehicles, built an…
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Why Is The Mainstream Media Suddenly Buzzing About “Another Global Financial Crisis”?
All of a sudden, the mainstream media is starting to sound a lot like The Economic Collapse Blog. Throughout the Obama years, the mainstream media in the United States always seemed extremely hesitant to suggest that difficult economic times may be…
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