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Interesting Economic Predictions of Gerald Celente

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George Ellerman

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Gerald Celente has been one of the most accurate predictors of economic trends in the world. It's interesting to hear what he says about our future economic predicament:

Gerald Celente, the CEO of Trends Research Institute, is renowned for his accuracy in predicting future world and economic events, which will send a chill down your spine considering
Trends Expert Gerald Celente is also known as Dr Doom and the Nostradamus of Modern Times , Gerald Celente is regarded as one of the foremost trend predictors in the world. This author of Trends 2000 and Trend Tracking, and publisher of The Trends Journal, is frequently a guest on television news and talk show programs. The New York Post said "if Nostradamus were alive today, he'd have a hard time keeping up with Gerald Celente." Subscribe to the Trends Journal >>>
Celente says that by 2012 America will become an undeveloped nation, that there will be a revolution marked by food riots, squatter rebellions, tax revolts and job marches, and that holidays will be more about obtaining food, not gifts.

"We’re going to see the end of the retail Christmas….we’re going to see a fundamental shift take place….putting food on the table is going to be more important that putting gifts under the Christmas tree," said Celente, adding that the situation would be "worse than the great depression".

"America’s going to go through a transition the likes of which no one is prepared for," said Celente, noting that people’s refusal to acknowledge that America was even in a recession highlights how big a problem denial is in being ready for the true scale of the crisis.

Celente, who successfully predicted the 1997 Asian Currency Crisis, the subprime mortgage collapse and the massive devaluation of the U.S. dollar, told UPI in November last year that the following year would be known as "The Panic of 2008," adding that "giants (would) tumble to their deaths," which is exactly what we have witnessed with the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and others. He also said that the dollar would eventually be devalued by as much as 90 per cent.

The consequence of what we have seen unfold this year would lead to a lowering in living standards, Celente predicted a year ago, which is also being borne out by plummeting retail sales figures.

The prospect of revolution was a concept echoed by a British Ministry of Defence report last year, which predicted that within 30 years, the growing gap between the super rich and the middle class, along with an urban underclass threatening social order would mean, "The world’s middle classes might unite, using access to knowledge, resources and skills to shape transnational processes in their own class interest," and that, "The middle classes could become a revolutionary class."

In a separate recent interview, Celente went further on the subject of revolution in America.

"There will be a revolution in this country," he said. "It’s not going to come yet, but it’s going to come down the line and we’re going to see a third party and this was the catalyst for it: the takeover of Washington, D. C., in broad daylight by Wall Street in this bloodless coup. And it will happen as conditions continue to worsen."

"The first thing to do is organize with tax revolts. That’s going to be the big one because people can’t afford to pay more school tax, property tax, any kind of tax. You’re going to start seeing those kinds of protests start to develop."

"It’s going to be very bleak. Very sad. And there is going to be a lot of homeless, the likes of which we have never seen before. Tent cities are already sprouting up around the country and we’re going to see many more."

"We’re going to start seeing huge areas of vacant real estate and squatters living in them as well. It’s going to be a picture the likes of which Americans are not going to be used to. It’s going to come as a shock and with it, there’s going to be a lot of crime. And the crime is going to be a lot worse than it was before because in the last 1929 Depression, people’s minds weren’t wrecked on all these modern drugs – over-the-counter drugs, or crystal meth or whatever it might be. So, you have a huge underclass of very desperate people with their minds chemically blown beyond anybody’s comprehension."
 
I've listened to Gerald for many years now, and he has a very good handle on what is going on and what is coming down the pike.

Thanks for sharing. It looks like the bumpy ride continues.
 
I'm sure glad that the recession is officially over. :new_silly:

When recessions end, the job market always improves, so happy days must be just around the corner. :new_smile-l:



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Double any Unemployment figures published by the Guvminters. For fun on a slow day, research exactly what they base their "reports" on .......and how many millions of people who lost their full-time jobs are working 2-3 part time jobs or who simply stopped filing for unemployment and are NOT included.
 
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I told you so.., just found a deal on canned Bacon...mmmmmmmmm..I will need to hide it form the troops when they loot our homes for beans and ammo..Merry Christmas ,ooops , I mean Holidays...
 
This guy Celente sounds like the life of the party. Wonder if he makes himself available for private "holiday" get-togethers? :unsure:

Meanwhile, think I'll double up on my stockpile of beans and ammo. Do you suppose ammo will eventually be considered a commodity, or maybe even worth it's weight in gold?:new_2gunsfiring_v1:
 
Double any Unemployment figures published by the Guvminters. For fun on a slow day, research exactly what they base their "reports" on .......and how many millions of people who lost their full-time jobs are working 2-3 part time jobs or who simply stopped filing for unemployment and are NOT included.


The "effective" unemployment rate is probably closer to 16-17%.
 
I am building greenhouse for vegetables ...... this winter ....

.. I am going to try to get my dad and brother to start farming .......
 
Just bought a seed vault and canned bacon.Ammo is a commodity and can be traded for bacon..
 
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