Economic angst has Americans stockpiling 'beans, bullets and Band-Aids’

[sweeps]

Atash Hagmahani is not waiting for the stock market to recover. The former high-tech professional turned urban survivalist has already moved his money into safer investments: Rice and beans, for starters.

In hard times, some flirt with survivalism

[poundwise]

It would be interesting to see the level of correlation between people who are hoarding now, people who bought plastic sheets and duct tape after 9/11, and people who bought generators for Y2K.

I'd expect a strong, positive correlation.