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Doomers,
I have been reading that kind of post since forever on this board. So far NOTHING has come true. The supermarket shelfes are stocked, the ATM works, the credit card works, the bank is open, ...

For all but the most complex technical problems, software and textbooks are available that will enable a monkey to do reasonably good engineering work.

You haven't worked with a freshly gruadu ...

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Finally somebody with some sense, thank you.

Really? So you just give up? Just like that? That's good news for me, one guy less means more for me. Thanks.

So you're planning to be a slave?
nope, I got plenty of healthy farm land, I'm going ...

Sorry no, I don't think so. You cannot farm depleted soil without fertilizer and wihout animals with starving people as labor. The slavery model will not work now.

See you on the Other Side. ...

And even if the farmers keep up with production, many people cannot afford the high prices of produce. At Krogers a butternut squash was $7, a large apple was $1.85, a rutabaga was $3, an artichoke ne ...

Should fuel shortages hit the US, rationing will be the solution (cf. WWII). Studying the history of the 1930s and 1940s will seem like looking into a crystal ball into the future.
when (not should) ...

1st off, there is no such thing as "free market economy".
the definition of free market is not dependent on its existence.
I said in a free market there are no shortages. I did not say it exists. Ne ...

Education about PO? Like what, some economics school?
of course, like for example the definition of an ideal free market or what a distorted market is. do you know it? (some advice on the side: don' ...

THERE ARE NO SHORTAGES IN A FREE MARKET.In 4 years of following this board, I don't think I've laughed as hard as I just did.
Already 4 years on the board and you still didn't finish high school, du ...

You don't get it. So you pay them a higher salary in order for them to afford gas to get to work. Everyone gets paid more to get gas to go to work. Now everyone can afford gas again. Not enough gas t ...

you won't get anything. you know why? cause the poor sap that runs the cash register at the gas station won't be able to get there. get the picture yet?
you don't get it, do you? If I own the gas st ...

and let me say that rationing IS the correct thing to do once shortages hit. the system we have is only as strong as some of it's weaker links.
for example, what good does it do anyone if the owner ...

One gauge of the severity of the financial crisis could be the strength of the dollar.

The value of the dollar will stop sliding once the US trade gap closes. And at +$50b / month of negative tra ...

So when a perceived authority, like the President, or even your financial advisor, or your banker says....
Not sure about that. There is simply too much information out there for a single person to v ...