Charles Hugh Smith
Articles by Charles Hugh Smith
back to columnists »The Rollercoaster Ride Ahead: 15 Years of Extreme Distortions Will Be Unwound
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/07/charles-hugh-smith/the-rollercoaster-ride-ahead-15-years-of-extreme-distortions-will-be-unwound/
7/31/2024
The Downside of Complacency: Illiquidity Evaporates Stocks and Real Estate
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/07/charles-hugh-smith/the-downside-of-complacency-illiquidity-evaporates-stocks-and-real-estate/
Charles Hugh Smith
7/27/2024
Two Tidbits of Timeless Political Wisdom from Machiavelli
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/07/charles-hugh-smith/two-tidbits-of-timeless-political-wisdom-from-machiavelli/
Charles Hugh Smith
7/23/2024
Twisters on the Horizon: Is This Decade a Re-Make of ‘That 70s Show’?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/07/charles-hugh-smith/twisters-on-the-horizon-is-this-decade-a-re-make-of-that-70s-show/
Charles Hugh Smith
7/22/2024
No Reform or Leader Is Going to Save the Status Quo–We’re on Our Own
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/07/charles-hugh-smith/no-reform-or-leader-is-going-to-save-the-status-quo-were-on-our-own/
Charles Hugh Smith
7/9/2024
Move Over, Disaster Capitalism–Make Room for Addiction Capitalism
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/07/charles-hugh-smith/move-over-disaster-capitalism-make-room-for-addiction-capitalism-2/
Charles Hugh Smith
7/3/2024
Move Over, Disaster Capitalism–Make Room for Addiction Capitalism
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/07/charles-hugh-smith/move-over-disaster-capitalism-make-room-for-addiction-capitalism/
Charles Hugh Smith
7/2/2024
10 Geopolitical / Financial Risks to the Global Economy
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/06/charles-hugh-smith/10-geopolitical-financial-risks-to-the-global-economy/
Charles Hugh Smith
6/28/2024
So Sorry, But Every Inch of You Is Toxic
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/06/charles-hugh-smith/so-sorry-but-every-inch-of-you-is-toxic/
Charles Hugh Smith
6/26/2024
The Glue Binding Democracy and a Free Economy Has Melted
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/06/charles-hugh-smith/the-glue-binding-democracy-and-a-free-economy-has-melted/
Charles Hugh Smith
6/20/2024
Prepare for the Repricing of Risk Globally
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/06/charles-hugh-smith/prepare-for-the-repricing-of-risk-globally/
Charles Hugh Smith
6/17/2024
How Many Millennials Will Be Rich Enough To Buy the Boomers’ Millions of Unaffordable Bungalows?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/06/charles-hugh-smith/how-many-millennials-will-be-rich-enough-to-buy-the-boomers-millions-of-unaffordable-bungalows/
Charles Hugh Smith
6/14/2024
If AI Is So Great, Prove It: Eliminate All Surveillance, Spam and Robocalling
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/06/charles-hugh-smith/if-ai-is-so-great-prove-it-eliminate-all-surveillance-spam-and-robocalling/
Charles Hugh Smith
6/8/2024
Having Too Much Money Leads to Catastrophe
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/06/charles-hugh-smith/having-too-much-money-leads-to-catastrophe/
Charles Hugh Smith
6/4/2024
The $150,000 Housekeeper: Wage Inflation Kicks Into Second Gear
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/06/charles-hugh-smith/the-150000-housekeeper-wage-inflation-kicks-into-second-gear/
Charles Hugh Smith
6/1/2024
Is Hyper-Inflation That Destroys a Currency a ‘Solution’?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/05/charles-hugh-smith/is-hyper-inflation-that-destroys-a-currency-a-solution/
Charles Hugh Smith
5/28/2024
Is Anyone Else’s Life as Stupidly Complicated by Digital ‘Shadow Work’ as Mine Is?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/05/charles-hugh-smith/is-anyone-elses-life-as-stupidly-complicated-by-digital-shadow-work-as-mine-is/
Charles Hugh Smith
5/24/2024
Maybe We’re Closer to ‘You’ll Own Nothing’ Than We Realize
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/05/charles-hugh-smith/maybe-were-closer-to-youll-own-nothing-than-we-realize/
Charles Hugh Smith
5/21/2024
The Decay of Everyday Life
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/05/charles-hugh-smith/the-decay-of-everyday-life/
Charles Hugh Smith
5/18/2024
Precarious: One Misfortune Away from Insolvency
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/05/charles-hugh-smith/precarious-one-misfortune-away-from-insolvency/
Charles Hugh Smith
5/16/2024
Squeezed for Decades, America’s Working Class Is Finally Up Against the Wall
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/05/charles-hugh-smith/squeezed-for-decades-americas-working-class-is-finally-up-against-the-wall/
Charles Hugh Smith
5/14/2024
Withdrawing from the Rat Race Is Going Global
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/05/charles-hugh-smith/withdrawing-from-the-rat-race-is-going-global/
Charles Hugh Smith
5/8/2024
Labor Rising: Will Class Identity Finally Matter Again?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/05/charles-hugh-smith/labor-rising-will-class-identity-finally-matter-again/
Charles Hugh Smith
5/3/2024
Cities’ ‘Doom Loops’ Are Even Worse Than You Imagined
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/04/charles-hugh-smith/cities-doom-loops-are-even-worse-than-you-imagined/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/25/2024
Is the ‘Housing Shortage’ the Result of Housing-Hoarding by the Wealthy?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/04/charles-hugh-smith/is-the-housing-shortage-the-result-of-housing-hoarding-by-the-wealthy/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/23/2024
The Spear in AI’s Back
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/04/charles-hugh-smith/the-spear-in-ais-back/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/19/2024
Financial Forecast 2025-2032: Please Don’t Be Naive
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/04/charles-hugh-smith/financial-forecast-2025-2032-please-dont-be-naive/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/17/2024
Sound Money Vs. Fiat Currency: Trade and Credit Are the Wild Cards
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/04/charles-hugh-smith/sound-money-vs-fiat-currency-trade-and-credit-are-the-wild-cards/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/13/2024
Staving Off Revolution
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/04/charles-hugh-smith/staving-off-revolution/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/10/2024
What Orwell and Huxley Got Wrong and Kafka Got Right
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/04/charles-hugh-smith/what-orwell-and-huxley-got-wrong-and-kafka-got-right/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/5/2024
Fed To Offer Every Household $1 Million From Its New Discount Window
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/04/charles-hugh-smith/fed-to-offer-every-household-1-million-from-its-new-discount-window/
Charles Hugh Smith
4/2/2024
Fire, Then Ice: Our Deflationary Future
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/03/charles-hugh-smith/fire-then-ice-our-deflationary-future/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/30/2024
The Growing Rebellion Against Costly, Low-Quality, Overly-Complex Technology
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/03/charles-hugh-smith/the-growing-rebellion-against-costly-low-quality-overly-complex-technology/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/21/2024
America the Snackable
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/03/charles-hugh-smith/america-the-snackable/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/16/2024
A Low-Trust Society Is an Impoverished Society
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/03/charles-hugh-smith/a-low-trust-society-is-an-impoverished-society/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/12/2024
Global Recession’s Winners and Losers
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/03/charles-hugh-smith/global-recessions-winners-and-losers/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/8/2024
If AI Is So Great, Why Is Managing the Digital Realm Eating Us Alive?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/03/charles-hugh-smith/if-ai-is-so-great-why-is-managing-the-digital-realm-eating-us-alive/
Charles Hugh Smith
3/5/2024
Rates, Risk and Debt: The Unavoidable Reckoning Ahead
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/02/charles-hugh-smith/rates-risk-and-debt-the-unavoidable-reckoning-ahead/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/28/2024
The Pitfalls of Central Planning
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/02/charles-hugh-smith/the-pitfalls-of-central-planning/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/23/2024
Finding, Creating (and Keeping) a Job in the Era of AI
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/02/charles-hugh-smith/finding-creating-and-keeping-a-job-in-the-era-of-ai/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/21/2024
Digital Service Dumpster Fires and Shadow Work
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/02/charles-hugh-smith/digital-service-dumpster-fires-and-shadow-work/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/16/2024
The ‘Phantom Legion’ Problem
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/02/charles-hugh-smith/the-phantom-legion-problem/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/13/2024
Irony Alert: ‘Outlawing’ Recession Has Made a Monster Recession Inevitable
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/02/charles-hugh-smith/irony-alert-outlawing-recession-has-made-a-monster-recession-inevitable/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/9/2024
The International City Model: Freedom Is the Solution, Coercion Is the Problem
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/02/charles-hugh-smith/the-international-city-model-freedom-is-the-solution-coercion-is-the-problem/
Charles Hugh Smith
2/6/2024
National Self-Reliance Is On the Rise: China and the U.S.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/01/charles-hugh-smith/national-self-reliance-is-on-the-rise-china-and-the-u-s/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/23/2024
Self-Reliance, Taoism, and the Warring States
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/01/charles-hugh-smith/self-reliance-taoism-and-the-warring-states/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/16/2024
What’s the Source of the Astounding 50% Boost in Corporate Profits?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/01/charles-hugh-smith/whats-the-source-of-the-astounding-50-boost-in-corporate-profits/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/10/2024
What the Fed Accomplished: Distorted the Economy, Enriched the Rich and Crushed the Middle Class
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/01/charles-hugh-smith/what-the-fed-accomplished-distorted-the-economy-enriched-the-rich-and-crushed-the-middle-class/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/6/2024
2023: The Fed Declares Victory; 2024: The Year of Hubris and Nemesis
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/01/charles-hugh-smith/2023-the-fed-declares-victory-2024-the-year-of-hubris-and-nemesis/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/4/2024
Rome Was Eternal, Until It Wasn’t: Imperial Analogs of Decay
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/01/charles-hugh-smith/rome-was-eternal-until-it-wasnt-imperial-analogs-of-decay/
Charles Hugh Smith
1/1/2024
Political Theatre
- American security contractors walking thin line in Gaza
- The Great Replacement
- Concerned Catholics Request Investigation into How Government Funding Was Used by the USCCB, Catholic Dioceses, Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services, and All NGOs
- Civil liberties groups urge spy chief to declassify parts of contested surveillance program
- Trump Targets US Resident and US Colleges for Antisemitism
- When Corruption is the Path
- Peacemaker Oliver Stone and Jeffrey Sachs on the Geopolitics of Peace
- Trump Will Work To Primary Rep. Thomas Massie
- Nigeria: Religious Violence Fueled by Impunity
- Nigeria the most dangerous place to be a Christian? Let’s put that in context
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- America’s Untold Stories: Trump Threatens Russia & Ukraine, Hunter’s Broke & Garrett Ziegler Joins
- Who Is ‘Taking’ The Panama Canal? Trump Flip-Flops (Again) On Russia…and More!
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