The road to ruin : the global elites' secret plan for the next financial crisis / James Rickards.

Author/creator Rickards, James author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York City : Portfolio/Penguin, [2016]
Descriptionx, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Monetary policy.
Banks and banking.
Financial crises--Government policy.
Financial crises--Government policy.
Monetary policy.
Banks and banking.

Contents Introduction -- This is the end -- One money, one world, one order -- Desert city of the mind -- Foreshock : 1998 -- Foreshock: 2008 -- Earthquake: 2018 -- Bonfire of the elites -- Capitalism, Fascism, and democracy -- Behold a black horse -- Conclusion.
Abstract "The bestselling author of The Death of Money and Currency Wars reveals the global elites' dark effort to hide a coming catastrophe from investors. A drumbeat is sounding among the global elites. The signs of a worldwide financial meltdown are unmistakable. This time, the elites have an audacious plan to protect themselves from the fallout: hoarding cash now and locking down the global financial system when a crisis hits. Since 2014, international monetary agencies have been issuing warnings to a small group of finance ministers, banks, and private equity funds: the U.S. government's cowardly choices not to prosecute J.P. Morgan and its ilk, and to bloat the economy with a $4 trillion injection of easy credit, are driving us headlong toward a cliff. As Rickards shows in this frightening, meticulously researched book, governments around the world have no compunction about conspiring against their citizens. They will have stockpiled hard assets when stock exchanges are closed, ATMs shut down, money market funds frozen, asset managers instructed not to sell securities, negative interest rates imposed, and cash withdrawals denied. If you want to plan for the risks ahead, you will need Rickards's cutting-edge synthesis of behavioral economics, history, and complexity theory. It's a guidebook to thinking smarter, acting faster, and living with the comforing knowledge that your wealth is secure. The global elites don't want this book to exist. Their plan to herd us like sheep to the slaughter when a global crisis erupts--and, of course, to maintain their wealth--works only if we remain complacent and unaware. Thanks to The Road to Ruin, we don't need to be"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract "A drumbeat is sounding among the global elites. The signs of a coming financial crisis, one exponentially bigger than the last, are unmistakable. This time, the elites have an audacious plan to protect themselves from the fallout: hoarding cash now and locking down the global financial system when a crisis hits"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-324) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Rickards, James, author. Road to ruin New York City : Portfolio, 2016 9780698198067
LCCN 2016042599
ISBN9781591848080 (hardcover)
ISBN1591848083 (hardcover)
ISBN9780241189207
ISBN0241189209

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Joyner General Stacks HG230.3 .R535 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold