Unless you live in a fully self-sustaining farm, off the grid, far from your neighbors, with no needs that you cannot personally provide from raw materials, there's a good chance that some form of barterable currency has a cozy spot in your contingency plans. Now, the casual survivalists that we know aren't big hedge fund dudes or loud-talking gold bugs or even latte-sipping, Euro-hoarding weenies. Rather, they are smart, fun-loving sorts who can pull a good time out of a shitty circumstance with just a few resources at hand.
