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America and the 5 Stages of economic collapse

 

 01/08/2009

Noble economist Joseph Stiglitz and former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson are among those who have begun to warn that the second leg of the economic crisis is on the horizon - and it will likely lead to a second Great Depression.

In “The Five Stages of Collapse”   Russian engineer, Dmitry Orlov says, 

 “I watched the Soviet Union collapse, and, since I am also familiar with the details of the situation in the United States, I can make comparisons between these two failed superpowers.”

Orlov added, “I was born and grew up in Russia, and I traveled back to Russia repeatedly between the late 80s and mid-90s. This allowed me to gain a solid understanding of the dynamics of the collapse process as it unfolded there. By the mid-90s it was quite clear to me that the US was headed in the same general direction.”

 
 “Commercial and political collapse, are driven by financial collapse, and will overlap each other. Right now, it is unclear which one is farther along.”
 
There is debate among those who have been following Orlov’s correlation between the U.S. and former Soviet Union as to what stage we are entering.
 

In addition the to abysmal numbers in unemployment and foreclosures, there are predictions that the collapse of the commercial real estate markets are destined to follow.

With all the attention being focused on the healthcare debate, it seems that the Washington elite have forgotten that there are millions of people out there with no job, no money and of course - no health insurance.
 
“Each stage involves the loss of faith, or trust in some key components of the status quo.”
 
 
The 5 Stages of Economic Collapse are:
 
1-Financial Collapse
2-Commercial Collapse
3-Political Collapse
4-Social Collapse
5-Cultural Collapse
 
Most students of Orlov's theory agree that we have past stage 3. Some believe we are up to stage  5. 

Regardless of where you are on the economic ladder, there is no denying the United States is in trouble.

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Maryann Tobin has been a freelance writer for more than twenty years. She has written for local publications in New York and Florida. She is an ex-jockey from New York, and was among the first women to ride in thoroughbred races in America. Contact Maryann at tobin522@gmail.com.

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