If you live in the country, or want to, but are worried about aging there, this 2017 article from Mother Earth News is for you. Readers submitted their ideas on how to simplify and downsize in order to spend as many of one’s retirement years as possible on a country homestead. Click on the below […]
With millions still unemployed and facing default on mortgage and rent payments, affordable tiny homes could offer many the chance to keep a roof over their heads. See how this manufacturer is converting old shipping containers into tiny homes. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/see-inside-idaho-factory-where-190020267.html
Fans of “complementary currency” are betting that this Depression-era idea for keeping towns alive by printing local money can prove its worth as pandemic relief. Source: A Depression-Era Idea Gets a New Look: Local Money – Bloomberg
Health insurance whistleblower: I lied to Americans about Canadian medicine – The Washington Post A former insurance insider claims that a coordinated disinformation campaign by the insurance industry successfully swayed popular opinion against reforms in US healthcare, which he believes has left the country totally unprepared for the SARS-CoV-2 medical emergency we now face. Follow […]
‘Everyone tested positive’: Covid devastates agriculture workers in California’s heartland Read more about how California’s agricultural sector is struggling to survive during the current economic crisis, and what the implications might be. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/everyone-tested-positive-covid-devastates-100005164.html
Here is an account by one young family that, because of economic and corona virus concerns, moved from urban California to rural Maine to live with the author’s parents. — Read on www.yahoo.com/news/relocated-central-california-tiny-coastal-130200430.html
Can there be a silver lining behind the corona virus cloud? Some small towns and cities are starting to see an influx of young people. Is this a longterm trend or just a temporary phenomenon? Only time will tell. Source: How a remote work boom and city exodus might reshape rural America
It’s about time somebody came out with a “Lego” like electric vehicle. What kid-at-heart wouldn’t want one? Source: The $18,632 electric eBussy can turn into 10 different vehicles by using different modular attachments — see how
The collapse of the “Almost Everything Bubble,” which was catalyzed by NOT created by SARS-CoV-2, is increasing the the rate of hunger across the US. Food production, processing and distribution systems have all been severely impacted and will not be able to recover in the near term. — Read on www.yahoo.com/finance/news/hunger-rate-amid-coronavirus-higher-than-during-great-depression-feeding-america-ceo-113427115.html
Equity markets are hitting and maintaining all time historic highs, so it seems reasonable to believe that the economy is performing at exceptional levels in order to justify the record-high valuations. However, when one becomes aware that there are at least 32 million unemployed, that many of the lost jobs will never return, and that […]