The World Bank estimates that an Asian Avian Flu pandemic could cost up to $2 Trillion Dollars [1]. That is assuming 70 million deaths worldwide. My personal estimation is that their figure is low, since the pandemic itself won’t be the biggest killer–rather, that will be the economic displacement (if not a full scale economic collapse) that will be induced by the pandemic.
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The U.S. personal savings rate goes negative [2].
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The biggest North Face outdoor gear sale of the year just started at Moosejaw.com. [4] (Moosejaw is one of our affiliate [5] advertisers.) The sale runs through the end of July. Take a look.