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The Coming Bitcoin Blackouts?

The Coming Bitcoin Blackouts?

The vast popularity of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin will lead to blackouts and higher electric bills unless something changes fast. Digital currencies are not controlled by the big banks yet, but rather by a network of users who an incredible amount of electrical power ...

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Dangerous Dust Bowl Conditions Could Be A Serious Summer Threat

Dangerous Dust Bowl Conditions Could Be A Serious Summer Threat

A severe drought on the Great Plains might be stirring up a new Dust Bowl. A giant cloud of dust that swept through Midland, Texas, on April 4 reminded many of the greatdust storms of the 1930s. Video of the ...

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Surviving The Hard Times Ahead With Discipline And Frugality

Surviving The Hard Times Ahead With Discipline And Frugality

  Hard times are nothing new. Adverse circumstances have come and gone throughout the centuries, and people have dealt with extreme difficulties in some pretty remarkable ways. Amid catastrophic weather, crop failures, job loss and personal injuries—all of which often ...

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The Day All The ATMs Ran Out Of Cash

The Day All The ATMs Ran Out Of Cash

Money plays such an important role in our lives that most of us could not imagine surviving without it. Yet that is exactly what you need to do if you want to prepare for an economic condition called deflation. Deflation ...

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78 Percent Of Americans Living Paycheck To Paycheck

78 Percent Of Americans Living Paycheck To Paycheck

Aug. 24, 2017 Around 78 percent of Americans with a fulltime job say they live paycheck to paycheck, according to a new survey from CareerBuilder.com. Disturbingly, the survey found Americans are worse off than they were last year. Want Out ...

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9 Things About The U.S. Economy That Should Scare You To Death

9 Things About The U.S. Economy That Should Scare You To Death

Dec., 16, 2016 NEW YORK — Despite all the optimism generated by the election and recent stock market rally, there remain many signs the U.S. economy is in big trouble. In fact, there are several good reasons to believe that ...

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Imagine, A World Without Taxes (Here’s What It Would Look Like)

Imagine, A World Without Taxes (Here’s What It Would Look Like)

Imagine living in a world without taxes. Granted, that’s a bit unlikely to happen, considering mankind’s long history with taxes. It seems that taxes and government go hand-in-hand. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about the old European feudal system ...

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You Won’t Believe How Many Americans Are Living Paycheck To Paycheck

You Won’t Believe How Many Americans Are Living Paycheck To Paycheck

Nearly half of American households are just one paycheck away from financial disaster despite D.C. touting an economic recovery, a new survey indicates. To make matters worse, another survey found that many Americans’ finances have not recovered from the 2008 ...

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5 Warning Signs An Economic Collapse Is Looming

5 Warning Signs An Economic Collapse Is Looming

Jan. 13, 2015 A collapse in the financial markets and the economy could be right around the corner, despite the media’s claims of an economic recovery. In fact, there are signs than an economic meltdown similar to the one in ...

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This New Economic Data May Be The Most Depressing (And Shocking) Yet

This New Economic Data May Be The Most Depressing (And Shocking) Yet

Dec. 31, 2014 The vast majority of Americans are poorer than they were in the last year of the 20th Century, according to new data. When they crunched the economic numbers, Washington Post researchers discovered that the average household income ...

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