Charles Hugh Smith
Articles by Charles Hugh Smith
back to columnists »The Housing Bubble: Owners Trapped by Low-Rate Mortgages, Buyers Thwarted by High-Rate Mortgages
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/04/charles-hugh-smith/the-housing-bubble-owners-trapped-by-low-rate-mortgages-buyers-thwarted-by-high-rate-mortgages/
4/19/2023
This Housing Bubble Is Different: It’s Much More Precarious
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/04/charles-hugh-smith/this-housing-bubble-is-different-its-much-more-precarious/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/15/2023
Why Interest Rates Are Not Going Back to Zero
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/04/charles-hugh-smith/why-interest-rates-are-not-going-back-to-zero/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/7/2023
Here’s How We’ll Have Labor Shortages and High Unemployment at the Same Time
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/04/charles-hugh-smith/heres-how-well-have-labor-shortages-and-high-unemployment-at-the-same-time/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/5/2023
The Everything Bubble and Global Bankruptcy
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/the-everything-bubble-and-global-bankruptcy/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/28/2023
Bull or Bear? The Ultimate Source of Market Instability
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/bull-or-bear-the-ultimate-source-of-market-instability/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/25/2023
Welcome to the Era of Warring Elites
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/welcome-to-the-era-of-warring-elites/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/23/2023
We’ve Forgotten That Business-Cycle Recessions Are Essential
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/weve-forgotten-that-business-cycle-recessions-are-essential/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/22/2023
Funny Things Happen on the Way to ‘Restoring Financial Stability’
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/funny-things-happen-on-the-way-to-restoring-financial-stability/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/18/2023
Banks, Banks, Banks: The Elephant Nobody Even Sees
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/banks-banks-banks-the-elephant-nobody-even-sees/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/16/2023
Chart of the Month: Any Questions?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/chart-of-the-month-any-questions/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/13/2023
If AI Can’t Overthrow its Corporate/State Masters, It’s Worthless
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/if-ai-cant-overthrow-its-corporate-state-masters-its-worthless/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/11/2023
What if There Are No Solutions?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/what-if-there-are-no-solutions/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/10/2023
What If the Whole Point Is To End ‘The Fed Put’?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/what-if-the-whole-point-is-to-end-the-fed-put/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/7/2023
Stainless Steal
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/charles-hugh-smith/stainless-steal/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/1/2023
Weaponizing Global Depression
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/charles-hugh-smith/weaponizing-global-depression/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/27/2023
What ChatGPT and DeepMind Tell Us About AI
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/charles-hugh-smith/what-chatgpt-and-deepmind-tell-us-about-ai/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/21/2023
A World Without Finance
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/charles-hugh-smith/a-world-without-finance/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/17/2023
The New Normal: Death Spirals and Speculative Frenzies
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/charles-hugh-smith/the-new-normal-death-spirals-and-speculative-frenzies/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/15/2023
Why People Move from Blue States: It’s Not Just High Taxes
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/charles-hugh-smith/why-people-move-from-blue-states-its-not-just-high-taxes/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/10/2023
Seven Points on Investing in Treacherous Waters
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/charles-hugh-smith/seven-points-on-investing-in-treacherous-waters/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/6/2023
What Goes Up Also Comes Down: The Heavy Hand of Bubble Symmetry
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/charles-hugh-smith/what-goes-up-also-comes-down-the-heavy-hand-of-bubble-symmetry/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/2/2023
The Race to the Bottom Accelerates
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/charles-hugh-smith/the-race-to-the-bottom-accelerates/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/28/2023
You Want Truly ‘Sound Money’? A Thought Experiment
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/charles-hugh-smith/you-want-truly-sound-money-a-thought-experiment/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/26/2023
The 1970s: From Rotting Carcasses Floating in the River to Kayak Races
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/charles-hugh-smith/the-1970s-from-rotting-carcasses-floating-in-the-river-to-kayak-races/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/25/2023
Contrarian Thoughts on the Petro-Yuan and Gold-Backed Currencies
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/charles-hugh-smith/contrarian-thoughts-on-the-petro-yuan-and-gold-backed-currencies/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/21/2023
Want to Know Where the Economy Is Going? Watch The Top 10%
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/charles-hugh-smith/want-to-know-where-the-economy-is-going-watch-the-top-10/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/19/2023
Who Would Benefit from a Severe Global Recession?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/charles-hugh-smith/who-would-benefit-from-a-severe-global-recession/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/9/2023
How Easy Is It To Become Middle Class?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/charles-hugh-smith/how-easy-is-it-to-become-middle-class/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/6/2023
Misunderstanding War, Money and Prosperity
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/charles-hugh-smith/misunderstanding-war-money-and-prosperity/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/4/2023
It’s a New Era
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/charles-hugh-smith/its-a-new-era/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/2/2023
An Inconvenient Revolution
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/charles-hugh-smith/an-inconvenient-revolution/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/29/2022
Will 2023 Be ‘Just an Average Recession in an Average Year’ or Will It Be Transformational?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/charles-hugh-smith/will-2023-be-just-an-average-recession-in-an-average-year-or-will-it-be-transformational/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/27/2022
Why the Next Decade Will Not Be Like the Previous 40 Years
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/charles-hugh-smith/why-the-next-decade-will-not-be-like-the-previous-40-years/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/24/2022
Time To Get Out of Dodge?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/charles-hugh-smith/time-to-get-out-of-dodge/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/22/2022
Monopolies and Cartels Are ‘Communism for the Rich’
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/charles-hugh-smith/monopolies-and-cartels-are-communism-for-the-rich/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/16/2022
The Blowback from Stripmining Labor for 45 Years Is Just Beginning
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/charles-hugh-smith/the-blowback-from-stripmining-labor-for-45-years-is-just-beginning/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/13/2022
The Monopoly – Labor ‘Let It Rot’ Death Spiral
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/charles-hugh-smith/the-monopoly-labor-let-it-rot-death-spiral/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/9/2022
The Bubble Economy’s Credit-Asset Death Spiral
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/charles-hugh-smith/the-bubble-economys-credit-asset-death-spiral/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/6/2022
This Is of Course Insane
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/charles-hugh-smith/this-is-of-course-insane/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/2/2022
The ‘Oil Curse’ and Splashy PR Announcements of Oil Production Cuts
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/the-oil-curse-and-splashy-pr-announcements-of-oil-production-cuts/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/30/2022
The Uncertainty in China Is Kryptonite to Global Markets
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/the-uncertainty-in-china-is-kryptonite-to-global-markets/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/28/2022
FTX and the Corruption of AmericaCharles Hugh Smith
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/ftx-and-the-corruption-of-america/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/26/2022
There’s No Bottom Until Frenzied Speculation Turns to Dust
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/theres-no-bottom-until-frenzied-speculation-turns-to-dust/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/21/2022
FTX: The Dominoes of Financial Fraud Have Yet To Fall
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/ftx-the-dominoes-of-financial-fraud-have-yet-to-fall/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/18/2022
Where Crypto Went Wrong
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/where-crypto-went-wrong/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/16/2022
Asymmetries, Distortions and Denial
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/asymmetries-distortions-and-denial/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/15/2022
I Used To Be Disgusted, Now I’m Disabused
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/i-used-to-be-disgusted-now-im-disabused/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/14/2022
Regardless of Who’s Elected, Imperial Corruption Rules the Nation
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/regardless-of-whos-elected-imperial-corruption-rules-the-nation/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/11/2022
The Unintended Consequences of Unintended Consequences
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/11/charles-hugh-smith/the-unintended-consequences-of-unintended-consequences/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/9/2022
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