HeyJaredAlternative Visions
Dr. Jack Rasmus will focus on today’s continuing crisis in the U.S. and global economies.
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Alternative Visions - 9-25-26 (opens the original)
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Here's the final show announcement. Please post as soon as possible. With title of show in larger type (and announcement smaller.). Thanks PRN engineers for all these years support. Title: Decline of Empire + Final Alternative Visions Show Good-Bye Copy: Dr. Rasmus announces final show and reviews the past themes and contributions of the show. He can be reached via his blog, jackrasmus.com; email drjackrasmus@gmail.com; new forthcoming substack and X accounts, and his weekly published articles o
ALTERNATIVE VISIONS - FED RATE HIKE & CRISIS OF EMPIRE (opens the original)
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Today's show discusses this week's Fed rate hike and why it won't have any effect on inflation. Why monetary policy no longer affects the economy—either inflation reduction or economic growth stimulation—due to long term financialization, globalization and now Trump policies as well. Why the US Treasury market is approaching crisis and needs higher interest rates by the Fed. Why sales of Treasuries to fund the US budget deficit may not occur. Result is deeper US economic crisis and inability to
Alternative Visions - Condition of the Working Class 2026 in Era of AI Armageddon (opens the original)
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What is the state of the US working class in terms of jobs, wages, etc. as of Labor Day 2026? The picture per latest US jobs report for August 2026. Wages. What's the emerging impact of AI on the American Working Class? Not just in terms of job loss but in conditions of work. What is 'Agentic AI" now doing to the work force? Show continues with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's last week interventions in the global currency and US bond markets, the chaos results in the recent G20 finance minist
Alternative Visions - The Decline of American Empire Part 1: The Funding Gap (opens the original)
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Today's show takes up the topic of the American Empire in decline. It's the first summary preview of my forthcoming book, available in early September, "The Twilight of American Imperialism", Clarity Press, 2026. What does it mean to say 'decline'? What are the indicators? They're not just geopolitical—i.e. rise of BRICS, lost US wars, disputes with allies, fracturing military alliances, etc. All empires run on money and the American is running out of enough to fund the accelerating costs of emp
Alternative Visions - 8-21-26 (opens the original)
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US Treasury Bonds Dumping Worldwide: Latest Financial Market Instability Event? Following recent weeks crisis in the Yen carry trade and Japan and US governments' intervention, this past week US 30 yr. Government bond rates surged past 5% to rates just below the 2007 crash. What's behind it? After the AI stock bubble, legacy software companies' implosion, private credit market and gold, silver, crypto price crashes, is the 30 Yr. Bond another reflection of increasing US and global financial mark
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