By Madge Waggy
MadgeWaggy.blogspot.com 

September 14, 2026

Something shifts beneath the surface of ordinary life. Not with announcements or spectacle, but through the quiet consolidation of systems that now track, verify, and gatekeep nearly every exchange between citizens and the institutions they rely upon. By 2028, according to timelines established by international bodies and echoed in domestic policy papers, Americans will face a choice that is not really a choice at all: accept a federally standardized Digital ID or find yourself locked out of the economy you helped build.

By Wendy Williamson
WendyWilliamson.com 

September 14, 2026

"Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors." - Matthew 6:12

When we look into antiquity, we tend to see primitive people. But ancient Babylon (c. 2000-539 BCE) and our world today are not that far apart.

Consider the temple. It was a colossus: a divinely sanctioned corporation that served as the central bank, the treasury, and the landlord of an entire civilization.

par Gary Wilson

La Banque nationale néerlandaise a annoncé le 2 septembre avoir transféré plus d'un quart de ses réserves d'or détenues à New York et à Ottawa vers Londres entre mars et août 2026, principalement en vendant des lingots à New York et en achetant de l'or à Londres.

La banque a déclaré qu'elle se préparait à une crise. L'or stocké à Londres peut être récupéré et vendu rapidement.

Dans une nouvelle note de conjoncture publiée récemment, l'Insee anticipe une poursuite de la dégradation du marché du travail en France.

Les prévisions n'en finissent plus de se dégrader. Dans sa dernière note de conjoncture publiée ce jeudi 10 septembre, l'Insee prévoit un chômage passant de 8,3% aujourd'hui à 8,6% à la fin du quatrième trimestre, en augmentation de 0,6 point sur un an.

par German Gorraiz Lopez

Si l'escalade du conflit entre les États-Unis et Israël au Moyen-Orient persiste, l'Iran pourrait fermer le détroit d'Ormuz, par lequel transite environ 20% du pétrole mondial. Le prix du brut pourrait alors atteindre 150 dollars, répétant ainsi la crise pétrolière de 1973 et provoquant, par ricochet, un nouveau krach boursier.

Une nouvelle crise pétrolière ?

michael-hudson.com

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Nima Alkhorshid: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, September 3, 2026, and our dear friends Richard Wolf and Michael Hudson are here. Welcome back, Richard and Michael.

Richard Wolff: Glad to be here.

Nima Alkhorshid: Let me start with something that was not so popular in the mainstream media, which is the SCO summit. What has happened in the SCO summit—as was reported by Al Jazeera—[We] see Turkey going to the SCO summit, and [we] see all these countries, from India, Iran, China, Pakistan, to Russia, all coming together.

By Doug Casey
International Man  

September 11, 2026

International Man: Investors tend to chase whatever is most fashionable at the moment. Where do you see important investment opportunities developing today that most people are overlooking because they aren't exciting or widely discussed yet?

Doug Casey: I've specialized in resource stocks for most of my investing life. They've treated me very well, although they're highly cyclical and ultra-volatile.

By Matthew Piepenburg
Von Greyerz - Gold Switzerland  

September 11, 2026

Below, we look at lessons from Japan and its latest signals to prepare for a market sell-off, a debasement acceleration and a golden endgame.

Pattern Recognition

My father taught me long ago that the years teach things the days do not always notice.

In all areas of our lives, we slowly acquire perspectives earned by experience over theory and by time rather than guesses.

Les cours du pétrole poursuivaient leur progression ce jeudi 10 septembre, après que le Brent a franchi, la veille, la barre symbolique des 100 dollars le baril, sur fond d'escalade des tensions en Asie de l'Ouest et de craintes concernant l'approvisionnement énergétique.

Le Brent de la mer du Nord, référence internationale du marché pétrolier, avait clôturé mercredi en hausse de 3,8 %, à 101,64 dollars le baril, enregistrant son niveau de clôture le plus élevé depuis mai.

Giacomo Gabellini

Quella escogitata dall'ex Celeste Impero viene a configurarsi una strategia sottile e "felpata", che combinando pragmatismo a flessibilità si candida a ridisegnare gli assetti geofinanziari accrescendo l'influenza cinese su scala globale a detrimento degli Stati Uniti.

Nel suo discorso sullo Stato dell'Unione del gennaio 2010, il presidente Obama elencò una serie di aggiustamenti reputati imprescindibili per riattivare la crescita economica globale e trasferirla su un piano di stabilità strutturale in seguito allo shock planetario scatenato dalla bancarotta di Lehman Brothers.

September 10, 2026

In his latest episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter returns to Puerto Rico to dismantle the government's economic reporting system, expose the contradictions in Trump's pressure campaign against the Federal Reserve, and share a personal story that reveals the hidden costs of tariffs. He closes with a historical parallel that shows just how absurd protectionist policy really is, no matter the era or excuse.

Les prix des carburants ont atteint mercredi de nouveaux records en France depuis le début du conflit en Asie de l'Ouest, dans un contexte de fortes tensions sur les marchés énergétiques, liées notamment aux perturbations du trafic maritime dans le détroit d'Ormuz.

Le gazole s'établissait mercredi 9 septembre à 2,29 euros le litre en moyenne, contre 2,27 euros samedi, selon des données gouvernementales analysées par Franceinfo.

Schiff Sovereign  

September 8, 2026

In 1845, the French economist Frédéric Bastiat petitioned parliament on behalf of the nation's candlestick makers. They were being ruined, he wrote, by an unscrupulous rival that was flooding the market with light at a price no honest candlestick maker could match.

This light-producing rival, of course, was the sun.

And Bastiat satirically demanded "a law requiring the closing of all windows, dormers, skylights, inside and outside shutters, curtains...

Civilization's Ledger Is Bleeding Red, and the Global Economy Is Closer to Collapse Than Anyone Wants to Admit

By Milan Adams
Preppgroup 

September 8, 2026

Walk through the financial districts of London, New York, or Singapore at six in the evening, and you'll catch the last act of a performance that grows harder to maintain by the quarter. The tailored suits still stream from glass towers into black cars.