Thinkers
The people in charge of sorting out the current financial mess are the very people who brought us here. Before the brink, these very same people were constantly appearing on the news telling us how we had never had it better. How could they have been so wrong? Were they ignorant, or were they lying?
We have no time to ponder, instead, it makes more sense to simply ignore them and to look to those who warned us beforehand about the current financial disaster. If they predicted the disaster by simply analyzing contemporary trends, perhaps they are smart enough to unravel the current situation to provide clarity towards the correct way forward. These are the people I refer to as 'thinkers'. Clearly, they have proven that they can indeed, 'think', therefore, maybe we should 'listen'.
Two ways forward loom imminent: The first is the way governments need to restructure their practices and economies to get us out of this mess and to prevent future occurrence - many people are beginning to look to Ron Paul but his advice is completely ignored by those in power.
The second way forward is the need for the individual secure his own immediate future - simply because no one is going to do it for you: Look to Peter Schiff (an investor), one of the few who predicted the current meltdown in his suitably entitled book Crashproof: How to profit form the coming economic collapse (2007). His website contains lots of easy to understand information. For example: More Government Equals Fewer Jobs (This includes a brief section on the damage caused by the 'minimum wage' that many fail to understand).
Jim Rogers is one of the few investors that managed to make money when everyone else was losing it. When he speaks, people listen. He has moved to China and his daughter is learning Chinese.
Gerald Celente made his fortune by predicting future trends from current events - he is well worth listening to.
Bill Still is an investigative reporter who has been on track for a long time. He opposes the idea that gold is the new saviour and shows us how the problems and solutions have been repeated throughout history. To him, the problem lies not in the currency or gold itself, but in who controls it. He argues that the scarcity of gold will enrichen the owners of gold and make us all the poorer; it becomes even easier for the wealthy to control the money supply and upsurp political power.