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THE DEATH OF MONEY

James Rickards

 
 

Subtitle: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System - Portfolio-Penguin, NYC., 2014, 356 pgs., index, selected sources, end notes

 
 

Reviewer Comments

 
 

Introduction - Rickards starts right out with his subject. "The Death of Money is about the demise of the dollar, not of money. By extension, it is also about the potential collapse of the international monetary system because, if confidence in the dollar is lost, no other currency stands ready to take its place as the world's reserve currency." The remaining section is a brief summary of the international monetary system based on the dollar since the late 1970's, plus a mention of the 3 previous collapses of the monetary system in 1914, 1939, and 1971. he devotes sections to Financial War - Inflation - Deflation - Market Collapse - and A Deluge of Dangers. His conclusion is: "The system has spun out of control, the altered state of the economic world, with new players, shifting allegiances, political ineptitude, and technological change has left investors confused."

 
 

Chapter 1 - Prophesy

 
 

Chapter 2 - The War God's Face

 
 

Chapter 3 - The Ruin of Markets

 
 

Chapter 4 - China's New Financial Warlords

 
 

Chapter 5 - The New German Reich

 
 

Chapter 6 - BELLs, BRICS, and Beyond

 
 

Chapter 7 - Debt, Deficits, and the Dollar

 
 

Chapter 8 - Central Bank of the World

 
 

Chapter 9 - Gold redux

 
 

Chapter 10 - Crossroads

 
 

Chapter 11 - Maelstrom

 
 

Conclusion

 
 

Afterward

 

Return to Xenophon.