How to Prepare for an Economic Collapse . Nor am I prepping for all out SHTF bugout time. A collapse could be something that requires a longer term preparedness plan. Besides being financially independent, savings and investment will also help you prepare for an economic collapse. It still pays to prepare, and an economic collapse is an inevitability every prepper should consider. 4. Solar powered or cranked style flashlights or lanterns will probably be your best options during a long term emergency.

In my opinion way to many survival articles on the web begin pointing out that water is the number one survival need but access to clean abundant breathable air trumps water every single time.

There is a possibility that much of the entire world could be drawn into this conflict. If disaster struck right now how long could you survive on what you have, the truth is that we all need to start storing up food.If you and your family run out of food you will suddenly find yourselves competing with the hoards of hungry people who are looting the stores and roaming the streets looking for something to eat. One of the major signs of a full-blown civilizational collapse is an increasingly fragile economy if you want to find out more check out my article If the collapse affects local governments and utilities than water and electricity will no longer be available. Prep for a year and don't buy a house. Basically to do everything you need to survive on a daily basis and preferably to be able to make gains for a world without currency as most people will be unprepared.Smart investments are where you take your money, your goods, and services, whatever you might offer for the good of the group and you invest them into things that will either make you more money or even help someone out. In fact, if you are in a great amount of debt you will be very vulnerable if the economy collapses and you are not able to find a job, just ask the people who were overextended and lost their jobs during the last recession so please get out of debt.

But everyone would be doing that (unless too impoverished). Unless you are living in a cave or you are a complete and total mindless follower of the establishment media you should be able to see very clearly that our society is more vulnerable now than ever.An unprecedented number of large earthquakes around the world and volcanoes all over the world are awakening. Imagine what their shock was when one day the Roman army packed up and left, all the people which had money found their coins to be worthless and many buried their money in hopes that the Roman empire will come back but it never did.The term “prepper” is somebody that wants to be self-sufficient in the event of a disaster, loss of services, loss of government, the breakdown of society, nuclear holocaust etc.

Aside that, you may be required to denounce your US Citizenship (which is asinine to me).There isn't going to be a government or economic collapse. It sounds like a flippant question but I'm serious: there are technologies for meeting all basic human needs without electricity. You can also use instead of toilet paper a lab irrigation bottle which is fairly cheap and since most families spend around $100 on toilet paper it will pay for itself in the long run.Even if you buy a lab irrigation bottle for each of your family members you are still saving money. One way to keep cash safe at home is by storing it in a secret hiding place in your home.A lot of people seem to assume that the economic collapse would wipe out all debts but that will probably not be the case. Wool sweaters will keep you warm and alive in sub-zero weather even if it is wet, you can get these fairly cheap at thrift stores and military surplus places.Hiking boots or comfortable shoes are extremely important when you ask most people to list the necessary items for survival usually this is not the first or second thing that comes to them, but having good hiking boots or very comfortable and functional shoes will be absolutely critical. Besides storing water and figuring out how to get to gather water if society breaks down another thing is to consider is water purification tablets.The water you are able to gather during a time of crisis may not be suitable for drinking and you may find that water purification tablets come in very handy. I think I’ve finally figured out I’m most worried about government and economic collapse. During a long term crisis, those that are willing to work together will have the best chance to survive this can be any group of your local church, family, friends or fellow preppers. Prepping is something that you want to keep to yourself unless you want a mass of desperate people banging on your door in an SHTF situation.Silver is one of the best items which you can use to trade with, my recommendation is to get silver coins instead of bullion due to their ease of use You probably know all about the basics in case of a disaster like water, food, first aid kit etc but it has been found out that during disasters even the hardcore survivalists can overlook things.