JTHM comments on Items to Have In Case of Emergency...Maybe. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JTHM 13 April 2014 02:05:52PM 2 points [-]

If a first-world country suffers a calamity in which half its population dies, it'll lose nine-tenths of its economic output at least.

Comment author: MichaelAnissimov 22 April 2014 12:20:36AM 2 points [-]

Good point. I find it pretty hard to believe that people would start using gold instead of silver for casual transactions, but I suppose it's possible.