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The USA has become the DSA, the Divided States of America. Even the Middle East is dividing in unexpected ways. Qatar was just banned from the Arab League club. Iran, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Russia … explosive land mines are being laid across the globe. Amid all the turbulence and uncertainty, the world has not gone up in smoke and...

A Globalnomic® view of the world

Tensions continue to heat up between the US and North Korea. The new US administration’s strengthening of alliances with Middle East monarchies and Israel has expanded war fronts. The trigger points for World War III grow. Even as war drums beat louder, the economic struggles of many countries are stirring civil unrest. Dissatisfaction with the power elite in governments and...

Globalnomic® mid-year report

With President Donald Trump bearing down on completing his first six turbulent months in office, which have rattled the halls of Congress and governments worldwide, this in-depth feature with global forecaster Gerald Celente provides the perspective you need to understand how these events are forming future trends. PROTECTIONISM, POPULISM, PROMISES, PITFALLS What can we expect from Washington and the Trump...

Trend-tracking lesson

“When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, little babies… that crosses… many lines.” Those were President Donald Trump’s words following news of a chemical attack on Syrian citizens on April 4 — an incident the media claim was orchestrated by President Bashar al-Assad. At least 86 people, including 30 children, died in the attacks. Mainstream and social media were flooded...

Trendpost

The fact-ignorant, saber-rattling media is, of course, nothing new. In 2013, when the scope of the war in Syria was expanding dramatically and the threat of chemical weapons became more serious, the Trends Research Institute analyzed the unfolding crisis by outlining the “four steps to war:” “Taking the nation to war requires winning popular support, a process that follows a...

Land mines ahead?

Tracking trends is an understanding of where we are and how we got here to forecast where we’re going. It may sound simple, but in a society dumbed down by a daily diet of mainstream-media junk news, the past is ancient history. What is recalled is mostly distorted to fit agendas. Go back to The Great Trump Equity Rally that...

TREND FORECAST

Our 2017 US geoeconomic forecast is for more of the same — with increasing probabilities of much worse. For example, the potential for economic panic will dramatically increase should war tensions in the Middle East and with North Korea escalate, or major debt-laden nations such as Japan, Italy, China, etc., falter, and/or social unrest continues to escalate and spread in...

Fake news? How about fake advertising?

It’s a scam. It’s a grand deception. It’s a colossal failure. It’s a mass of data confusion and contradictions rammed down the throats of individuals, businesses and industries. It doesn’t work. It has no future. “It” is digital advertising. You’ll remember the promise of the glorious future of online marketing and advertising. A mere decade ago, news media, entertainment, sports,...