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Tom Mazanec wrote:If hyperinflation is big inflation, how about hyperdepression? Ultradepression? Superdepression?

Suicidal depression?

Matt1989 wrote:The Nuer call something similar the "money of shit."

Perhaps an expletive is warranted at this stage!

Dana Blankenhorn calls it "The big shitpile." Good enough!

This bear just took some of my stock money market fund and bought Family Dollar Stores. If anyone can ride out a financial meltdown, they will. The middle classes are starting to buy there now.

The Grey Badger, who remembers Woolworth surviving until prosperity was a done deal.

Urban masses leaving for the hinterland - and fortifying their holdings - only happened once in my knowledge of world history. During the long, slow crash of the Roman Empire. I doubt we're there yet. However, there has been a trickle of back-to-the-landers and off-gridders which actually started w...

Which leaves me with a question I'm afraid I know the answer to - my water heater dates back to 1998 and I have been lax about having it drained every year, to the point where the plumber said doing so now would make matters worse. The daily paper, in a discussion of energy saving, said tankless hea...

We know where it's going. Let's just hope we aren't the ones providing them the handbasket.

Urban masses leaving for the hinterland - and fortifying their holdings - only happened once in my knowledge of world history. During the long, slow crash of the Roman Empire. I doubt we're there yet. However, there has been a trickle of back-to-the-landers and off-gridders which actually started wi...