The Economic Vulture and its Prey
From "Succeed With John Bittleston" TODAY • Monday • June 9, 2008 There will be inflation when something vital to human existence is scarce HALF the people alive today have never experienced serious inflation. They will shortly. At the end of it, many will have starved to death. Those remaining will live in a very different world from that of the past 50 years. Cheap food, easy personal mobility, considerable leisure time, increasingly high medical standards — all these are going to be severely dented by “the enemy within”: Inflation. Can we prevent it? Can we cure it when it happens? How can we cope with it? Societies wake up to threats quite suddenly, having long ignored the warning signs. Those who predicted problems were castigated as pessimists, ignored and mentally pilloried. “Optimism will solve our problems. Let’s be positive.” Yes, indeed, but let’s be realistic first. The planet is not short of food or energy. It can support more people if we conserve a responsible ...