Are We Heading for the Great Depression?

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24 January 2012 at 7:30PM in Martin's blogs & appearances & MSE in the news

Warning: IMF Christine Lagarde said the global economy faced a 'defining moment' in the battle to avert a rerun of the Great Depression

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2090955/IMF-warns-1930s-moment-cuts-forecast-global-growth--EU-admits-UK-resist-Tobin-Tax.html#ixzz1kOyEVoPC

Could a re-run of the great depression really happen in the next couple of years?

How would peopleprotect themselves and their families? What things would get mega expensive?

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