In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. Here is a world map with national surface areas relatively distorted by their total number of annual births. As you can see, Muslim-dominated Indonesia is growing rapidly, while Australia and New Zealand have pitiful birth rates. (Refer to my novel Expatriates for my predictions on Indonesia’s eventual territorial ambitions.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.
(Graphic courtesy of Reddit.)
Economics & Investing Links of Interest
- JP Morgan: The market’s inflation fears are running ahead of reality.
- USDA: Food Price Outlook – Summary Findings.
- Even if the Iran war ended today, US fuel prices aren’t likely to normalize this year.
- The U.S. economy is booming — just not where 50 million Americans live.
- Some incisive commentary on the UK and US housing markets in this video from Neil McCoy Ward: 139 Years Wiped Out In A Single Day (This Collapse Is Now Unstoppable).
- Fox Business: Federal budget deficit projected to hit $2 trillion this fiscal year, ranking among largest in US history.
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