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Old 04-29-2017, 05:34 PM   #9
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Default Re: Post Apocalyptic Economics

There has been a lot of focus on the doom and gloom of the post apocalypse, which is fair enough because that is the trope, but might there not be situations where the survivors, at least economically, are comparatively well off?

As an example if something suddenly wipes out the majority of humanity but leaves all the infrastructure intact you could have a situation where canned food, weapons, ammunition, medicine, clothes etc. are in abundance and readily accessible at the local shopping mall. Of course you have to be careful to avoid the zombies. What kind of economy would spring out of that situation?
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