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If you haven’t given serious consideration to what you’d do in an economic crisis, there are some things you should know. Jeff Thomas has some very clear lessons from history for those who are inclined to say, “If it gets bad, I’ll go to Idaho” and don’t have an actual plan in place.
I see validity in the Fourth Turning model and its historical cycles. If you want a detailed but highly condensed explanation of this approach to history as well as what’s currently playing out economically, Dr. Shanon Brooks has an enlightening essay on The Shrinking Hegemon: a fourth turning reality.