Friday, October 1, 2010

The Boomer Chronicles

The Boomer Chronicles

Our Crummy Economy: A Scary Roundup

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 08:09 AM PDT

I learned a new word recently: prepper. It’s a name for a person who is preparing for the complete and total collapse of the U.S. economy. Some of them have stockpiled emergency food supplies, others have built fallout shelters reminiscent of the kind that were popular in this country at mid-century. Apparently, a lot of people are preparing for the collapse of the economy. Right now, I’m reading The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century by James Howard Kunstler. It’s not a book for the weak of heart. It’s about how our fossil fuel is running out and how everything we are accustomed to in our modern lives is fuel-dependent.

And here are just a few other selected links for your perusal:

15 signs that the ‘double dip’ in housing has begun

In this video, Robert Reich compares our current economic strife to that of the Great Depression

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