Economy & Finance

Liquidity, incentives, cycles and risk — how value is created, transferred and sometimes destroyed.

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Exit Liquidity: The Illusion of Homeownership in the West

For decades, homeownership has been sold as the ultimate symbol of success — but behind the glossy promises, today’s housing market reveals a harsher truth. As prices soar and wages stagnate, the last wave of buyers is being lured into a cycle where risk is quietly handed down from early winners. This is the age of exit liquidity — and the illusion of homeownership is its most seductive trap.

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Strip-Mining the Empire: The Last Phase of American Capital

The content describes the quiet decline of American empire characterized by exhaustion and extraction rather than growth. As ruling elites profit from this decay, they strategically prepare for a post-collapse world. The average citizen remains marginalized, facing a future uncertain, grappling with divisions and distractions while empires unravel.

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Beyond Kings and Thrones

Power Without a Face The world today is not ruled by kings, but that doesn’t mean it is free from kingship. Power has simply changed costumes. It has abandoned thrones for terminals, and decrees for data. Once, we could see authority. Now, it breathes through code and commerce—quietly scripting our lives through convenience, algorithms, and

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The Death of the Dollar and the Rise of the Corporate State

"The dollar's decline is a strategic shift rather than mismanagement, marking a transition from a" gold-backed system to one lacking intrinsic value. As this occurs, corporate power rises to fill the vacuum, offering digital currencies and alternative systems. This leads to a new era of governance where citizens become consumers in a commodified democracy, believing they chose their path.

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'Dark blue minimalist graphic with bold white text reading "Are You Trading, Or Is The Market' 'Trading You?" — designed to provoke reflection on market dynamics and psychological influence.'

The Philosophy of Markets: Money, Truth, and the Future of Finance

Sayed Hamid Fatimi's "The Philosophy of Markets" challenges conventional views on trading, suggesting that markets are not neutral but adversarial systems that exploit predictability and emotions. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding market structure, belief, and behavior over traditional analytical methods. It also discusses emerging financial alternatives like crypto and decentralized systems, proposing a shift toward a post-institutional world.

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