The Road to Ruin
The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis
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James Rickards
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James Rickards
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The best-selling 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 US 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 comforting 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.
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- Connor hay
- 2021-02-02
Refreshingly blunt and to the point
Would recommend for anyone who is well versed in the school of economics, or is just looking to get acquainted with the subject.
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- John
- 2023-04-22
James Rickards covers all the bases so simply
I love the way James Rickards discusses the history and present situation. He takes complex topics and presents them in everyday language. He engages as when a good friend explains a situation. He covers all the bases, and his view on the possible situation is complete and unfortunately believable and possible. I enjoyed this book immeasurably. Look for more of his books next.
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- Gunung Putrie
- 2018-09-14
Fascinating Look at the Financial World!
Jim Rickards is very easy to listen to as he relates the story of the inner workings of Wall Street and international finance. His simple storytelling gives us some interesting insight into what caused the last financial crisis and gives us the warning signs for the next financial crisis. There is a lot of information that he covers, but all necessary in understanding how we can be better prepared for "Ice-9". Well worth reading or listening to. #Audible1
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- Wako
- 2019-10-20
well written and easy to comprehend
I highly recommend this book if you are interested in knowing what's going on behind close doors in the world economy.
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