Eric sent a link to a London Telegraph article: Financial crisis: Default by the US government is no longer unthinkable [1].
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Wayne S. suggested this article: Great Myths of the Great Depression [2]. Wayne’s comment: “I found it to be a great educational primer on the Great Depression. It is interesting to draw parallels with today’s tumultuous times and MOAB with the government policies of the 1929-to-1941 Depression years.”
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Eric also found this important tidbit in The Des Moines Register: Brasher: Corn, soybean supply on brink of shortages [3]. Stock up!
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Laura C. flagged this: What Would Ayn Rand Have Done? [4]
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I’ve been getting first hand and press reports [5] from the southeastern US of gas stations running out of gas. In some locales the little gas that is available selling for $5+ per gallon. It is a good thing that most SurvivalBlog readers have a reserve on hand. Use it wisely.