JEREMY GRANTHAM: We're Headed For A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions
Henry Blodget | Jun. 13, 2011
Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham of GMO has published a treatise on the root cause of exploding commodity prices.
He has also offered a startlingly depressing outlook for the future of humanity.
Grantham concludes that the world has undergone a permanent "paradigm shift" in which the number of people on planet Earth has finally and permanently outstripped the planet's ability to support us.
Specifically, Grantham says, the phenomenon of ever-more humans using a finite supply of natural resources cannot continue forever--and the prices of metals, hydrocarbons (oil), and food are now beginning to reflect that.
In other words, Grantham says, it is different this time.
Grantham believes that the trend of the last 100 years, in which the prices of almost all major commodities have steadily declined, is permanently over. And from here on in, humans will be competing more--and paying more--for ever-scarcer resources.
Full story: http://www.businessinsider.com/jeremy-grantham-commodity-prices-2011-6#ixzz1PBNLU1DQ
Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months
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