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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

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Economic conflicts have a way of becoming shooting wars, and so we should all be deeply alarmed by what we are witnessing.  With each passing day, authorities in the United States and authorities in Russia are imposing even more measures which are intended to punish the other side economically.  Thankfully, …

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Has nuclear war been on your mind lately?  If so, you are definitely not alone.  According to Google, searches for “nuclear war” spiked to the highest level in the entire history of their search engine after the Russians invaded Ukraine.  Many believe that this invasion marked the beginning of World War 3, …

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There are some people out there that thought that global financial markets would be largely unaffected by the war in Ukraine.  Those people were wrong.  This week, investors have received a very rude wake up call.  Stock prices are plunging, commodity prices are going completely nuts, and a very thick …

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If you have spent much time watching the news lately, then you know how emotional people are getting about the war in Ukraine.  To be honest, I haven’t seen anything quite like it since the early days after 9/11.  We are witnessing a tremendous outpouring of support for Ukraine, and …

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By the end of 2022, we are going to witness very serious shortages of food in many parts of the globe.  In fact, World Bank President David Malpass is openly admitting that we are now facing “a huge supply shock” as a result of the war in Ukraine.  Of course we were …

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We are watching a slow-motion horror show unfold right in front of our eyes, and nobody seems to have a way to stop it. The vast majority of the global population did not want World War III to happen, but it has started anyway. For years I have been warning …

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44 million people live in Ukraine, and they are deeply suffering in a war that most of them did not want.  Like most of us, the vast majority of Ukrainians just want to live their lives in peace and quiet, but that isn’t going to be possible now.  So we …

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If you are like most people in the western world, you are strongly rooting for one side or the other to win the war in Ukraine.  But how did you decide which side to root for?  Could it be possible that your opinions have been greatly shaped by mainstream news …

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Why can’t major news outlets at least try to be objective?  On the Russians side, we are getting a steady stream of pro-Russian propaganda, and that is to be expected.  But I am particularly disappointed in the mainstream media in the western world.  We have been told story after story …

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The economic sanctions that have been imposed on Russia by western powers are really going to hurt. But they aren’t just going to hurt the Russians. The measures that are now being implemented are going to be quite a shock for the entire global economic system, and all of us …