Sunday, March 21, 2021

Headed for a Collapsing Debt Bubble


Our Finite World:
Headed for a Collapsing Debt Bubble 

A $1.9 trillion stimulus package was recently signed into law in the United States. Can such a stimulus bill, plus packages passed in other countries, really pull the world economy out of the downturn it has been in 2020? I don’t think so. 

The economy runs on energy, far more than it operates on growing debt. Our energy problems don’t appear to be fixable in the near term, such as six months or a year. Instead, the economy seems to be headed for a collapse of its debt bubble. Eventually, we may see a reset of the world financial system leading to fewer interchangeable currencies, far less international trade and falling production of goods and services. Some governments may collapse. 


WNU editor: A long but sobering essay on the role of US energy production, the benefits it gives to the US economy, and the economic consequences if this industry declines.

3 comments:

Jac said...

This is a no brain thinking: cutting US shale oil is just a disaster. Well, not for Democrats.

Blackdog said...

Unlike OPEC and its allies, shale producers do not participate in government-mandated production cuts. ... For most shale producers, current prices are not enough to turn a profit on new wells, and U.S. oil companies are forecast to pare their output

Blackdog said...

Wrong thinking. It isn’t the government. It capitalism. Just because they stopped drilling on federal land (which there was little to none). If you need a culprit look at opec and Russia. They have been waging a war against US shale.