Interesting critics to famous economics schools classical, Austrian, Keynesian and monetarist then Historical with good material regarding gold importance to hold in individual wealth as a protection against inflation and collapse. He gave following time frame for next crash: He kind of puts himself in the same boat as you/us way down on the 'rich pole', but then also tells you how he interacts with his rich friends or powerful leaders. I'm not begrudging him that. It's just kind of comical and a little awkward when he throws in where they are dining and on what, as if he is just a regular, social guy in the midst of this very serious situation. I guess it's meant to be/is more of an introduction to a new reader, which i guess makes sense, though I still think it's not as solid an introduction. That being said I think the book is full of very interesting things, a lot of thinking and solid reasoning and some very useful and insightful perspective lenses for viewing these decades of history.

Droga do ruiny Tajny plan globalnego kryzysu finansowego

I’d finished a run of library hardcovers about pandemics, plagues, zoonotic diseases, and other present and future civilization altering contagion. So I suppose I was ready to dive into the probability of a major worldwide financial collapse. And The Road to Ruin didn’t disappoint. nice explanations of the incentives and operation processes of financial institutions, banks, and governmental finance departments There are a lot of technical, economic, financial terms that are a little confusing, but really he is just saying that there is basically nothing new under the sun, only known by different names. Just variations of intensity, breadth, and depth. Of which this will be monumental because of the complexity theory to which he has put a mathematical formula, and nothing like the world has ever experienced. That to every thing there is a season. Which is to say, everything is cyclical. It is borne of necessity, grows, expands, then outlives its purpose or usefulness, or self-implodes, and dies, only to be reborn again in a same but different way. Hopefully better. But it's going to take a loooong time for that to cycle through to the rebirth part.I found essential his explanation of Bayes and complexity theories to forecast financial crisis, SDR as the new IMF money, which may replace all currencies after collapse. has some controversial position on classical economics, seems persuasive for a few moments but at times his arguments felt fishy and slippery, unlike some of the classical ones he was opposing. The author provides a cautionary example of a defective understanding of fascism. Academics invest in definitions precisely because a good definition can help your analysis focus correctly on the key element of a critical issue. An over-broad definition, in this case, stems from political discussions in America in the 30s. These discussions had not benefited from information and extensive analysis that would come later. The defective definition leads to seeing commonalities in too many places. The author claims that George Bush's "no child left behind" policy and Hilary Clinton's "it takes a village" politics are examples of fascism. I find it odd this made it to press. I feel it reflects deep ignorance or fundamental dishonesty. some interesting insights as to what seem likely actions in the next crisis, in particular in the freezing of assets department for purposes of extra taxation/confiscation based on ruling needs. Here too, though one might be tempted to dismiss the author as a conspiracy theorist one finds the same issues being treated in very serious circles (even public papers: IMF, FED, ECB, BIS and the politics around them including the media communication strategy to prepare the masses for these events), though of course on a different tone as rational solutions to guiding the masses into desired outcomes. The third part is about the problem of free trade which has decimated the American middle class. He suggests that tariffs of 30% be slapped on all imports, all corporate tax scrapped, and minimum wage be raised. He argues that this will benefit America, and will stop mercantilist countries from profiting from their currency war.

The Road to Ruin by James Rickards: 9781591848080 The Road to Ruin by James Rickards: 9781591848080

So, basically our economic, WORLDWIDE, system is going down. There will be a LOT of chaos, and even bloodshed, and yes probably here in the U.S. too. Your money may be confiscated, but certainly ICE-9'd or frozen without warning! Things will evolve like an earthquake of dominoes and once ut starts this time cannot be stopped. We have come very close several times already to a complete collapse. This next time, it. wiil. be. lethal. and complete. The first part talks about the new power of governments across the world to freeze money flow post-2008. Digital assets can be easily frozen or confiscated, as many sanctioned governments had found out. This only physical gold bars or works of Art, and land ownership certificates are worthy to keep. He is firmly in the Doom camp - Gold will save everything - I'm smarter than econ greats - Fiat money will result in the end of the world (maybe be so, but the end of the world happened with gold and other monetary standards in the past too) you get the picture.Smart and well informed, the book has many very interesting insights. I agree with many of the conclusions. However, it also seems drama seeking, undisciplined, and not very well written. Complexity does not increase in a linear manner. If the size of the systems doubles then the number of interactions quadruples etc.