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The next “bubble” will pop sometime in the future; what will it be?
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Sat, Dec 05 2009 | 0 Comments
You would think that we would learn something from our bubbles bursting every time we see some kind of “new” money making thing that catches on. However, this isn’t the case. As a matter of fact, as a capitalistic nation, we tend to try to make money the greediest and fastest ways imaginable. In the case of the recent housing bubble, there were a lot of shady business practices that were happening to lead up to the burst.
So what are some of the things that economists are looking to in order to try to figure out what the next bubble will be?
Number one on the list might just be gun sales. While some Americans are anticipating anti-gun legislation to be passed down from Congress, they are in the stores buying the guns and ammunition up. There have been many places across the country that have simply run out of ammunition and factories can’t keep up with demand. Many guns have already started to ascend in value and the trend is expected to continue.
I find that the gun sales thing has no merit simply because it’s scared consumers driving up the prices themselves. This is all thanks to what these people are seeing as severe gun control and they are creating false demand for the products. Most of the fears will not subside unless they have another gun-loving Republican in office.
Another item that may soon be finding itself in a bubble is incandescent light bulbs in Europe. The European Union has banned the old, traditional light bulbs and wants everyone to switch over to the CFLs or other energy efficient types of lights. The ban has caused many of the consumers in those nations to begin hoarding the light bulbs in anticipation of the ban. Companies that produce these light bulbs have seen a huge increase in demand, and in September, when the law goes into effect, the bubble will burst and these companies will have to start churning out the energy efficient bulbs instead.
Thanks to a drying up of endowments, higher education may be another one of those bubbles to watch and its happening now. Some colleges rely heavily on endowments and many schools aren’t getting the money that they were even a year ago. This has caused over dependence on the endowments and colleges are really feeling the pinch now.
Maybe sometime far in the future alternative energy will become a bubble and it too will burst. For this to happen there has to be an update of the energy grid on a national level and there also has to be a new way of getting credits for tapping into green energy sources.
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Tags: matter of fact, energy efficient bulbs, incandescent light bulbs
Is the bullet shortage all because of fear?
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Mon, Nov 23 2009 | 0 Comments
In the past, I have noticed headlines at the Yahoo homepage talking about how there is a national bullet shortage and that bullet makers are working around the clock to produce bullets. Articles are saying that bullet makers are working 24/7 and still aren’t able to keep up with bullet production.
How many bullet producers are they surveying? Because I know for a fact there is at least one bullet manufacturer that is not producing bullets all day every day. As a matter of fact, they are often closed for entire weekends at a time. It has kept the same hours since the beginning of the recession.
You can also put the blame on a bullet shortage on those who are spreading rumors that because Obama has taken office, he will limit the amount of bullets available or guns will be outlawed or bullets will be outlawed, or any combination of the three. Then, there are those who know there is a shortage so anytime they find bullets, they are purchasing every box that they can get their hands on.
This could actually pose a REAL problem for those who actually use their bullets instead of hoarding. Deer hunting season is coming up quickly and those hunters will need ammo to hunt with. I’m not sure what caliber that the hunters use, but I know that without them hunting the deer, I will be afraid to drive at night due to the overpopulation of deer in my area. I wish it were deer season all year because they are really stupid. I know a lot of people whose cars have been damaged, not to actually hitting a deer, but by the deer running into their cars.
Anyway, I just think that, perhaps, if people would calm down and think about the fact that the administration has done nothing in the way of gun control since the beginning of their term, then maybe ammunition sales would calm down and people would be able to find bullets in the stores.
I am not an advocate for gun rights, as a matter of fact I think that some people should DEFINITELY not be allowed to purchase guns or ammunition. However, I do like when hunters are able to thin out the deer population in the winter.
Related posts:Is there really a bullet shortage or are people just scared?
The next “bubble” will pop sometime in the future; what will it be?
Tags: yahoo homepage, deer season, matter of fact
