Energy, insurance, and shipping costs are skyrocketing. Inflation is already here. Stagflation is next.
Energy, insurance, and shipping costs are skyrocketing. Inflation is already here. Stagflation is next.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly described sanctions intended to collapse Iran’s economy, exposing the economic campaign behind the bombs.
Washington turned postwar reconstruction into control of markets and allies. Iran cannot be remade by a debtor empire without money or leverage.
Washington demanded $350 billion from South Korea and $550 billion from Japan, showing how tariffs and alliances now function as extraction.
How a Diminishing West Got Scared, Played Its Last Empire Card, and Put World War III Back on the Table
This article began as a letter to a friend and fellow analyst. As the evidence accumulated, it outgrew the envelope.
How networked technology closed the private gaps in American life, how a rentier class captured the government, and why American world power is ending anyway.
On March 3, 2026, the state of Texas held an auction. It was advertised as a Senate primary.
Operation Epic Fury killed Iran’s supreme leader and ignited a regional war. The food price shock that follows will be measured in famines, not headlines.
The campaign rests on certainty that Iran will yield, yet game theory shows Washington must achieve everything while Tehran only needs to survive.