Authored by Doug Casey via InternationalMan.com, The Chinese came from nothing; only 40 years
ago, they had nothing but a billion impoverished peasants. No money. No
technology. No power. Today, they’re on par with the United States. But, if this trend continues – which it will – their economy will be triple the size of the US economy in 20 years.
中国は本当に無から出発した;40年前には本当に何もなく、何億人の貧しい農奴しかいなかった。マネー無し。技術なし。力なし。現在では、彼らは米国と肩をならべるまでになった。しかし、もしこのトレンドが続くならーーそうなりそうな気配だがーー彼らの経済規模はあと20年で米国の3倍にもなる。 Not just a trade war, but a shooting war with the Chinese seems inevitable.
これは貿易戦争ではない、むしろ中国とは実弾の飛び交う戦争が不可避に見える。
Because when tensions build up between states they eventually fight with each other. China is the major rising power. It’s
got four times the US population, it’s soon going to be more
economically powerful, and it’s going to reach military parity. It’s of a
different culture than the US. The US government may figure it’s best
to take them out while the balance still favors them. It’s a bit like
the situation was with the USSR in the ’80s. They could see they were
going into decline, and some Soviet generals figured it was “now or
never” for a successful war. Fortunately they collapsed first.
The Chinese don’t like seeing US aircraft carriers off their coast
any more than we would like to see Chinese aircraft carriers in the Gulf
of Mexico or off Santa Catalina Island.
The last thing that we need is a war with the Chinese.
But if something that’s been called the Thucydides Trap is valid – and I
think it is – then it’s highly likely. It refers to the Peloponnesian
War between Athens and Sparta, at the end of 5th century BC. The Trap is
sprung when a reigning power strikes out at the advancing power while
they still have a chance of winning.
The American military thinks that a shooting war is inevitable. And
it probably is. Why? Well, 5,000 years of history teaches us that it’s
better to start a war when you’re more powerful than your enemy rather
than wait until they’re more powerful than you. It’s always been this
way. The Golden Rule of statecraft is: Do unto others – but do it first.
It’s a very dangerous situation.
The US may do something stupid, like fabricate an incident, and
launch a preemptive strike against China. Or perhaps things just get out
of control, as they did in World War I.
The wars between European powers were bad enough. But when the US
fought Japan it actually turned into a race war. What happened in the
Pacific was far uglier than what happened in Europe. There were
basically no prisoners taken. The next big war – as opposed to a sport war, like those in
the Middle East – is likely to be with China. That could make World War
II look trivial by comparison. 欧州列強の間の戦争はひどいものだった。しかし米日戦争ではこれは民族間戦争となった。欧州戦線よりも太平洋戦争で起きたことは醜かった。基本的に捕虜なんていなかったのだ、お互い死ぬまで戦う。次の大戦ではーー中東のような武力紛争というものではなくーー中国とのものだ。こうなると第二次世界大戦など比較にならないほど些細なものに見えるだろう。
The Next Financial Crisis Will Be “The Big One”
次の金融危機は「大物」になるだろう。
Nobody has a crystal ball, but I think you can see the dominos lining up. Will
this be the big one, or will it just be another recession – an
inconvenience, followed by even bigger bubbles? It’s a question of odds.
And the more dominos that lineup – the political, economic, social,
demographic, military, and cultural dominos – the more logical that this
next one is going to be much bigger than what happened in 2008.
That’s why I use the analogy of 2007-2010 being the leading edge of
this hurricane. We’ve had a very big eye of the storm because of
absolutely massive money printing by central banks all over the world.
It’s had the effect of throwing oil on the water.
When we go into the trailing edge of this hurricane, it’s going to be
much worse, much different, and much longer lasting than the
unpleasantness of 2007-2010. Why? Because that was caused by inflation
and debt. We’ve had vastly more of that over the last decade to paper
over the problems. I think we’re re-entering the hurricane now.
But there’s always some good news. Here the good news is that
most of the real wealth in the world – skills, technologies, buildings,
things of that nature – won’t disappear just because the economy
collapses. Most of the real wealth will still be here. It’s just going
to change ownership. しかしいつものことながら良い知らせもある。今回の良い知らせとは、多くの世界の実資産ーースキル、技術、建物、自然ーーどれもが経済崩壊で消え去るわけではない。多くの実資産は生き残るだろう。単にその持ち主が変わるだけだ。
I look forward to moments of crisis – assuming that the system itself
is maintained in more or less its present form. In other words, it’s
possible to look forward to a financial crisis, if you can position
yourself to weather it. Financial crises come and go. It’s possible to
position yourself to profit from a financial crisis.
I’m not, however, looking forward to an economic crisis, or a
political crisis. Those can have major consequences. And I’m absolutely
not looking forward to a cultural crisis, which is by far the most
serious kind. Unfortunately, that is what we’re facing at this point.
Let’s just hope that what’s coming this time, over the next few
years, is limited to a financial crisis. But I don’t expect that’s the
case. I think it’s going to be economic, political, and cultural as
well.
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The Next Decade Will Likely Foil Most Financial Plans by Tyler Durden Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021 - 15:20 Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, There are many individuals in the market today who have never been through an actual “bear market.” These events, while painful, are necessary to “reset the table” for outsized market returns in the future. Without such an event, it is highly likely the next decade will foil most financial plans. 現在の市場参加者の多くは本当の「ベアマーケット」を経験していない。こういう事が起きると、痛みを伴うが、将来の大きなリターンを可能にするために必要なちゃぶ台返しとなる。これがないと、多くのファイナンシャルプランは今後10年ひどいことになりそうだ。 No. The March 2020 correction was not a bear market. As noted: 2020年3月の調整はベアマーケットと呼べるようなものではなかった。以前にも指摘したが: A bull market is when the price of the market is trending higher over a long-term period. ブル相場とは長期に渡り市場価格が上昇するものだ。 A bear market is when the previous advance breaks, and prices begin to trend lower. ベア相場とはこれまでの上昇が止まり、市場価格が下落し始めることだ。 The chart belo...
The Fed And The Treasury Have Now Merged by Tyler Durden Thu, 04/09/2020 - 14:21 Submitted by Jim Bianco of Bianco Research As I've argued, the Fed and the Treasury merged. Powell said this was the case today (from his Q&A): 私はこれまでも申し上げてきたが、すでにFEDと財務省は一体化している。Powell自身がこれに当たると今日話した(彼の Q&Aでのことだ): These programs we are using, under the laws, we do these, as I mentioned in my remarks, with the consent of the Treasury Secretary and the fiscal backing from the congress through the Treasury. And we are doing it to provide credit to households, businesses, state and local governments. As we are directed by the Congress. We are using that fiscal backstop to absorb any losses we have. 我々FEDが今行っている一連のプログラムは、法に基づいており、それを実行している、私が注意喚起したが、 財務長官の同意を得ており、財政に関しては議会の承認も得ている。私どもは家計、ビジネス、連邦地方政府に貸付を行っている。議会の意向のもとに我々は行動している。以下ほどに損失が生じようともそれを財政的に支えている。 Our ability is limited...