The Risks Are Massive: Will Likely Lead to Famine and Civil UnrestMac Slavo So much so that well-respected Swiss asset manager Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management warns that they will have no choice but to ramp up monetary printing at an accelerated pace in 2014. Failure to do so will likely seize up the global flow of credit and lead to a massive financial collapse as liquidity gets sucked out of the system. The problem, of course, is that policy makers have backed themselves into a corner and their only remaining option will likely lead to an even more disastrous outcome; one that will have a direct impact on your long-term financial well being and quality of life. In the following interview with King World News von Greyerz highlights the irreversible problems faced by the economic system, risks to global stability, the likely course of action to be taken by governments, and the end result when they fail. We are already seeing this in many countries in Europe. And of course the real unemployment rate in the U.S. is 23 percent. So the risks are massive and the real solutions are non-existent. In short, one way or the other we are toast. If they fail to print the scam is exposed for the Ponzi scheme that it is almost instantaneously as stock markets and commerce around the world crashes due to lack of stimulus. If they print, the can gets kicked a bit farther down the road for a while longer, but eventually buckles under the weight of government debt, rising interest rates and leverage. The only remaining choice at that point will be asset forfeiture on a mass scale. Think Cyprus deposit confiscations on a scale of hundreds of millions of people. Either that or the currency printing hyperinflates away the debt. In both cases the people will take to the streets. And, theyll be holding Molotov cocktails and assault rifles, not protest signs. Its something the government has been preparing for in recent years and you should be too. According to Egon von Greyerz the monetary problems will cause such a disconnect in the system that asset prices are likely to skyrocket relative to their currencies: As an asset manager von Greyerz focuses on precious metals. But the fact is that any asset of necessity will see its value skyrocket. The time to prepare for a general destabilization of our economic and financial systems is now. That means acquiring assets that will, at the very least, maintain their value when all else fails. Yes, the global financial, economic and political systems are under extreme stress and there is a distinct possibility that a collapse is inevitable at this point. But that doesnt mean we have to be victims. You can find more from Mac Slavo at his site SHTFplan.com, where this first appeared. 