{"id":21201,"date":"2016-06-23T16:15:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T21:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21201"},"modified":"2016-06-23T16:15:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T21:15:27","slug":"how-to-survive-a-personal-economic-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21201","title":{"rendered":"How to Survive a Personal Economic Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to Survive a Personal Economic Collapse<\/a><\/h3>\n

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With all that is being written about the economic\u00a0collapses of nations around the globe<\/a>, people in America seem to be waiting for some huge event.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

But what if it isn\u2019t a huge event like \u00a0a\u00a0stock market crash<\/a>\u00a0or a currency collapse that you actually need to be concerned about? What if our disaster starts out looking nothing like the economic crises in\u00a0Argentina<\/a>,\u00a0Venezuela<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Greece<\/a>? What if the real financial disaster in the future is more personal? \u00a0What, if that financial disaster has already happened?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s here and it\u2019s not what anyone expected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the lack of fanfare in the media, for many North Americans,\u00a0the collapse is here<\/a>. In homes across the country, the struggle to survive has already begun. And it isn\u2019t what you think. This isn\u2019t relegated to only lower income neighborhoods. \u00a0As an article from a\u00a0Cinncinnati new station stated<\/a>, \u201cHunger doesn\u2019t know a zipcode.\u201d<\/p>\n

For many people who were formerly financially comfortable, the economic collapse has already happened, in the form of a job loss, hours that have been cut back due to Obamacare requirements for employers, an exorbitant medical bill or other crushing debt, or simply an inflation rate that has outstripped your pay increases. \u00a0Despite all of the warnings, many people are\u00a0still going to be absolutely blindsided<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For many families, personal finances have reached a catastrophic level \u2013 they are left to make terrible choices:<\/p>\n