Should You Be Saving Corn Cobs?

Maybe. The shortages in essential items are intensifying. [Gilder's Daily Prophecy] March 23, 2022 [UNSUBSCRIBE]( | [ARCHIVES]( ***SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR GILDER READERS*** [Click here to learn more]( Big news: George just returned from a 2,000-mile round-trip after making a shocking discovery that could dramatically change your financial future. There’s not enough room to unpack the full details here. But let’s just say: [This may be the largest profit opportunity of 2022](. If there’s anything you’ve missed as part of your membership to Gilder's Daily Prophecy, make sure you check out our website where you can find archives, updates, and everything else that's included in your subscription. You can access it by [clicking here now](. Should You Be Saving Corn Cobs? [Jeffrey Tucker]Dear Daily Prophecy Reader, Before we get to our daily issue.. There is something urgent I’m asking you to take a look at. One of my colleagues just made a rather interesting discovery regarding the future of “The Cryptocosm.” Specifically, he’s pinpointed a handful of [tiny investment speculations]( that are poised to ride alongside an exponential growth curve over the coming years. (According to his research, he’s projecting a 9,900% industry boom by 2026). George even recorded a short video clip explaining everything. [[You can watch it here.]( It’s not long. Maybe three minutes or so. I hope you take a moment and watch it at your earliest convenience. After you take a look, read on below… The first sign of dramatic and impactful economic dislocation after the 2020 lockdowns was the sudden toilet paper shortage. We had never experienced that. Many cities just ran out completely. It was at that point that the disruptions of the pandemic policy became very personal. There was panic buying. People started driving to neighboring communities to find it, and those with extra were having to sell it to friends. Strange times. It didn’t last long. Once the frenzy died down, a closer look showed something fascinating. It was not a shortage as such, but rather a misalignment because of product demand and supply. Most factories had been producing specialized rolls according to the demands of the workplace and commercial spaces. With those shut down, the demand for household-type toilet paper soared. It took a few weeks, but the magic of private enterprise adapted. All was well and the brief period was mostly forgotten. Capitalist Decadence However, the New York Times seized the moment. In two separate articles, the Times declared that: we should stop using toilet paper. It’s unhealthy. It’s unsanitary. The stuff is nothing short of capitalist decadence. Instead, we should also have a bidet in our bathrooms. Now, Americans don’t typically have these things. I’ve seen them in high-end homes built in the Gilded Age, and also in very fancy hotels. They are common in many places in the world, but Americans eschewed them once toilet paper became available. The NYT exhortation to get a bidet is roughly akin to Marie Antoinette’s apocryphal dismissal that the oppressed peasants can eat cake. It reveals so much about the class bias of that publication, in addition to its puritanism. In progressive ideology, these strangely go together: find a very expensive way to avoid capitalist excess, of which toilet paper is a prime example. What these people really despise is middle-class prosperity. It’s always been this way. Only the very rich can pretend to live poor. And they do. They reduce their “carbon footprint” by paying twice as much for an electric car, and then demand that everyone else do the same. They are “kind” to animals by imposing strict regulations on hog farming that only raises the prices of bacon that then only they can afford. This is the emerging ethos we are seeing now. The very rich, very privileged, are demanding that the rest of us give up basic necessities on grounds that we have all lived too well, with too much. We should reduce our expectations, leaving only the well-to-do to enjoy the extravagance of pretend frugality. The Man Who Predicted the Smartphone Revolution Now Says… Another colossal tech phenomenon is coming. And it could change everything about how you live… work… earn… and even save up to retire. Nobody will remain untouched. Hint: It’s NOT 5G. It’s not AI. Or self-driving cars. Yet, it could still unleash a massive $16.8 trillion impact worldwide. Some will get rich. Others will get left behind. [Follow this link for details — this is massive.]( Toilet Paper as a Symbol If the last shortage of toilet paper traced to a temporary misalignment that required factories to retool, this time it is different. It is real. It is a combination of huge inflation that has quadrupled the price in a mere year, plus a growing sense of fear that it is not going to be there when your current supply runs. There is no time to build a bidet. The business needs to be taken care of now! The price of wood and lumber products, having zoomed up fully 50% in 2021 and then falling again, have once again begun their upward trajectory. This chart is out of date, as all pricing charts are, but you see the point. [chart] Talk to anyone in the industry and they can also tell you nightmare stories of shipping prices, supply chain snarls, and disasters all around. No producer can keep up with the demand, plus inflationary pressures are contributing to enormous increases, which is going to play into public psychology very soon. We can fully expect panic buying to come back again. This time, Amazon will not save us. Their prices on this stuff are as high or higher than any that you see in your local grocery. But that’s only because the local grocery hasn’t caught up to the supply limits on the ground. Keep this newsletter for a week and read it again: you will see that prices are going to be ever higher week after week and for the foreseeable future. So most of us can forget the installation of a bidet. How much would that cost anyway, even if you could get workers to put it in? The next options are newspapers, magazines, and corn cobs. Dealing with Reality I’m truly stunned at the near blackout from the news media about the biggest inflation of our lives. It’s astonishing how little this is spoken about. The headlines are filled with war war war, even as Americans are being robbed in their daily shopping and the poor and really everyone are suffering a dramatic decline in living standards. Here’s the awful reality. In the past, when we would see sudden spikes in price, whether paper or oil or meat, we would just wait a bit and things would get back to normal. I suspect that this is how people are thinking now. Hey, there’s a war going on so all of this is just temporary and the prices will fall again and all will be well! It’s very sad to report this, but you should know: prices will not fall in total. This is our new normal. The dollar has already lost 10-20% of its value. That is not coming back. This is not only because the Fed fears deflation. It’s because the Fed has no power to get back what has been lost. It’s gone, forever. So much liberty and prosperity has been stolen from us in a mere 24 months that it is hard to comprehend. Many people just want to pretend that the nightmare will end but it will not. In the best case, we are at least a full year from seeing some reprieve. And that’s the optimistic scenario. Protect yourself and your loved ones! P.S. I will close with a strange tip: you can actually [buy]( a functional bidet attachment for your toilet at Amazon for a mere $30. Reviews are very good! So maybe it is not entirely insane after all, and it might become a necessity sooner rather than later. Regards, [Jeffrey Tucker] Jeffrey Tucker Biden a “Total Disappointment” to Ukraine Joe Biden has bungled his response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In fact, one member of Ukraine’s parliament even called Biden’s response a “total disappointment”… And it’s only going to get worse. Luckily there’s one man who saw it coming over two months before almost ANYONE else… And [what he’s saying NOW]( could be the BIGGEST threat to your financial future this year… An event he’s calling [“Bloody Wednesday”](. If you own any stocks, bonds, CDs or ANY other investments… You NEED to see [this video](. [Click here to view it NOW before it’s too late](. [Three founders Publishing]( To end your Gilder's Daily Prophecy e-mail subscription and associated external offers sent from Gilder's Daily Prophecy, feel free to [click here](. 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