Economics

Local or Alternative Currency in a Community for Higher Economic Sustainability

August 21, 2012

On the ride home from my boss’s office on Monday evening this week, I was thinking about the economy, and the ramifications of economic collapse. I thought about how it would effect where I live in NJ today, and I thought about how it might effect my home town, a small town in rural Pennsylvania. [...]

Tagged as: Barter, Currency, Economics, Economy, Money, Resources

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Endless Fall – Part 1: So It Begins

October 18, 2011

Note: The following is the first installment of a series that represents a first-hand chronicle of a fictional economic collapse in the United States. No one can say with any certainty how such an event would unfold or the social impact it would have. This series is to be viewed as only one possible scenario. [...]

Tagged as: civil unrest, Economics, Economy, Entertainment, Govern

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I Am “SO” Out of Touch

October 18, 2011

It’s true… I spent the weekend with a friend in AZ close to Fort Hauchuca. Sierra Vista, AZ to be exact. This is a friend I met when we were in the 6th grade in middle school. We’ve known each other for about 27 years. One of my oldest friends. Now, to give you some color, [...]

Tagged as: Economics, Economy, Friendship, Personal, SHTF

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A Cold Winter in Urbania

June 14, 2011

It may not be the coldest winter on record but the winter of 2010/2011 sure felt like it was in the Northeast. And it is definitely one of the snowiest in living memory and on record. Pretty much every week since the beginning of the New Year has brought a snow storm. Fortunately the price [...]

Tagged as: Economics, Economy, Energy/Power, Oil, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Weather, winter

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Thinking About Buying Rural Land for Your Bug Out Location

May 30, 2011

Land in a rural area for a Bug Out Location is romantic thought for me, and recently I have been looking at prices within a couple hour drive of where I live in an area that is the polar opposite of where I live. I make some notes about a year ago around the prices [...]

Tagged as: Bug Out Location, Economics, Land, Preparedness, Rural Land

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Saturday Videos

May 14, 2011

Individual First Aid Kit NYC / Urban EDC Kit Economics: Does Wealth Evaporate Or Is It Transferred? – Mike Maloney of WealthCycles.com Scenario Video–First spring after the crash (WROL) “Be Sure to Wave” Leatherman Review by Nutnfancy The beginning of the underground bug out shelter.

Tagged as: Economics, first aid, Gear, Videos, WROL

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The Short on Shortages.

April 19, 2011

Briefly, I want to think Suburban for the opportunity to post on his blog. Onward… I’ve been thinking about “shortages”. What it really means to have a “shortage”. As I walk down the isles of my local supermarkets I still see full shelves of a wide variety of fresh good quality foods. And thankfully still [...]

Tagged as: Economics, Economy, Food, Food Shortages

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Mike Rowe On on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor

September 28, 2010

I particularly like this video, especially because Mike expresses his thoughts on American Labor. They parallel mine. This video is sort of humorous, but bear with it until you get to the American Labor portion.

Tagged as: Economics, Economy

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Yikes, Inflation, Deflation, Bankers, and the Future

September 24, 2010

I saw this on TheSurvivalistBlog.net yesterday, but only Part One was listed on the site. I watched it, and this made so much sense to me I found parts one and two and wanted to share with you. Mike Maloney discusses inflation, deflation, and more and quite probably pisses everyone in the conference room off, [...]

Tagged as: Economics, Economy

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