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The Great Depression: Part 3: why this matters today
We’ve examined experiences from different people during the Great Depression. Now let’s look at why those experiences were different and what’s really important – why this matters to us today. In the first installment of this series we saw the … Continue reading
Was the Great Depression really that bad? Part 2: what depression?
In the previous post I talked about the Great Depression from the perspective of my grandfather, who was a teenager in a sharecropping family. Now we’ll look at it from a different perspective. When my parents married and moved to the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy and Unemployment
Tagged economy, Great Depression, grow food, high unemployment, rural
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Was the Great Depression really that bad? Part 1: it really was bad!
I don’t remember ever having a conversation with my grandfather where he didn’t tell me at least once how bad the Great Depression was. He was just entering his teenage years as the Depression hit and he remembered it well. … Continue reading
Posted in Economy and Unemployment
Tagged economy, financial security, Great Depression, high unemployment, unemployment
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The greatest source of information on being self-sufficient
I had planned to post the second article on location today, but I felt impressed to share something else very important. I will post location, location, location tomorrow. One of my great aunts died a few days ago. We weren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Self-sufficient knowledge
Tagged Great Depression, grow food, knowledge, rural, self-sufficient
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The foundation – own your own land
The absolute foundation of beating unemployment is owning your own land free and clear. Lessons learned from the Great Depression show that owning land, and therefore being able to produce your own food, is the most important factor in surviving … Continue reading
Posted in Land
Tagged building a house, financial security, Great Depression, land, livestock, mortgage, rent, rural
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