In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. Today’s graphic shows the relative size of teh U.S. and European economies. The US GDP used to be smaller than Western Europe’s combined, but today it is larger than Europe’s entire economy. The thumbnail below is click-expandable.
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(Graphic courtesy of Reddit [2] and GeoUniverse.)
Economics & Investing Links of Interest
- Reader D.S.V, recommended this piece over at Lew Rockwell’s site: Prepping for a Cashless Control Grid: How Digital Currency Becomes Digital Control [3].
- Trump Says Inflation Will Pay Off The $40 Trillion Debt “Very Rapidly” [4]. JWR’s Comment: Tell that to Zimbabweans.
- US inflation rises below expectations in August, gives the Fed breathing space [5].
- High diesel prices are projected to take at least another year to return to 2025 levels, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas survey of oil and gas executive [6]s.
- Are wages keeping up with inflation? [7]
- 10 Best Inflation-Proof Investments for 2026 [8].
- Iran’s Economy at Breaking Point: Inflation, Falling Incomes and a Crisis That Reaches into Every Home [9].
- At The Daily Bell: Silver Miners Are Making $44 an Ounce. Here’s How Stacking Silver Measures Up Against the Average American Savings Account [10].
- Off the chart: Norway’s Gasoline & Diesel Prices [11]. JWR Adds: You may recall that one US gallon equals 3.785 liters. So, at $3.12 per liter, that equates to $11.80 per US gallon!
- Dr. Ron Paul’s comments on tariffs: Trump’s Other War [12].
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday at his rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, temporarily permitting red-dyed off-road diesel on highways and postponing federal excise tax payments on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties [13].
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