Reader Tim L. suggested economist Roger Garrison’s lecture (MP3 file) titled “The Great Depression” [1]. Time notes: “It is very illuminating since it explains why booms and busts happen and also why the Great Depression was much worse than it had to be.”
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David B. recommend this brief but telling article: Outrage in New Hampshire Over Power Outages [2]
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Ron S. pointed us to a great post by Mike Vanderboegh on the importance of having enough ammo for an extended firefight close at hand, already on stripper clips [3]. Those should of course be stored in ammo cans with gasketed lids, but Mike’s point is a good one–you don’t want to fumbling around with loose ammo from cardboard boxes once bullets start flying
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Three pieces of gloomy economic news, courtesy of Jean in England: Up to fifteen retail giants to go bust next month [4] — IMF’s warning to Britain: Bailouts will need to double to prevent economic collapse [5] — End of the Eldorado dream: A plunging pound and property crash have left thousands of expat Britons on the breadline [6]
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This is the last day for BulletProoofME’s SurvivalBlog-only special. The 30%-off special is $580 for the mil-spec Interceptor Outer Tactical Vest [7]. The similar sale that they ran last year for SurvivalBlog exceedingly large response. This special pricing is only available because of a military contract overrun. Note that they are running low on inventory this time around. All items will be first come, first served. The sale ends at midnight tonight. (December 22nd.)