The Indiana Jones of collapsed cultures: Our Western civilization itself is a bubble

<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/indiana-jones-collapsed-cultures-western-civilization-bubble/>

"How can you spot an economy, indeed a civilization, in collapse?
Anthropology gives us some answers."

Good article giving some perspective.  Via Jon Swabey.

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