By Daniel Brouse Under a current-emissions trajectory, the future of the Winter Olympics is narrowing—literally and geographically. By 2050, only an estimated 45 to 55 of the 93 historically eligible mountain locations worldwide are projected to retain the snow depth and cold temperatures required to host the Games. That represents a dramatic contraction in viable […]
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Shrinking Snow: Climate Change and the Future of the Winter Olympics
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Demographics, Automation, and the Fragility of Growth Capitalism
By Daniel Brouse Modern capitalism, particularly in its post–World War II form, has depended on growth — growth in productivity, growth in consumption, and critically, growth in population. Programs such as Social Security and Medicare are not pre-funded savings accounts; they are transfer systems that rely on a sufficiently large base of current workers paying […]
Judge Rules Trump’s Secret Climate Panel Unlawful: A Crucial Win for Science and Justice
The Trump administration’s covert effort to undermine climate science has been dealt a significant legal blow. A federal judge ruled that the secretive “Climate Working Group,” convened by the U.S. Department of Energy to produce a report minimizing global warming risks, violated federal law. This report was central to attempts by the Trump administration to […]
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State Capitalism in America? Price Controls, Golden Shares, and the Reordering of U.S. Markets
Trump has repeatedly promised to dismantle the existing global economic order. Ironically, many of the policies advanced under that banner do not represent a return to free-market capitalism — they signal a shift toward a more state-directed economic model. Globally, the administration has escalated trade conflicts, withdrawn from negotiated trade frameworks, and imposed historically high […]
Price Floors and Power: When Free Markets Give Way to State-Directed Capitalism
U.S. Vice President JD Vance told a meeting of more than 50 countries focused on expanding access to critical minerals that the United States plans to establish a system of price floors for those commodities — a significant intervention in markets traditionally governed by supply and demand. A government-imposed price floor for critical minerals is […]
The Re-Shoring Lie: Why Manufacturing Job Losses Persist Despite the Rhetoric
In 2025, U.S. manufacturing employment did not experience a revival — it continued to decline. By year-end, the sector posted negative net growth, with an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 jobs lost overall. After brief stabilization earlier in the year, the final eight months saw consistent monthly job losses, reflecting weakening demand, trade policy uncertainty, and […]
Cracked Fractals: Climate Thermodynamics, Insurance Instability, and Sovereign Debt Transmission in Late-Stage Capitalism
by Daniel Brouse (February 2, 2026 update to an ongoing study) Abstract The relationships between climate physics and modern financial structure are complex, dynamic, and fundamentally non-linear. This paper examines the transmission mechanisms linking climate destabilization to structural fragility within advanced capitalist economies. Drawing on thermodynamics, actuarial science, and sovereign debt dynamics, it argues that […]
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2026: Confirmation of Nonlinear Climate Acceleration in the Arctic–North Atlantic System
Daniel Brouse and Sidd MukherjeeOngoing Study Abstract Recent observational evidence from the Arctic–North Atlantic system indicates that climate change is not proceeding linearly but is accelerating through interacting feedback mechanisms. Arctic amplification has intensified beyond earlier projections, coinciding with destabilization of large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns, increased Greenland Ice Sheet mass loss, nonlinear cryospheric events, and […]
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From January 6 to Today: How Federal Violence and Political Rhetoric Threaten Democratic Stability
On January 6, 2021, thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump gathered in Washington, D.C., responding to his calls to “stop the steal” and to pressure then–Vice President Mike Pence and Congress to reject the 2020 election results. Many of these supporters believed the election had been “stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats.” Following the rally, […]
Trump’s Bankruptcies and the Road to Russia
Regarding the so-called “peace negotiations” with Russia, this seems like an appropriate moment for a brief refresher on finance and economic incentives. Trump’s long history of bankruptcies matters here. After repeatedly stiffing lenders and investors, he effectively ran out of credible financing options in the U.S. and much of Europe. Major banks wanted nothing to […]