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by Adam Taggart

With the launch of the new book, Chris has been busy delivering the Three E message to a media slowly awakening to the severity of our predicament. Recent world developments (spiking silver/gold/oil/food prices, a plummeting US dollar, renewed PIIGS debt concerns, MENA unrest, and Japan’s woes, to name just a few) are sobering signals that we are far into the timeline that the Crash Course has predicted.

I thought I’d compile some of Chris’ more recent and notable media appearances for those who may not have seen them yet.

BNN

This morning, BNN – Canada’s Business News Network – aired this interview with Chris discussing the implications of the coming energy crunch (click image to launch the video):

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On the Airwaves and InterTubes
by Adam Taggart

With the launch of the new book, Chris has been busy delivering the Three E message to a media slowly awakening to the severity of our predicament. Recent world developments (spiking silver/gold/oil/food prices, a plummeting US dollar, renewed PIIGS debt concerns, MENA unrest, and Japan’s woes, to name just a few) are sobering signals that we are far into the timeline that the Crash Course has predicted.

I thought I’d compile some of Chris’ more recent and notable media appearances for those who may not have seen them yet.

BNN

This morning, BNN – Canada’s Business News Network – aired this interview with Chris discussing the implications of the coming energy crunch (click image to launch the video):

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by Chris Martenson

"In the long run, as decades of capital misallocations and inefficiencies in the global economy get shaken out, there’s going to be a redistribution of the wealth. And I think the wealth is going to go to where it’s treated best.

And at the end of the day, that’s really what I’m looking for: the places that have the most solid fundamentals and the best growth potential."

So states Simon Black, who travels the world (over 20 countries in the past 3 months) in order to assess and report on the investment and lifestyle opportunities offered by various international destinations for the readers of his blog, SovereignMan.com. His boots-on-the-ground observations lead him to conclude that there are a number of resource-rich and fiscally sound developing nations that are much better positioned to meet the future than the US and its developed counterparts. Smart investors, in his opinion, can't afford to ignore the stability and returns (both financial and lifestyle) that these countries offer. They should be asking themselves: Do I have sufficient exposure to these opportunities?

Click the play button below to listen to Chris' interview with Simon Black (runtime 33m:25s):

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In this podcast, Simon details:

Simon Black: The Most Sound Opportunities Are Outside the Western World
by Chris Martenson

"In the long run, as decades of capital misallocations and inefficiencies in the global economy get shaken out, there’s going to be a redistribution of the wealth. And I think the wealth is going to go to where it’s treated best.

And at the end of the day, that’s really what I’m looking for: the places that have the most solid fundamentals and the best growth potential."

So states Simon Black, who travels the world (over 20 countries in the past 3 months) in order to assess and report on the investment and lifestyle opportunities offered by various international destinations for the readers of his blog, SovereignMan.com. His boots-on-the-ground observations lead him to conclude that there are a number of resource-rich and fiscally sound developing nations that are much better positioned to meet the future than the US and its developed counterparts. Smart investors, in his opinion, can't afford to ignore the stability and returns (both financial and lifestyle) that these countries offer. They should be asking themselves: Do I have sufficient exposure to these opportunities?

Click the play button below to listen to Chris' interview with Simon Black (runtime 33m:25s):

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Read the Transcript of the Podcast
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In this podcast, Simon details:

by Chris Martenson

I want to respond to a couple of member questions to the last report.  

Here are two flavors of the same question, written in response to “How This Will All Play Out,”  both wondering why I am advocating that people accelerate their plans, whatever they may be, to become more resilient.

Lemonyellowschwin wrote:

Chris wrote:

“If your plans include moving, selling a house, or making big improvements to your current house, I would strongly recommend putting those plans into high gear.”

Is this because of concerns about rapidly-rising interest rates (killing the ability to buy or sell real estate) and inflation increasing the cost of improvements?

nickbert wrote:

I myself am wondering the same thing. My family and I don’t own any real estate anymore (at least not in the US) and are not planning to buy anytime soon so that’s not an issue for us, but if there is another specific reason I would love to hear it.

As usual, there’s no easy answer to this, such as Because everything will stop working on June 12th, 2012 at 3:05 p.m.!! Nobody knows when the next difficulties will begin, obviously, or how serious they will be. Such is the nature of complex systems.

Given this, the best we can do is constantly weigh and then reweigh the various risks as circumstances change.

Why You Should Get Busy Now
PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

I want to respond to a couple of member questions to the last report.  

Here are two flavors of the same question, written in response to “How This Will All Play Out,”  both wondering why I am advocating that people accelerate their plans, whatever they may be, to become more resilient.

Lemonyellowschwin wrote:

Chris wrote:

“If your plans include moving, selling a house, or making big improvements to your current house, I would strongly recommend putting those plans into high gear.”

Is this because of concerns about rapidly-rising interest rates (killing the ability to buy or sell real estate) and inflation increasing the cost of improvements?

nickbert wrote:

I myself am wondering the same thing. My family and I don’t own any real estate anymore (at least not in the US) and are not planning to buy anytime soon so that’s not an issue for us, but if there is another specific reason I would love to hear it.

As usual, there’s no easy answer to this, such as Because everything will stop working on June 12th, 2012 at 3:05 p.m.!! Nobody knows when the next difficulties will begin, obviously, or how serious they will be. Such is the nature of complex systems.

Given this, the best we can do is constantly weigh and then reweigh the various risks as circumstances change.

by Chris Martenson

How This Will Play Out

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Executive Summary

  • Why downward pressure on the US dollar is building
  • What to expect when the Fed “ends” quantitative easing in June
  • The factors most likely to cause a major breakdown in the dollar
  • What you should do to protect against a dollar collapse
  • Why time is your most precious (and depleting) asset right now

Part I: The Breakdown Draws Near

If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

Part II: How This Will Play Out

Meanwhile…

Inflation continues to climb in every market except the United States, which tells us that US inflation statistics are probably wrong. In a global economy where the dollar is the world’s reserve currency, and given the fact that the dollar is down roughly 8% over the past year, it is practically impossible for inflation to be higher everywhere besides the US.

In Europe, the highest monthly gain in inflation in the record series was just recorded:

How This Will Play Out
PREVIEW by Chris Martenson

How This Will Play Out

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Executive Summary

  • Why downward pressure on the US dollar is building
  • What to expect when the Fed “ends” quantitative easing in June
  • The factors most likely to cause a major breakdown in the dollar
  • What you should do to protect against a dollar collapse
  • Why time is your most precious (and depleting) asset right now

Part I: The Breakdown Draws Near

If you have not yet read Part I, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.

Part II: How This Will Play Out

Meanwhile…

Inflation continues to climb in every market except the United States, which tells us that US inflation statistics are probably wrong. In a global economy where the dollar is the world’s reserve currency, and given the fact that the dollar is down roughly 8% over the past year, it is practically impossible for inflation to be higher everywhere besides the US.

In Europe, the highest monthly gain in inflation in the record series was just recorded:

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