By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com
December 6, 2025
The conclusion that soaring asset prices mean the economy is strong is a hallucination that goes unrecognized because the entire financial system is hallucinating.
Consider the data that the financial sector bases conclusions / decisions on (i.e. the data that the financial sector "trains" on) in a Bubble Economy like the present. The Bubble Economy's core goal is to inflate the valuation of assets not by increasing utility-value or productivity but by artificially expanding credit and leverage.