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“I see more inflation and more currency turmoil as we go forward. There are huge debt imbalances in the world. U.S. is the largest debtor nation in the world and all the assets are in Asia. The largest creditors in the world are China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore – this is where the assets are and the debts are in the West. Those imbalances have to be resolved. They frequently lead to more currency turmoil. We’ll see more inflation, we’ll see more governments fall. We just saw Tunisia fall – more are coming because the world is going to continue to have these problems, and especially inflation that is going to cause more social unrest.”
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Aaron M
Authors Note: For this edition of Practical Survival Skills, I want to make things more interactive, as I believe that this format is really beneficial for learning. During the “Mesoscale” discussion, I’ll ask the reader a series of questions that they should answer based on their location. If you don’t want to participate in the conversation, that’s perfectly fine! It’s simply an exercise to get you thinking about how to improvise under pressure.
The Survival Saw gives us three hours of exposure before we begin to succumb to the elements.
This essay is going to largely fill the “mainstream” ideas of what constitutes a wilderness shelter, but I believe in simple, effective techniques, practiced towards perfection, and mental flexibility. Once you understand the concepts, it becomes easier to ‘improvise.’ This is critically important here, because it’s extremely difficult for me to write giving adequate consideration to all environments; it’s incumbent on you to learn your area, know its tendencies, and have the mental flexibility to survive.
Practical Survival Skills 101 – Obtaining Shelter
by Aaron MAuthors Note: For this edition of Practical Survival Skills, I want to make things more interactive, as I believe that this format is really beneficial for learning. During the “Mesoscale” discussion, I’ll ask the reader a series of questions that they should answer based on their location. If you don’t want to participate in the conversation, that’s perfectly fine! It’s simply an exercise to get you thinking about how to improvise under pressure.
The Survival Saw gives us three hours of exposure before we begin to succumb to the elements.
This essay is going to largely fill the “mainstream” ideas of what constitutes a wilderness shelter, but I believe in simple, effective techniques, practiced towards perfection, and mental flexibility. Once you understand the concepts, it becomes easier to ‘improvise.’ This is critically important here, because it’s extremely difficult for me to write giving adequate consideration to all environments; it’s incumbent on you to learn your area, know its tendencies, and have the mental flexibility to survive.
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Chris Martenson
"Straight Talk" features thinking from notable minds that the PeakProsperity.com audience has indicated it wants to learn more about. Readers submit the questions they want addressed and our guests take their best crack at answering. The comments and opinions expressed by our guests are their own.
This week's Straight Talk contributor is Paul Kedrosky. Paul is an investor, writer, entrepreneur and editor of the widely-followed econoblog Infectious Greed. He is a prolific engine of commentary on the economy, the markets, and society – often looking through the lens of how technology serves (and dis-serves) all three. Paul is also a Senior Fellow at the Kaufman Foundation, an advisor to Ten Asset Management, The Berkeley Center for Innovative Financial Technology, and other companies and venture capital firms. He tweets tirelessly via @pkedrosky.
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1. You spend your time focusing on the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation and the future of risk capital. From your vantage point, what are the most important trends you see right now to be driving – or threatening – the advancement of our society?
The list is endless. High on that list, however, is financialization: the absurd, uneconomic and disastrous distortions introduced into the U.S. economy by its overreliance on the financial sector.
Straight Talk with Paul Kedrosky: Don’t Count on Technology To Save Us
by Chris Martenson"Straight Talk" features thinking from notable minds that the PeakProsperity.com audience has indicated it wants to learn more about. Readers submit the questions they want addressed and our guests take their best crack at answering. The comments and opinions expressed by our guests are their own.
This week's Straight Talk contributor is Paul Kedrosky. Paul is an investor, writer, entrepreneur and editor of the widely-followed econoblog Infectious Greed. He is a prolific engine of commentary on the economy, the markets, and society – often looking through the lens of how technology serves (and dis-serves) all three. Paul is also a Senior Fellow at the Kaufman Foundation, an advisor to Ten Asset Management, The Berkeley Center for Innovative Financial Technology, and other companies and venture capital firms. He tweets tirelessly via @pkedrosky.
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1. You spend your time focusing on the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation and the future of risk capital. From your vantage point, what are the most important trends you see right now to be driving – or threatening – the advancement of our society?
The list is endless. High on that list, however, is financialization: the absurd, uneconomic and disastrous distortions introduced into the U.S. economy by its overreliance on the financial sector.
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Chris Martenson
The second part of Chris’ interview with Bill Fleckenstein is reserved below for you, our enrolled members.
If you’ve not yet listened to Part 1, click here to do so.
Part 2 of this interview delves into Bill’s vision on where the Fed’s money printing is leading: notably, to a currency and/or bond market crisis.
He and Chris discuss the timing of how quickly such an event could play out, what advance signals to look for, and where investors can position themselves in advance.
Interview with Bill Fleckenstein (Part 2): Outlook for 2011
PREVIEW by Chris MartensonThe second part of Chris’ interview with Bill Fleckenstein is reserved below for you, our enrolled members.
If you’ve not yet listened to Part 1, click here to do so.
Part 2 of this interview delves into Bill’s vision on where the Fed’s money printing is leading: notably, to a currency and/or bond market crisis.
He and Chris discuss the timing of how quickly such an event could play out, what advance signals to look for, and where investors can position themselves in advance.
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Chris Martenson
The second part of Chris’ interview with Marc Faber is reserved below for you, our enrolled members.
If you’ve not yet listened to Part 1, click here to do so.
Part 2 of the interview takes a critical look at longstanding and widely-held assumptions that are dangerous to maintain in today’s reality. America is due for a rude awakening as it increasingly realizes the rest of the world is less dependent upon it (and less respectful of it) than it thinks. Or that there’s not enough global energy supply to keep historic growth trajectories continuing ad infinitum.
Marc discusses his vision for the most likely way in which the current economic situation will play out, plus his specific outlook for 2011 – including the investments he believes are best-suited to the future he sees.
Interview with Marc Faber (Part 2): Prognosis for 2011
PREVIEW by Chris MartensonThe second part of Chris’ interview with Marc Faber is reserved below for you, our enrolled members.
If you’ve not yet listened to Part 1, click here to do so.
Part 2 of the interview takes a critical look at longstanding and widely-held assumptions that are dangerous to maintain in today’s reality. America is due for a rude awakening as it increasingly realizes the rest of the world is less dependent upon it (and less respectful of it) than it thinks. Or that there’s not enough global energy supply to keep historic growth trajectories continuing ad infinitum.
Marc discusses his vision for the most likely way in which the current economic situation will play out, plus his specific outlook for 2011 – including the investments he believes are best-suited to the future he sees.
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