
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
In Praise Of Powell
Gold’s Spike Isn’t A “Weimar Moment”
Satellite Mind

A Plausible U.S.-China Grand Bargain

That Escalated Fast
This week escalated fast: Beijing moved to tighten rare-earth export controls, and late Friday the U.S. answered with an additional 100% tariff headline. Markets read “decouple”—but the sequence matters.
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