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John wrote: Even in the Civil War, the fault line was between the North and the South,
with most southern blacks supporting the South and most northern
blacks supporting the North.

This seems odd. How can anyone know this?

Many Southern blacks fought for the Union.

If money is scarcer, and on the basic laws of supply and demand why does it not lead to inflation? The less money there is the more expensive it will become leading to inflation. Unlike basic goods, money has a fixed notation i.e. $10 does not change to $20 when there is less money circulating. Les...

I don't think anyone over the age of 80 has much say in things anyway...

I went to the DJIA page on google.com I saw the market was down 500 points. I hit refresh to see a change. Down 600.

All in all, 10 seconds.

Witchiepoo wrote: Hey John, how about inviting our little friend (you KNOW who I mean) over to this forum so he can start telling you how full of crap you are again?

He wouldn't come.

You can literally feel us teetering over the edge. The Dow has lost like 17% of its value this week alone. A panic obviously refers to the mood of a population, but these are 'panic numbers.'

With regard to the last few posts, I think John is really feeling like a Cassandra now.

What Happens Now? ...After the Bailout Bill passed! Of course I forgot to say "Bailout the World", since probably the USA IS "The World". The main reason for all financial (and other) problem in the REAL World is caused by USA . All those European bubbles were caused by America? Anyway, it's quite ...

I think one trend we may see is a consolidation of power in which governments begin to merge like large corporations. I think a North American Union is in the cards. There will be fewer currencies and more international regulation of trade. I think there will be a significant clash between islamics...

Looking more at figures, I decided that numbers were often misleading, so I went to double check on economic conditions during the Civil War. From the preface of "Social and Industrial Conditions in the North during the Civil War" by Emerson Fite: http://www.questia.com/library/book/social-and-indus...

Side note: Doing a little more research, I found that I underestimated the severity of the 1857-1860 period. However, it doesn't match 1837 or 1893. When Mike Alexander raised this question, I was able to respond by scanning a diagram from one of the books he'd authored: http://generationaldynamics....