Summary: Solutions to the Fossil Fuel Economy and the Myths Accelerating Climate and Economic Collapse http://membrane.com/global_warming/Basic-Economics.html In this paper, Daniel Brouse argues that climate change and misguided economic policies are converging to create systemic risks that threaten both global capitalism and human habitability. He frames climate change as a nonlinear system driven by tipping points […]
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Solutions to the Fossil Fuel Economy and the Myths Accelerating Climate and Economic Collapse
Gold at $5,100: The Moment Gold Surpassed the Dollar
Gold prices surged to a record high above $5,100 per ounce on Monday, January 26, 2026. The rally has been fueled by a weakening U.S. dollar, intensifying geopolitical instability, and powerful safe-haven demand from both private investors and central banks. But this is no ordinary commodity spike. As of January 2026, gold has officially overtaken […]
Buy Low / Sell High
Business & the Economy | Trumpenomics | Business Achieves Economic Forecast Confirmed, Damage Accelerated Executive Summary When Donald Trump took office in January 2025 for his second term, we issued a clear forecast: a rapid deterioration in U.S. economic performance driven by protectionism, institutional erosion, policy uncertainty, and hostility toward science and immigration. That forecast […]
Tariffs Are Taxes (Just Ask Jim Beam)
Tariffs are taxes. Full stop.And like most taxes, they impose economic costs. But unlike many taxes, tariffs are among the most economically damaging because they are regressive, distortionary, and imposed directly on trade flows that sustain growth, employment, and competitiveness. History and basic economics are unambiguous: taxes rarely generate a net benefit to the economy, […]
Trump’s Second Term, Year One: Forecast Confirmed, Damage Accelerated
December 18, 2025 Executive Summary When Donald Trump took office in January 2025 for his second term, we issued a clear forecast: a rapid deterioration in U.S. economic performance driven by protectionism, institutional erosion, policy uncertainty, and hostility toward science and immigration. That forecast has not only proven accurate—it has materialized well ahead of schedule. […]
Trump Trade Fiasco: IRobot Bought by China
Make America Die a Slow, Asinine Death (MADaSAD) How Trump’s Tariffs Helped Push an Iconic U.S. Tech Company into Bankruptcy Another American company has become collateral damage of Trump’s inept and self-defeating fiscal policy. iRobot, the U.S. company best known for its Roomba robotic vacuums, filed for bankruptcy in December 2025 after years of mounting […]
Polar Bear Plunge: Will Humans Follow? (Adaptation Part II)
Polar Bear Plunge: Will Humans Follow? Adaptation Part II Daniel BrouseDecember 14, 2025 Abstract In The Plight of the Penguin: Will Humans Follow? (Adaptation Part I), I examined how multiple penguin species—despite short-term behavioral flexibility—are failing to adapt to the pace and scale of anthropogenic climate change. This second paper extends that analysis to the […]
The U.S. Economy into 2026: Tariffs, Immigration, and the AI Paradox
by Daniel BrouseDecember 13, 2025 Introduction The U.S. economy in 2025 is shaped by three powerful and interacting forces: tariff implementation, restrictive immigration policies, and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). Each has distinct economic effects, but taken together they create a complex macroeconomic picture with both upside and risk. 1. Tariffs: A Drag […]
Tipped Tipping Points: The Non-Linearity of Climate Collapse
By Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee December 12, 2025 Introduction The non-linearity of collapse describes how complex systems can appear stable for long periods before experiencing a sudden, rapid, and often unexpected breakdown. Instead of declining gradually, systems absorb stress quietly until they cross a critical threshold—after which deterioration becomes abrupt, exponential, and irreversible. This […]
Complex Social-Ecological Feedback Loops and You
by Daniel Brouse December 11, 2025 Complex social-ecological feedback loops arise when human systems and natural systems react to climate change in ways that amplify one another. Because the Earth’s climate operates as a nonlinear, chaotic system, these interactions don’t unfold gradually—they can accelerate suddenly, compound unpredictably, and push the system toward irreversible shifts. 1. […]