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  • Pineapple Imperialism – a History of Hawaii

    Myth Of The 20th Century - May 11th 2023 2:59am EDT

    Viewed as a microcosm of Manifest Destiny beyond the confines of the geographical limits of the continental United States, the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the US in the late 19th century marked the beginning of what we now consider the global American Empire. To the Hawaiian peoples, it was a clearly just as […]

  • BANKING CRISIS – After Dark

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Mar 17th 2023 5:42am EDT

    The English word ‘bank’ meaning a depository and lending institution, derives from the Italian word ‘banca’, or ‘bench.’ This belies the origins of modern finance in Renaissance Italy, where deals initially struck at coffee house bench evolved into the great trading and banking houses of the Medicis, where double-entry book keeping enabled the matching of […]

  • The Changing World Order – Why Nations Succeed and Fail

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Feb 21st 2023 3:16am EST

    Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, has written several books on the world of investing and the economy in general based on his years of experience as manager of the world’s largest hedge fund. In the latest of his ‘Principles’ series, Dalio applies his quantitative approach of macro investing to analyzing countries, seeking to identify […]

  • The World for Sale – Commodity Trading in Uncertain Times

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 28th 2023 1:32pm EST

    The exchange of goods and services has existed since the earliest forms of civilization, from simple barter arrangements at the local town square to Phoenician traders navigating the Mediterranean with goods from Europe and North Africa. Today, however, the scope of exchange is truly massive, with online commerce coming to dominate nearly all segments of […]

  • Suburban Redevelopment – The Growth Ponzi Scheme

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 28th 2023 1:32pm EST

    Ever since the Great Recession and financial crisis of the late 2000s, the American economic model of building large suburban housing developments with cheap credit and sometimes even cheaper building materials and standards has been called into question. Setting aside all the jobs generated in construction, banking, and other financial intermediation, municipal governments also depend […]

  • Zeihan – After Dark – the Collapse of Globalization

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 28th 2023 1:31pm EST

    In the world of geopolitics, there are those that decide, and those that recommend. While it is debatable who wields more actual power, it is clear that the number of advisers, consultants, analysts, strategists and self-appointed experts clearly outweighs that of the policy makers. Peter Zeihan, a unique blend of the recommender class, has made […]

  • 2022 Year in Review

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Jan 18th 2023 6:09am EST

    Stagflation. Fuel Prices. Shortages. Political Turmoil. War in Europe. Roe V. Wade. Crypto Collapse. Counter-counter culture. Most years have one or two seminal, defining events that set the societal zeitgeist, but in 2022 so many events vied for attention that most people had to take time not only to revaluate what it means for the […]

  • The World for Sale – Commodity Trading in Uncertain Times

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Dec 18th 2022 8:02pm EST

    The exchange of goods and services has existed since the earliest forms of civilization, from simple barter arrangements at the local town square to Phoenician traders navigating the Mediterranean with goods from Europe and North Africa. Today, however, the scope of exchange is truly massive, with online commerce coming to dominate nearly all segments of […]

  • Suburban Redevelopment – The Growth Ponzi Scheme

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Nov 17th 2022 6:56pm EST

    Ever since the Great Recession and financial crisis of the late 2000s, the American economic model of building large suburban housing developments with cheap credit and sometimes even cheaper building materials and standards has been called into question. Setting aside all the jobs generated in construction, banking, and other financial intermediation, municipal governments also depend […]

  • Zeihan – After Dark – the Collapse of Globalization

    Myth Of The 20th Century - Oct 31st 2022 2:38am EDT

    In the world of geopolitics, there are those that decide, and those that recommend. While it is debatable who wields more actual power, it is clear that the number of advisers, consultants, analysts, strategists and self-appointed experts clearly outweighs that of the policy makers. Peter Zeihan, a unique blend of the recommender class, has made […]