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Why the Next Recession Will Be the Catalyst for Depression

This is why a recession will catalyze a collapse of the credit-asset bubble-dependent economy down to its foundations.

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Charles Hugh Smith
Jan 27, 2026
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Narrative control works by having a pat answer for every skepticism and every doubt. Boiled down, the dominant narrative holds that the Federal Reserve (central banking) and the central government have the tools to quickly reverse any dip in GDP, a.k.a. recession, and return the economy to expansion.

The unstated foundation of this narrative is that rece…

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