The Demise of the Dollar... and Why It's Great For Your Investments
As the dollar continues to weaken against other currencies, it is increasingly clear that this event will have a significant impact on investors and consumers around the world. The Demise of the Dollar... And Why It’s Great for Your Investments examines the reasons for the dollar’s current slide and offers an up-close look at the Federal Reserve’s attempts to manage the dollar’s value. Filled with in-depth insights, wry wit, and sound advice, this intriguing text offers an inside glimpse of the reality of today’s dollar and its impact on the world’s economies as well as readers’ personal portfolios.
This engaging book examines the many reasons behind the dollar's ongoing decline and provides readers with the information needed to financially survive and thrive during the years ahead.
It also includes the nation's historic trade deficit, the Euro, government spending habits, globalization, and other international factors.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction: Fall of the Great Dollar Standard
Chapter 1: The "Recovery" That Wasn't
Chapter 2: Fictitious Capitalism and the iPod Economy
Chapter 3: Pathological Consumption
Chapter 4: Short Unhappy Episodes in Monetary History
Chapter 5: The Helicopter Theory, Inflation, and the Money in Your Wallet
Chapter 6: Attention to Deficits Disorder
Chapter 7: Alas, the Demise of the Dollar
Chapter 8: Crisis and Opportunity in the Twilight of the Great Dollar Standard Era
Notes