Home economy

Our grandparents aren’t very interested in news about how the economy is doing, and it’s not because they’re old, but because in their time things like the dollar’s price didn’t make much of a difference in their lives.

The main reason for this is that in their time there was still a home production of self-consumption, that is, it was common for them to make preserves, plant edible crops, and even raise farm animals at home, even within large cities.

In this way, economic changes did not have such a dramatic impact on families, since these home-made products were stored during good times and exchanged during bad times, thus carrying out an economic reactivation.

But nowadays we don’t have home production; we don’t produce or store more products than what is necessary to reach the next salary, and when an economic change causes a rise in the prices of essential goods, its impact on our households can be devastating.

A good idea is to recover this home production. In a small apartment, or in a house with a large family, you have to produce something, anything, and store it. When you need money, sell what you stored, and when you recover, start storing again.

Plant carrots in pots, make peanut candies, paint landscapes on a plate.

By doing this, you first benefit your whole family, and if many people do it, they help their country, which will be able to better withstand crises and economic moves that are pushing us further into poverty.