Here is a well written very insightful essay/novel for anyone interested. I know it's long...111 pages...:>)...but in my mind, well worth the read.

http://www.oftwominds.com/survival-plus-CHS.pdf

""Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation
by Charles Hugh Smith
Introduction
Since launching my blog www.oftwominds.com in May 2005, nothing seemed more important than warning readers that the unsustainably leveraged
credit-mad global financial system was poised to break down. Once the system finally crashed in late 2008, my goal switched to writing a practical guide
for not just surviving the coming Great Transformation but prospering: a concept I called Survival+ (Plus). This requires liberating ourselves from failed
models of credit expansion, resource depletion, financial looting and a counterfeit prosperity built entirely on debt.
I immediately ran into several great difficulties. Many others had foreseen the same calamity, and their focus narrowed on individual survival: relocating
to a remote/sustainable spot and preparing for societal collapse by stockpiling self-defense and food.
While prudent and practical on a short-term timeline, this response struck me as incomplete on several levels. Most importantly, stockpiling six months'
supplies would not sustain anyone through a 20-year Crisis and Transformation; their own Crisis was simply being delayed a relatively short time. In
other words: "what happens in month seven"?""