“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” ~ Philip K. Dick
By Catherine Austin Fitts
Dr. Mark Skidmore is a professor of Economics and holds the Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University (MSU). He also serves as Director of MSU’s North Central Regional Center for Rural Development.
Dr. Skidmore joined our event hosted by Rob Kirby in Toronto in August. He graciously took time before returning to Michigan to share his latest thinking about how to manage our “map” of reality. These insights reflect his journey from “official reality” to expanding his understanding of the world as a result of the financial crisis and bailouts, reviewing $21 trillion of undocumentable adjustments in the federal accounts, and witnessing the adoption of FASAB 56.
We discuss the challenges of understanding and navigating a reality and “official reality” that are increasingly divergent and how to avoid being misled by nonsense along the way. Based on my discussion with subscribers, finding a sensible approach to the fracturing of the world around us is of great importance.
In Let’s Go to the Movies, I review American Factory, a new documentary about a Chinese company factory in Dayton, Ohio, that revives a shuttered General Motors plant and grapples with achieving profitability amid culture clashes and the growing pressure of automation.
Subscribers can e-mail or post questions and story suggestions for Money & Markets for September 12th here.
Talk to you Thursday!
I wish I could hear the interview. It was hard to follow because good parts we inaudible.
Thank you.
Gina:
Several of us had listened to it – no problem. However, I had a team member check just now to make sure. Here was their reply:
“All good. – There was a tiny moment where Dr. Skidmore went off mic and that might have been the reason why the subscriber couldn’t hear. It’s not major and the audio is very high quality. If anything I lowered the volume.”
Is there anything else you can tell me about your experience that would help me figure out what happened?
Catherine
Must be the device. I’ll use another. Sorry.
Always appreciate the feedback. Important to get to the bottom of these things and figure out what is happening.
Another great interview. I heard enough last week to connect with the Solari collective pondering how to navigate multiple realities. Solari subscribers are becoming an influential collective. Not surprisingly I have been evaluating how to go forward now that I have discovered everyone I know is in the Left Coast reality. It’s a good thing I’m an intuitive introvert, the spiritual world is a visible comfort.
Most of the people I know a afraid, many think it’s the end of the world. Everyone is angry here , on edge. That is not surprising with the sheer number of gigantic 5 G towers I have found as I drive around looking at what’s going on in Washington State Opportunity Zones. Good Grief, I don’t know how we are all functioning.
Something Catherine said has helped me understand how to retool conversation.
You said the Nationalist on both right and Left, the Yellow Vests, the Chinese in Hong Kong are all pushing back against the same thing, it has different faces but we are all fed up with the same inhuman forces. Paraphrased but I say this to everyone. When I do a momentary unity appears between myself and the other human. Thanks for the Turtling forward.
Prayers are with you and Dr. Skidmore.
This is good news. There is, indeed, always a way. Turtle, turtle….
Hmmmm….let me check. Should not be. The audio quality on this one was good as I was able to record in person.
Gina – do you have time stamps for where you experienced it being inaudible?
I wish I could hear the interview. It was hard to follow because good parts we inaudible.
Thank you.
Gina:
Several of us had listened to it – no problem. However, I had a team member check just now to make sure. Here was their reply:
“All good. – There was a tiny moment where Dr. Skidmore went off mic and that might have been the reason why the subscriber couldn’t hear. It’s not major and the audio is very high quality. If anything I lowered the volume.”
Is there anything else you can tell me about your experience that would help me figure out what happened?
Catherine
Must be the device. I’ll use another. Sorry.
Always appreciate the feedback. Important to get to the bottom of these things and figure out what is happening.
Another great interview. I heard enough last week to connect with the Solari collective pondering how to navigate multiple realities. Solari subscribers are becoming an influential collective. Not surprisingly I have been evaluating how to go forward now that I have discovered everyone I know is in the Left Coast reality. It’s a good thing I’m an intuitive introvert, the spiritual world is a visible comfort.
Most of the people I know a afraid, many think it’s the end of the world. Everyone is angry here , on edge. That is not surprising with the sheer number of gigantic 5 G towers I have found as I drive around looking at what’s going on in Washington State Opportunity Zones. Good Grief, I don’t know how we are all functioning.
Something Catherine said has helped me understand how to retool conversation.
You said the Nationalist on both right and Left, the Yellow Vests, the Chinese in Hong Kong are all pushing back against the same thing, it has different faces but we are all fed up with the same inhuman forces. Paraphrased but I say this to everyone. When I do a momentary unity appears between myself and the other human. Thanks for the Turtling forward.
Prayers are with you and Dr. Skidmore.
This is good news. There is, indeed, always a way. Turtle, turtle….
Hmmmm….let me check. Should not be. The audio quality on this one was good as I was able to record in person.
Gina – do you have time stamps for where you experienced it being inaudible?
Dr.Mark Skidmore is my favorite Solari Report guest.
Such an intelligent, honest and humble man. There is hope for us.
Thank you Mark!
Dr.Mark Skidmore is my favorite Solari Report guest.
Such an intelligent, honest and humble man. There is hope for us.
Thank you Mark!
This was an excellent interview just for the sage advice about how to help (or not help) others who haven’t crossed the bridge into Reality to find their way to some of the important intersections without doing psychological damage or necessarily ruining relationships.
This has definitely been difficult for me. My journey into disillusionment and Reality started around 15 years ago and it is hard to remember now when talking to someone who lives entirely in Official Reality what it was like to be there and how difficult / painful it was initially to move out of that zone.
Thanks as always!
Thank you! Delighted to hear that you found it useful. Navigating these zones can be so very tricky.
This was an excellent interview just for the sage advice about how to help (or not help) others who haven’t crossed the bridge into Reality to find their way to some of the important intersections without doing psychological damage or necessarily ruining relationships.
This has definitely been difficult for me. My journey into disillusionment and Reality started around 15 years ago and it is hard to remember now when talking to someone who lives entirely in Official Reality what it was like to be there and how difficult / painful it was initially to move out of that zone.
Thanks as always!
Thank you! Delighted to hear that you found it useful. Navigating these zones can be so very tricky.