2nd Quarter Wrap Up ~ News Trends & Stories

“We interviewed about 2,000 of our clients and we got a very sobering message from them. They said: ‘Well, you should realize that we all need banking, but we don’t need banks.” Ralph Hamers, CEO, ING Group, Netherlands

By Catherine Austin Fitts

The pace of events in the 2nd Quarter was explosive!

The Solari Report team has carefully culled the most important News Trends & Stories from our website weekly Top Picks throughout the last three months. Our Top Picks editor, Texan Brad Eddins, has made quite an effort to help me identify the most valuable sources for you. I had the opportunity to visit and review our choices with Dr. Joseph Farrell before we recorded our discussion on this section and included his invaluable suggestions. Numerous allies and subscribers sent comments. Whether weekly Top Picks or the 2nd Quarter Wrap Up News Trends & Stories, our choices  also reflect the rich flow of links and suggestions Solari Report subscribers sent throughout the 2nd Quarter, for which we are most grateful.

Our goal is to ensure that you are exceptionally knowledgeable about current events, but with a minimum investment of your time.

Economy & Financial Markets

The global economy is slowing while financial markets are managing risk and uncertainty, both of which grow as the change to a multipolar world accelerates. Risk and uncertainty took a big step in the last week of the 2nd Quarter when the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union. Brexit signals a momentous shift is underway.

Brexit Roiling Markets

Global Slowdown

Global 3.0 Rising

Surveillance Capitalism

Financial Hot Potatoes

The Future of Food

 

Geopolitics

Brexit and the US presidential campaign sent shock waves around the world as the backlash against centralization and the unipolar United States grew. Continued growth and investment in Asia is rebalancing trading relationships. Asian per capita incomes are headed for convergence with G-7 incomes while Latin American and African incomes are lagging.

In the 3rd Quarter, look for —

  • The restructuring of China’s economy to continue to ruffle feathers.
  • The British Commonwealth to seek a modern soft power role heeding ancient trade and traditions.
  • Growing concern regarding inequality and low productivity growth despite dazzling innovations in science and technology.

The Shift to a Multipolar World

The Silk Road Grows

EU: What’s Next?

US Presidential Campaign Rocking the World

“Because my country is in trouble. Because I felt anguish at all the estrangements. Because some things that shouldn’t have changed have changed. Because too much is being lost. Because the great choice in a nation of 320 million may come down to Crazy Man versus Criminal.” ~ Peggy Noonan on the US presidential campaign

Obvious Assassination & Covert Operations

Hot Spots Rise

 

Science & Technology

We are indeed in a golden era of innovation. Advances in science and technology are dazzling. However, such advances are not translating into greater productivity growth or a better quality of life for many people. Nevertheless, innovation continues to accelerate. This change includes our investment in becoming a multiplanetary civilization.

The Space-Based Economy

Blockchain

Health Freedom

Zero-Integrity Systems

Innovation

The Big Questions

The big questions keep growing, underscoring the transparency necessary for us to find real solutions to the challenges before us.

Who (or What) does Richmond Valentine Want?

The Future of Cash

The Future of income

Economy: Open or Closed?

The US Dollar as Reserve Currency:  Did Brexit Ring the Bell?

We have known that the US dollar was “dangerous and dominant” and that its primacy as global reserve currency would not last forever. It looks  like Brexit may be the beginning of the end.

With dollar borrowers around the world, the dollar should have some financial strength in the short and intermediate term. But, even if invisible military fire power can protect the dollar for some period of time, the general population is unlikely to share the financial benefits.

In the long term, people who depend on the dollar need to be prepared for increases in expenses. With government cash flows tightening, it is time to protect individual and community sovereignty, including local privacy, property rights, and the right to create and us local currencies and equity vehicles.

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