Archive - CONTENTION

Reddit’s short squeeze spree is very bad news

The system’s contradictions are wrecking capital allocation

Jan 28, 2021

U.S. rulers lose the empire on “Liberation Day”

Trump’s trade confusion threatens the U.S. order forever

Apr 8

Is the dollar really in trouble or not?

Long-term, yes, but there’s even bigger trouble before that

Apr 3, 2023

There’s no recession, only a collapse

Phony stats can’t hide the pain working families are feeling

Jun 12, 2024

NFTs hook the greatest fools ever

Plus repos crack, oil surges, China plans

Mar 8, 2021

How Obama killed liberalism

He did nothing and now his party’s all out of ideas

Nov 11, 2024

Interview: France’s anti-austerity turmoil with Marlon Ettinger

Which way will the country turn from here?

Apr 6, 2023

Workers will pay for the Fed’s big screw up

The worst policy error in a generation is an invitation for austerity

Dec 13, 2021

Tesla reports more shady numbers

Plus Fed keeps it frothy, Ford misses chips, Brazil sells out, Credit Suisse stays sorry

May 3, 2021

‘Disruptors’ haven’t fixed anything

There’s not much money in solving real problems

Dec 21, 2022

SVB’s collapse puts the Fed’s errors on display

Rate hikes kill tech bro bank, but the real jobs keep coming

Mar 13, 2023

Contention’s market dead pool 2023, Part 2

Binance, commercial real estate set to crumble

Jan 11, 2023

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