By Charles Hugh Smith Self-reliance in the 21st century is uniquely challenging because we've become overly dependent on globalization and financialization. As things unravel, the one surefire strategy is to chart a course for greater self-reliance. Improving self-reliance has no downside, only upside, and everyone can increase their self-reliance incrementally in small … [Read more...] about Chart a Course To Self-Reliance
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A Wartime Economy: Tips for Financial Survival
By Jose Martinez Navigating a wartime economy can be tricky. If you’re not able to cope, you’ll quickly that your financial emergency has led to a survival emergency. For those who may not know it, my involvement with prepping in Venezuela was almost by coincidence. To be honest, I’ve always been the adventure type, never having run away from calculated risks. … [Read more...] about A Wartime Economy: Tips for Financial Survival
The Rules of Surviving a Black Market Economy
By Fabian Ommar In almost every prepping and survival forum, you will find discussions on bartering in great length and detail. However, the surge of a black market economy will come long before bartering becomes a thing in most SHTFs. Every prepper seems to have their ideas and pre-planned strategies for bartering when the SHTF. But I don’t see the black market discussed … [Read more...] about The Rules of Surviving a Black Market Economy
Prepare For Cost Increases: Americans Warned Prices Will Jump Up
By Mac Slavo The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), a retail trade group, is warning Americans to prepare themselves for a price increase on items such as phones, car seats, and toys. The goods that would be impacted the most are those with the highest share of sourcing from China, RILA said in a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. The … [Read more...] about Prepare For Cost Increases: Americans Warned Prices Will Jump Up