Sentences with phrase «against economic catastrophe»

Gold is the age - old hedge against economic catastrophe.

To guard against the economic catastrophe of a failed coffee crop, many growers now mix in other cash crops such as yucca and tomatoes, alongside their coffee plants or experiment with growing hybrid coffee plants that are better adapted to climate extremes or are better able to resist pests.

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Having arrived at the age where I need (but given the economic predicament can not draw on) my retirement savings, my question is not so much how can we hedge against inflation but how can we protect ourselves against out - and - out economic catastrophe.