Charles Hugh Smith is the author of the oftwominds.com blog, #7 in CNBC's top alternative financial sites, and nine books on our economy and society, including "Why Things Are Falling Apart and What We Can Do About It," "The Nearly Free University and the Emerging Economy," "Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy" and most recently, "A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All." His work is published on a number of popular financial websites including Zero Hedge, Financial Sense, and David Stockman’s Contra Corner.