Chris Martenson's Blog

Economic Researcher & Futurist, Author

Dr. Chris Martenson is an independent economist and author of a popular website, PeakProsperity.com. His Crash Course video series explores the intertwining significance of the “three E’s”—the economy, energy, and environment and offers articulate, dynamic insight into the workings of our monetary system.

Chris earned a PhD in neurotoxicology from Duke University, and an MBA from Cornell University. A fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, Chris’s work has appeared on PBS and been cited by the Washington Post. He is a contributor to SeekingAlpha.com.

Chris is an accomplished presenter who has offered the Crash Course seminar all over the United States. The online course has been translated into several languages, and been viewed over 1.5 million times. His website offers both daily free content as well as a newsletter service for enrolled members. His goal is to help as many people understand that we are in the midst of a profound economic shift and that equally profound risks and opportunities lie in our future. For those that can see them coming, tremendous advantages exist.

Gordon Chang: The Reasons For China's Imminent Bust

The Global Narrative on China is Wrong

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China will suffer a hard economic landing soon, disrupting many of the expectations the West is depending on

The Real Contagion Risk

How Europe's Credit Contagion Will Spread to the US Treasury Market

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Around here we like to track things from the outside in, as the initial movements at the periphery tend to give us an early warning of when things might go wrong at the center. It is always the marginal country, weakest stock in a sector, or fringe population that gives us the early warning that trouble is afoot.

Occupy Wall Street: What’s Really Going On

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On Friday, October 7th, a beautiful blue-sky and warm-ish October day, I went to Zuccotti Park in NYC with Livio Sanchez (film editor) and Debby Brand (camera operator) to see firsthand what Occupy Wall Street was all about and record what we could.

Big Trouble Brewing

The Probability of A Near-Term Market Crash Is Growing Uncomfortably High

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I do not toss around the idea of a market crash lightly. If you've been following me long enough, you know that only in very rare instances do I issue a cautionary Alert (I've only issued four since my website launched in 2008), and I am generally not given to hyperbole.

The Economy Is on The Ropes and Going Down

We are down to the wire in terms of time to prepare

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The world that Europe, the US and Japan are desperately trying to sustain is no longer possible in a world of too much debt and too expensive energy.

Commodities Look Set to Rocket Higher

The Deflationists Are Wrong

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I've been asked to comment on the work of a few noted deflationists who are calling for a top in commodity prices here. Their argument is pretty clear cut: Because inflation is a function of available money plus credit (their definition), and because credit has fallen, deflation is what comes next.

Joel Salatin: How to Prepare for the Localized Future

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Reality is going to force us to take more personal responsibility in our ecological lifestyle decisions

Charles Hugh Smith: Why Local Enterprise Is the Solution

Develop local income streams

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Prosper by removing your capital from the Wall Street machine

Gold Surging: Buy Mining Stocks?

Not So Fast, Says Frank Barbera

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Mining stocks are likely to get caught in the overall market downdraft before they reverse and realize their true potential.

Debt Ceiling Dilemma: The Foul Choice Facing Investors

Money is trapped

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Bernanke has engineered an ugly choice between guaranteed losses via negative real compounding and taking on imprudent investment risk.

Financial Sense Wealth Management: Invest With Us
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