I have been re-reading James Howard Kunstler’s “The Long Emergency” recently and I recommend you read it, if you haven’t already. Kunstler is a big thinker and, unfortunately for his career, is not on board with the happy-face mood of our country. His is not the message America wants to hear at this moment, but if you want to see around the next turn of fate to protect yourself and your assets, you need to get familiar with what he has to say.
For a prophet of doom, Kunstler is a lot of fun to read — a big improvement over the Old Testament prophets. I think you could summarize his attitude to his writing with the phrase, “You’ve got to laugh to keep from crying.” And he will make you laugh!
He writes somewhat like Hunter S. Thompson, but describes the real world with humorous insight rather than his personal hallucinations. Continue reading →








