{"product_id":"economic-crisis-9780470460351","title":"Economic Crisis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePROFITING FROM THE WORLD''S ECONOMIC CRISIS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eProfiting from the World''s Economic Crisis,\u003c\/i\u003e author Bud Conrad, Chief Economist for Casey Research, predicts a rough road ahead for us?due to economic imbalances that have built up over the past decade?but reveals how you can prosper during these difficult times by tracking global market trends and finding investment opportunities that match those trends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this book, Conrad outlines the long-term direction of our economy as driven by increasing U.S. government and trade deficits, oil prices, Social Security and Medicare obligations for baby boomers, the credit crisis, and the weakening dollar. He also examines why some of the government''s actions?such as bailing out banks and curbing interest rates?fail to address more serious, long-term issues such as too much debt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crisis we have entered is not a typical business recession, but, instead, a major deleveraging which is the biggest shift since the Great De\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE ECONOMIC FORCES 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 The Budget Deficit Drives the Growth of All Debt 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Trade Deficit and U.S. Dependency on Foreign Investments 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Big Costs of Health Care, Social Security, and the Military 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO FINANCIAL CRISIS RESPONSE 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 The Federal Reserve Prints Our Money (Stop the Presses!) 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 The Importance of Debt for Predicting Our Economy 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 The Big-Picture Model of Our Economy 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE RECESSION OR DEPRESSION? 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 What Can the 1929 Great Depression Teach Us about Today’s Crisis? 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 What the United States Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decade(s): 1989–2009 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 What the United States Can Learn from German and Other European Hyperinflations, and from China Today 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The Stock Market May Be Dead for Another Decade 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Energy in the 21st Century: The End of the Petroleum Age 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Food, Grain Trading 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 The Demise of the Dollar 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Interest Rates: The Trade of the Decade 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Gold Is the Only Real Money 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FIVE PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER 367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Forecast for the Future 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Looking Over the Horizon to See the Best Investments 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 431\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402337395031,"sku":"9780470460351","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470460351.jpg?v=1730480106","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economic-crisis-9780470460351","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}