Economics and Investing:

In case you missed this: MIT Predicts Half of Humanity to Be Culled in Post-Industrial Crash

Debasement ahead! Treasury to Cut Costs by Remaking Coins, Replacing Paper. Have you got your nickels stacked up? (A hat tip to Sue W. in Idaho, the first of several readers to send the link.)

Items from The Economatrix:

The Dollars Demise:  Has It Arrived At This?

A Wicked Financial Storm Descends On America

Dueling Economic Banjos Offer No Deliverance

US Expects Drivers to Pay 24 Cents More for Gallon of Gas this Summer