By David Stockman
David Stockman's Contra Corner  

May 9, 2026

Here is a salient place to start regarding the economic impact of the Donald's misbegotten war on Iran: To wit, approximately 7 billion ton-miles of freight moves by truck each and every day in the USA, which heavy truck fleet consumes upwards of 2.9 million barrels per day (mb/d) of diesel fuel.

Alas, the price of diesel fuel was about $3.55/gallon both a year ago and as of early January 2026, but has since soared by more than+$2.00 per gallon to around $5.60 recently.

By Doug Casey
International Man  

May 8, 2026

International Man: Kevin Warsh looks likely to replace Jerome Powell as Fed chair, and the market seems to assume he'll be more willing to cut rates than Powell was. What's your take on him?

Doug Casey: Before we look at Warsh, let's look at what a Fed Chair can do.

The Fed has 12 governors, but we generally only hear about the Chairman. While he's only got one of the 12 votes, the others traditionally follow his lead because of his prominence and extra powers.

Massive spending even from Republicans is causing a fast change to gold-based contracts that will free us from USA governments' spending and inflating.  

By James Anthony  

May 8, 2026

Total government debt now exceeds the total in the peak war-associated year, 1946, and is exceeded only by the total in the peak covid-associated year, 2020. As of FY 2025, total government debt is 137% of GDP.

By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com 

May 8, 2026

Refusing to recognize, much less actually fix, what's broken hurries our collective rendezvous with consequences.

We've come to an interesting juncture in history, interesting because while we're being assured that AI will solve all problems, including any it creates, back in the real world, AI is incapable of fixing what's broken because too many people are getting rich off the status quo, and since the status quo is the problem, those who own / control AI will use it to maintain the status quo, guaranteeing that what's broken spirals into irreversible breakdown.

By Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics  

May 6, 2026

The U.S. Treasury has now frozen $344 million in cryptocurrency tied to Iran, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who announced sanctions targeting multiple digital wallets allegedly connected to Tehran. Most people will view this story narrowly through the lens of sanctions on Iran or Middle East politics. The larger issue is far more important.

SchiffGold.com  

May 6, 2026

Last week, Peter joined Caroline at The Street for a discussion about the state of the economy and the future of the global reserve currency. He warns listeners that the U.S. faces deeper trouble than most realize and that the fallout could touch everything from stocks to sovereign credit and the value of the dollar. He moves through markets-equities, bonds, Bitcoin, and gold-arguing that policy mistakes and excessive monetary expansion set the stage for a major repricing of risk.

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Des installations de l'usine de liquéfaction de gaz de Ras Laffan, au Qatar. [Photo d'illustration]

5 mai 2026, 19:35

Sur fond de guerre contre l'Iran, le commissaire européen à l'Énergie Dan Jørgensen redoute que les pays du Golfe mettent des années à retrouver leurs capacités de production.

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Une station d'essence géante Buc-ee's aux États-Unis. [Photo d'illustration]

4 mai 2026, 13:54

Les prix de l'essence poursuivent leur hausse aux États-Unis, portés par les tensions liées à la guerre contre l'Iran. Selon l'AAA, l'augmentation frôle les 50 % depuis le 28 février, avec une progression de 0,35 dollar en une semaine.

par Guillaume Serafino

En seulement deux mois, Ormuz s'est transformé en un laboratoire expérimental de dédollarisation et de multipolarisation économique, où la projection de puissance de Washington est sérieusement remise en question, comme jamais auparavant.

Dans un paradoxe géopolitique clairement inquiétant, la guerre éclair que les États-Unis ont lancée contre l'Iran dans le but de projeter leur puissance en Asie occidentale et d'éliminer une puissance du nouvel ordre multipolaire est devenue une menace stratégique pour le vestige le plus important de la puissance impériale américaine, le pétrodollar, qui suit désormais une trajectoire similaire, au ralenti, à celle de l'ouroboros mythologique.

par Les affaires mondiales en contexte

La technologie est désormais une arme géopolitique - et la France fait un geste audacieux. En abandonnant Microsoft Windows au profit de Linux, la France fait un pas vers une véritable souveraineté numérique et rompt sa dépendance vis-à-vis des géants technologiques américains tels que Microsoft, Google et Amazon.

S'agit-il du début d'un basculement mondial