Charles Hugh Smith
Articles by Charles Hugh Smith
back to columnists »Going Cold Turkey in Our Addiction Economy
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/03/charles-hugh-smith/going-cold-turkey-in-our-addiction-economy/
3/12/2025
The Stoicism of the Caregiver
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/03/charles-hugh-smith/the-stoicism-of-the-caregiver/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/8/2025
If We Set Aside Ideology, Is There Anything We Can Agree On?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/03/charles-hugh-smith/if-we-set-aside-ideology-is-there-anything-we-can-agree-on/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/4/2025
Three Ways To Restore Housing Affordability
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/03/charles-hugh-smith/three-ways-to-restore-housing-affordability/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/3/2025
When Markets Misbehave
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/02/charles-hugh-smith/when-markets-misbehave/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/25/2025
The Tax Benefits of Self-Employment
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/02/charles-hugh-smith/the-tax-benefits-of-self-employment/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/24/2025
The One True Test of AI Intelligence
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/02/charles-hugh-smith/the-one-true-test-of-ai-intelligence/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/14/2025
AI Is a Digital Parrot: Word-Traps, False Logic and the Illusion of Intelligence
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/02/charles-hugh-smith/ai-is-a-digital-parrot-word-traps-false-logic-and-the-illusion-of-intelligence-2/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/3/2025
AI Is a Digital Parrot: Word-Traps, False Logic and the Illusion of Intelligence
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/02/charles-hugh-smith/ai-is-a-digital-parrot-word-traps-false-logic-and-the-illusion-of-intelligence/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/1/2025
The AI Fad Just Burned to the Waterline
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/01/charles-hugh-smith/the-ai-fad-just-burned-to-the-waterline/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/31/2025
Extremes Become More Extreme, Then Revert to the Mean
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/01/charles-hugh-smith/extremes-become-more-extreme-then-revert-to-the-mean/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/21/2025
Is Placing a Wager in a Casino an ‘Investment’?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/01/charles-hugh-smith/is-placing-a-wager-in-a-casino-an-investment/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/20/2025
What If Tech, the Market and the State Are No Longer Solutions?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/01/charles-hugh-smith/what-if-tech-the-market-and-the-state-are-no-longer-solutions/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/16/2025
I Quit! The Tsunami of Burnout Few See
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/01/charles-hugh-smith/i-quit-the-tsunami-of-burnout-few-see/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/10/2025
Too Big to Care and the Illusion of Choice
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/01/charles-hugh-smith/too-big-to-care-and-the-illusion-of-choice/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/2/2025
What If Solutions That Worked in the Past No Longer Fix What’s Broken?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/charles-hugh-smith/what-if-solutions-that-worked-in-the-past-no-longer-fix-whats-broken/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/28/2024
A Christmas Gift From Marcus Aurelius
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/charles-hugh-smith/a-christmas-gift-from-marcus-aurelius/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/26/2024
The Core Skill Going Forward: Frugality
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/charles-hugh-smith/the-core-skill-going-forward-frugality/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/23/2024
The Economy Has Failed the American People, But It’s Taboo To Say Why
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/charles-hugh-smith/the-economy-has-failed-the-american-people-but-its-taboo-to-say-why/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/20/2024
All Three Pillars Holding Up the Economy Have Cracked
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/charles-hugh-smith/all-three-pillars-holding-up-the-economy-have-cracked/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/18/2024
Truth, Beauty and the Unseen Craftsperson
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/charles-hugh-smith/truth-beauty-and-the-unseen-craftsperson/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/16/2024
Grey Swans Are Circling
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/charles-hugh-smith/grey-swans-are-circling/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/14/2024
The Big Shining Lie: We’re Better Off Now–No, We’re Poorer, Much Poorer
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/12/charles-hugh-smith/the-big-shining-lie-were-better-off-now-no-were-poorer-much-poorer/
Charles Hugh Smith
12/13/2024
‘Superheroes’ Reflect Our Powerlessness
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/11/charles-hugh-smith/superheroes-reflect-our-powerlessness/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/27/2024
The Cure for What Ails Us: Market Crash and Mass Defaults
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/11/charles-hugh-smith/the-cure-for-what-ails-us-market-crash-and-mass-defaults/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/21/2024
The Cost of Owning a Home Is Soaring
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/11/charles-hugh-smith/the-cost-of-owning-a-home-is-soaring/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/13/2024
The Limits of Government
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/11/charles-hugh-smith/the-limits-of-government/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/8/2024
Central Planning: China’s Miracle–and Malaise
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/11/charles-hugh-smith/central-planning-chinas-miracle-and-malaise/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/6/2024
Is Social Media Actually ‘Media,’ Or Is It Something Else?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/11/charles-hugh-smith/is-social-media-actually-media-or-is-it-something-else/
Charles Hugh Smith
11/1/2024
A Contrarian Clarification of “Free Speech”
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/charles-hugh-smith/a-contrarian-clarification-of-free-speech/
Charles Hugh Smith
10/28/2024
All The World’s a Stage: Everything Is Fake
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/charles-hugh-smith/all-the-worlds-a-stage-everything-is-fake/
Charles Hugh Smith
10/25/2024
17 Indicators of Global Recession Are Clanging
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/charles-hugh-smith/17-indicators-of-global-recession-are-clanging/
Charles Hugh Smith
10/23/2024
Can We Rein in the Excesses of Financialization Without Crashing the Economy?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/charles-hugh-smith/can-we-rein-in-the-excesses-of-financialization-without-crashing-the-economy/
Charles Hugh Smith
10/17/2024
When Did Our Institutions Lose Our Trust?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/charles-hugh-smith/when-did-our-institutions-lose-our-trust/
Charles Hugh Smith
10/12/2024
Social Trust: It’s Not Warm and Fuzzy, It’s the Money, Honey
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/charles-hugh-smith/social-trust-its-not-warm-and-fuzzy-its-the-money-honey/
Charles Hugh Smith
10/10/2024
Adapt or Die, Or…?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/charles-hugh-smith/adapt-or-die-or/
Charles Hugh Smith
10/8/2024
Why Political ‘Solutions’ Don’t Fix Crises, They Make Them Worse
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/charles-hugh-smith/why-political-solutions-dont-fix-crises-they-make-them-worse/
Charles Hugh Smith
10/4/2024
Ahead Lies Ruin: The Decay of Social Trust
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/10/charles-hugh-smith/ahead-lies-ruin-the-decay-of-social-trust/
Charles Hugh Smith
10/2/2024
So the Economy Now Depends on Stocks Which Depend on Front-Running the Fed–And This Is Fine?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/09/charles-hugh-smith/so-the-economy-now-depends-on-stocks-which-depend-on-front-running-the-fed-and-this-is-fine/
Charles Hugh Smith
9/28/2024
What’s Changed? What’s Different This Time?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/09/charles-hugh-smith/whats-changed-whats-different-this-time/
Charles Hugh Smith
9/27/2024
2024, A Year of No Significance
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/09/charles-hugh-smith/2024-a-year-of-no-significance/
Charles Hugh Smith
9/19/2024
When Local Newspapers Close, We Lose What Matters: Journalism
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/09/charles-hugh-smith/when-local-newspapers-close-we-lose-what-matters-journalism/
Charles Hugh Smith
9/13/2024
The La-La-Land Fairy Tale of a “Soft Landing”
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/09/charles-hugh-smith/the-la-la-land-fairy-tale-of-a-soft-landing/
Charles Hugh Smith
9/2/2024
Success Is a Trap
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/charles-hugh-smith/success-is-a-trap/
Charles Hugh Smith
8/30/2024
We’ve Left the Bottom 60% in the Dust, but Never Mind: S&P500 to 6000!
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/charles-hugh-smith/weve-left-the-bottom-60-in-the-dust-but-never-mind-sp500-to-6000/
Charles Hugh Smith
8/27/2024
You Say You Want a Revolution
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/charles-hugh-smith/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-5/
Charles Hugh Smith
8/22/2024
The Super-Wealthy Have a Problem
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/charles-hugh-smith/the-super-wealthy-have-a-problem/
Charles Hugh Smith
8/17/2024
There’s Just One Problem: AI Isn’t Intelligent, and That’s a Systemic Risk
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/charles-hugh-smith/theres-just-one-problem-ai-isnt-intelligent-and-thats-a-systemic-risk/
Charles Hugh Smith
8/10/2024
The Anti-Consumers
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/charles-hugh-smith/the-anti-consumers/
Charles Hugh Smith
8/7/2024
The Great Unwinding: Is There Any Way to Come Out Ahead?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/charles-hugh-smith/the-great-unwinding-is-there-any-way-to-come-out-ahead/
Charles Hugh Smith
8/3/2024
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