[1rudeboy]

No, it only seems disingenuous, and is usually promoted by someone trying to make you scared enough to buy gold, or some sundry financial newsletter.

The categories can be broken-out into durable and non-durable goods. Please remember that those two terms have a specific meaning in the field of economics.

[investigateworld]

First off, I'm not a gold bug, we are beyond that stage. Bullets and beans are the only things now on my shopping list.

I predicted,YEARS ago that our insane free trade policies would cause us to elect a socialist/communist President of the USA.

"Oh no", replied the Free Traders, "Home ownership has never been higher thanks to free trade ",they cried.