Armageddon? Unfortunately not! What is really going on and why we are crashing so fast?

My name is Rich Gottbreht and I am an independent consultant, author and international board game developer (click here for my bio).  I am one of only a handful of senior level business people to have managed through, and witnessed first-hand, a massive economic collapse.  I am issuing this press release to give everyone my view of what is really going on in our economy and why we are in such a rapid decline.  In my mind it is not Armageddon as some are suggesting, but could well be the end of our time as the greatest country in the world. 

To help you understand what is going on, I have prepared two diagrams and included them below.  The first diagram and discussion that accompanies it, illustrates that the core problem for our country’s (and most other developed countries’) economic problem is a “low population growth rate” compounded by the choices made to deal with its known negative economic consequences.  The second diagram below illustrates why we are plunging so rapidly into recession/depression.  Simply put, we did everything in our power to avoid growing our own population and thus pushed our economy over a cliff.

Please note that all of my data are readily available on the internet and from the US Census Bureau.  I have also written a 40 page paper named Perfect Economic Prison/Perfect Social Storm: Escaping the Prison and Surviving the Storm that shows how all of what is happening was and still is predicable yet no longer preventable.  The paper shows a number of predictions, warning signs, and social explosion flash points that have been “spot on” to date even though I put all this together between January and May of this year.  The paper also outlines bold survival strategies for our country and for us as individuals. If you want a copy of this paper simply email me back with your personal commitment to read it and give me feedback.  Incidentally, in my book published in 2006 I discuss the population growth issues in front of us now, the implications of outsourcing and the fact that massive social unrest is almost always the end result of uncontrolled greed and corruption.

“The bottom line up front” is that there is no stopping the rise in unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcies or the fall in the stock market and home prices without “Quantum Leap” coordinated actions between businesses, governments, and individuals.  Yes, I provide help with “Quantum Leap” ideas and implementation through my consulting business.  I will cover some of my ideas for quantum leap actions in other short articles coming out right after the first of the year.  Click here for a list of articles I plan on releasing over the next couple of months.

Sincerely,

Rich Gottbreht
President – Global Insights
www.globalinsights.biz