Category Archives: What to do

Iran succeeds in reducing birth rate without coercion

Posted on May 4, 2014 by

How Iran Became One of the World’s Most Futuristic Countries  May 2, 2014  Annalee Newitz In Iran, during the 1980s conflict with Iraq, the Ayatollah Khomeini instituted new government regulations that encouraged women to have as many children as they … Continue reading →

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John Howe on one child per woman: still too high to stay under oil depletion curve

Posted on May 2, 2014 by

[In the graph below, you can see that “Howe’s slide says that even with 1 child per female we don’t stay under a depletion curve of 1% per year” — private communication from Charles A. S. Hall May 13, 2012] … Continue reading →

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Why Treasury Bills are likely to be safe for at least a few years

Posted on May 1, 2014 by

my comment: SHORT-TERM 4-week or 13-week treasury BILLS that is Apr 19, 2012   Ilargi at the automaticearth.com Mauldin: unproductive government debt is killing us. So we either make some big, tough collective decisions, and make them soon; or we come … Continue reading →

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Investing – random advice that may be great or awful

Posted on April 24, 2014 by

Be sure to read Nicole Foss and Gail Tverberg to understand the deflationary situation we’re in since investing for deflation is different from inflation. You Gotta Eat Fertilizer stocks.  MOS, etc.  They’re the most volatile Viterra (VT:tsx) and Alliance Grain … Continue reading →

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Have Cash by Nicole Foss July 3, 2010

Posted on April 16, 2014 by

Since we at The Automatic Earth generally tell people to hold cash or cash equivalents, it makes sense to expand on that a little, and to point out some of the location-specific risks of doing so. Eventually you should get … Continue reading →

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The need for trust

Posted on April 15, 2014 by

Beyond the Trust Horizon  Oct 1, 2010  Nicole Foss   theautomatic earth Relationships of trust are the glue that holds societies together. Trust takes a long time to establish, and much less time to destroy, hence societies where trust is wide-spread, … Continue reading →

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Marc Faber

Posted on April 14, 2014 by

‘Buy farmland and gold,’ advises Dr Doom. 2010. business.timesonline.co.uk The world’s most powerful investors have been advised to buy farmland, stock up on gold and prepare for a “dirty war” by Marc Faber, the notoriously bearish market pundit, who predicted … Continue reading →

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Food Rationing

Posted on April 6, 2014 by

Many nations during war or hard times institute food rationing to make sure there’s enough for everyone and to prevent the connected few from buying up more than their share and selling food at prices several times higher Venezuela Issues … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous Advice

Posted on April 5, 2014 by

oildrum comment on how to spend time & assets Based on your age, we recommend on a weekly basis: hrs/week 40  job 10  building or training around self sufficiency 4  recreation 8  local group activitives And for your assets: 25%  … Continue reading →

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Education

Posted on April 5, 2014 by

Jan 14, 2008  DISARRAY  by James Howard Kunstler We’d better prepare psychologically to downscale all institutions, including government, schools and colleges, corporations, and hospitals. All the centralizing tendencies and gigantification of the past half-century will have to be reversed. Government … Continue reading →

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