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housing and anti progress substack charles hugh smith s substack subscribe sign in home podcast notes archive about housing and anti progress we discuss the decline of housing affordability as anti progress latest 2 31 our foundations have rotted away while the bubble benefited the top 10 latest top discussions 2 31 our foundations have rotted away while the bubble benefited the top 10 if you want to argue argue with the data sorry the data won aug 12 charles hugh smith 12 3 1 58 economics measures what s easy to measure not what matters economics is akin to an ancient cult glorifying a temple of fabricated gods aug 10 charles hugh smith 9 2 2 07 the american dream is dead stop denying it the american dream is dead but we don t dare admit we can t bear to admit it because the only possible result of this is revolution aug 8 charles hugh smith 15 2 6 2 18 a beggar s banquet of solutions my substack serves this purpose taking control of and improving our own quality of life and security aug 6 charles hugh smith 6 1 1 56 the joyless pantomime of going through the motions we don t need therapy and supplements we need out aug 5 charles hugh smith 2 1 2 12 this is the golden age of the big con our naivete is being exploited so ruthlessly and with such abandon that the golden age of the big con is consuming itself aug 4 charles hugh smith 5 1 2 19 why finance won t save us of all the things no one sees coming one of the greatest shocks will be the failure of finance to fix what s breaking down aug 3 charles hugh smith 8 2 2 14 get the flock out of here our privatized surveillance system we re being consumed by privatized totalitarianism along with our democracy and liberty jul 29 charles hugh smith 9 1 3 see all 2026 charles hugh smith privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts