The Whole World Is Stockpiling Like It’s 1939
James Hickman
August 24, 2026
On June 7, 1939, US President Franklin Roosevelt signed a new law authorizing $100 million (a lot of money back then) to buy rubber, tin, tungsten, etc., and put it all in storage. The United States was still at peace at the time. World War II had not yet broken out, and global