@Peak Prosperity
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Chris Martenson — economist on the 'three E's': economy, energy, environment. Long-form macro analysis.
16 videos in Money
Will Things Devolve Far Enough to Trigger The Great Taking?
Two-hour conversation on protecting household assets against financial-system collapse scenarios, covering account structures, ownership risks, and the Great Taking thesis.
It's Intentional, Which Means It's All Going to Get Worse, Not Better
Thirteen-minute analysis connecting Persian Gulf oil disruption to global economic contraction risk, with household preparation framing.
Surviving the Inflationary Money Flood
79-minute analysis of global monetary policy, energy price shocks, and how households can position against coming high inflation.
Inflation's Back And It Brought Friends
Chris Martenson and Paul Kiker analyze the global bond selloff, rising producer price inflation, and the case for a 1970s-style double-hump inflationary regime.
Cheap Money Ends Where Real Pain Begins
Discussion of extreme stock valuations versus historical metrics, margin debt, and the case for shifting from equities to commodities and emerging markets.
China Watches America Pawn The Furniture?
Martenson and Seyker examine collapsing U.S. oil inventories, strategic reserve drawdowns, rising natural gas demand from data centers, and China's advantage
Sovereign Bonds Are Flashing an Urgent Warning
Hour-and-a-half analysis of the global bond rout, inflation dynamics, and implications for retirement and real estate.
The Scramble For Shiny Things Begins
Martenson walks through silver and platinum price charts, Chinese demand surges, and copper supply struggles across major global mines.
Exponential Growth Eats Your Lunch Quietly
Martenson explains exponential growth through the doubling-time thought experiment, then applies it to declining copper discoveries and coming food price pressures.
Inflation Isn't Coming, It's Already Here
Martenson compares 2025 inflation dynamics to the 1970s, projects 18% inflation within two years, and explains why rising bond yields signal the end of the current fiat regime.
US Natural Gas Shortfalls by 2030: The Math
Economist walks through data-center demand, LNG exports, and reserve math to show why domestic natural gas may tighten sharply.
The Commodity Bull Market Has Begun (But So Has Inflation)
Economist breaks down the commodity supercycle, critical mineral shortages, and what inflation's return means for household purchasing power.
The US Is Exporting Like Mad as Global Oil Stocks Deplete at a Record Pace
Why US energy exports today set up price shocks tomorrow. Sixteen minutes on the math behind depleting reserves.
Markets Running On Presidential Fan Fiction
Martenson and Kerr analyze extreme vertical moves in global equity markets as blowoff-top behavior driven by belief Trump will prevent downside.
Negotiations Crumble as Gasoline and Diesel Prices Rise to a National Record
Chris Martenson's analysis of US-Iran tension, oil executive sentiment, and fuel price trajectory as context for preparedness planning.
Oil Supply Shocks and Market Positioning
Ten-minute read on Middle East supply disruption, inventory depletion, and what large capital moves signal about energy scarcity.