Reinventing Collapse The Soviet Example and American Prospects

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1、AdvancePraiseforREIHVEHTInBCOLLHPSEDmitryOrlovbringsapenetratingintelligencetoasubjectfewdaretofacesquarely:theimpendingtragicimplosionoftheAmericanDream.Hewriteswithassurance,clarityandwitfromasingu-larpoint-of-view—someonewhohaswitnessedthepriorSovietcrack-up.Thisbookisindispensableforanyonew

2、hoseekstoun-derstandtheeconomicstormthatisabouttomakelandfallonourshores.—JAMESHOWARDKUNSTLERAuthorofTheLongEmergencyBepreparedtohaveyourwindowshovedopenandfeelthefreshairshakeyouup.Butdon'tworry,readingDmitryOrlovusuallyjustmeansgainingspecialinsightswithastrange,humoroustwist.Dmitryisunique,c

3、ontributingmightilytothevitalbutsuppresseddiscussionofcollapseandrebirth.—JANLUNDBERG,CultureChangeUnlikemanycommentators,Orlovhasseencollapsefirsthand,intheFormerSovietUnion—therearen'ttoomanybooksabouttheimpendingcollapseofcivilizationthatmakeyoulaughoutloud,butReinventingCollapseisoneofthem.

4、—BARTANDERSON,energybulletin.netHeretical,hystericallyfunny,alwaysonpoint,deeplyperceptive-DmitryOrlovhasbeenthroughasocietalcollapseandcomeouttheotherside.Onthatothersideisafascinatingviewofcontem-poraryAmericansociety,agooddealofwisdomandasurprisingamountofhope-notthatsomemagicaltransformatio

5、nwillfixeverythingforus,butthateventhecollapseofempireisnottheendoftheworld.—SHARONASTYK,authorofDepletion&•Abundance:LifeontheNewHomeFrontandblogger,www.sharonastyk.comOrlov'sRussianperspectiveontheAmericancollapseisvaluablenotjustforitspredictions,butforitsattitude:economiccollapseisnotanunth

6、inkablehorror,butaroutineandfascinatingpartofhis-tory,andifyoufindyourselfinone,youshouldlookaround.—RANPRIEUR,ranprieur.comDmitryOrlovhassetouttowriteagloomycomparisonofwhathappenedtoRussiaattheendoftheSovietEmpireandhowill-preparedtheAmericanEmpireisforthesamefate,andendedupwritingsomethingwi

7、ckedlyfunny,profoundlyhopefulandfilledwithgoodadvice.Hisadviceisnottoavoidcollapse,thatwouldbefutile,buttoprosperandthriveinthemidstofit.—ALBERTBATES,attorney,inventor,andauthorofThePost-PetroleumSurvivalGuideandCookbookDmitryOrLo