Economy: Deflation and Depression
If you haven’t read my introduction to currencies you should go read that now. Really, I’ll wait. Now that you’re done, let’s talk about deflation. Most people hear the word deflation and panic because it sounds really darn scary. Actually, deflation is neither good nor bad inherantly. The causes of deflation are the REAL problem. [...]
Read more →Economy: Currency and the Gold Standard
It occurred to me that before I dissect any other economic collapses from the history books I should probably explain some of the basics of currencies and the two types of inflation: Hyperinflation and Deflation. If you already know all of this, feel free to heckle from the back row! On to Currency! What is [...]
Read more →Economy: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse – Weimar Republic
This is the first example of an economic collapse situation I want to highlight. I’ll do a couple different ones so that you, my faithful reader, will have an idea of some of the potential chaos that can happen. Normally this would be more of a scenario but as it’s a real historic event I [...]
Read more →Food Storage: What Rice and Beans Have in Common With My Wife and I
When I told my wife the topic of today’s blog post she looked at me like I was crazy or something. I’m not completely sure what exactly went through her mind, but the look in her eyes… Anyhow, today the topic is Rice and Beans. Rice and Beans, Together Forever Since time began (or at [...]
Read more →Meta: Blogroll Added
I’ve been asked by a few folks what sites I read on a regular basis. Instead of individually answering I decided I should get with the program and add a list of blogs I read over on the side bar. These are good sites that I follow daily and they are HIGHLY recommended!
Read more →General Preparedness: 3 Ways to Secure Your Critical Preparedness Plans
If you are anything like me, you have most of your preparedness material on your computer. I have spreadsheets, records, plans, journals, e-books, scanned records, and just about everything I need on my computer. Don’t get me wrong, I have a big bookshelf as well, but I have a ton of information available to me [...]
Read more →Food Storage: Putting Together your Family Food Storage Plan
I promised an announcement today, here it is! Some of you have been asking me to show you how to put together a long term storage plan in more detail. After thinking about it a bit and discussing it with my wife, we’ve realized that this is a huge undertaking and one that needs to [...]
Read more →General Preparedness: Summer is Gone and Winter is On The Way
Well, that time of year is here again. Summer is over, fall has arrived, and winter is on its way. In our neck of the woods that doesn’t usually include snowfall measured in feet, but we’re pretty well guaranteed a few nice storms. In fact, the winter storm survival scenario I wrote about was based [...]
Read more →Meta: New Posting Schedule and Topics
I occasionally find myself wanting to write some smaller posts, or responses to articles I find on other survival and preparedness blogs. Up until now I’ve avoided doing that in order to not detract focus from my main articles. I’ve decided to experiment a little though and increase my posting frequency a bit. My schedule [...]
Read more →Getting Started: Show Me The Money!
My day job, aside from being a loving father and adoring husband is a very technology centric occupation. I work at a desk and it is somewhat difficult to find jobs in my field outside of urban areas. This does not fit well with our desired lifestyle nor do I find the suburbs a particularly [...]
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