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Michael Snyder

Michael T. Snyder is a graduate of the University of Florida law school and he worked as an attorney in the heart of Washington D.C. for a number of years. Today, Michael is best known for his work as the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog. Michael and his wife, Meranda, believe that a great awakening is coming and are working hard to help bring renewal to America. Michael is also the author of the book The Beginning Of The End

Under normal circumstances, this would never happen.  Normally, you would never have raging inflation and a housing crash at the same time.  But thanks to the Federal Reserve that is precisely what we are now facing.  The Fed has created a colossal inflation monster which is going to be exceedingly difficult to …

How would you feel if your power bill went up by 50 percent this winter?  How about 100 percent?  Unfortunately, these kinds of price increases are already being announced.  The world was heading into a major energy crisis even before the war in Ukraine started, and now that conflict threatens …

We like to think of ourselves as the pinnacle of human existence, but the truth is that humans have been getting smaller, slower and dumber for quite a while.  So why is this happening?  Over time, human DNA has accumulated an enormous amount of deleterious mutations, and each new generation …

They are trying to do it to us again.  Over the past two years, they have lied to us over and over again, and now they are going back to the same old playbook one more time.  Everyone is anticipating that Thursday’s GDP number will show that the U.S. economy …

Those that control our food supply wield an immense amount of power.  Small family farms have been integral to the success of the United States all throughout our history, but now such farms are being gobbled up at a staggering pace.  Corporate behemoths, foreign interests and eccentric billionaires are voraciously …

Thanks to the horrific drought which is absolutely devastating ranching in the Southwest, ranchers are now in “panic mode” and are selling off their cattle at an unprecedented rate.  In fact, some are choosing to sell off their entire herds because they feel like they don’t have any other options.  …

It looks like we are going to get official confirmation that a recession has already begun when the GDP number for the second quarter comes out later this week.  But that isn’t what we should be focusing on.  Yes, things weren’t great during the first half of 2022, but they …

What do you think is going to happen when we get to a point where the world simply cannot produce any more oil than it is already producing?  It is often said that “energy is the economy”, and to a large degree that is true.  Very wealthy nations with large …

Editor’s Note:  These can be if they are not used properly.  I would suggest people listen to the prepping show I did with David Pruitt from TheMiracleSalve.com regarding fuel and how these plastics, instead of being simply discarded, can be used for fuel. History will look back on us as …

You may not want to buy a house right now.  What goes up must eventually come down, and we have just entered the “down” side of that equation.  Over the past two years, home prices in the United States have gone up nearly 40 percent.  Now mortgage rates are rising …