Thoughts from the Frontline Archive, May 2019

The Trump Trade War Recession?
  • May 31, 2019

The Trump Trade War Recession?

Publisher’s Note: John Mauldin is recovering from a minor illness. He’ll be back next week. Meanwhile, with trade disputes still roiling markets, below is a still-timely letter he wrote last year. You should definitely read it again. Ed D’Agostino

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Why Debt Won’t Spark Inflation
  • May 24, 2019

Why Debt Won’t Spark Inflation

Modern technology was supposed to make travel less necessary. We can meet by phone, video, and now in virtual reality. But we’re still traveling more than ever. I certainly am.

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Takeaways from the SIC
  • May 17, 2019

Takeaways from the SIC

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys, how’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?”

—David Foster Wallace, This Is Water

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Your Pension May Be Monetized
  • May 10, 2019

Your Pension May Be Monetized

One difficulty in analyzing our economic future is the sheer number of potential crises. When so much could go wrong (and really right, when the exponential technologies I foresee get here), it’s hard to isolate, let alone navigate, the real dangers. We are tempted to ignore them all. Ignoring them is usually the right response, too. We can “Muddle Through” almost anything.

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Time to Change Strategy
  • May 3, 2019

Time to Change Strategy

My recent letters described what I think the future will look like. I hasten to add, it isn’t what I think the future should look like or what I want to see. Almost the entire developed world has painted itself into a corner.

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