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Subtitle: The Coming Collapse of the
International Monetary System - Portfolio-Penguin, NYC., 2014, 356 pgs., index,
selected sources, end notes
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Reviewer Comments
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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."
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Chapter 1 - Prophesy
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Chapter 2 - The War God's Face
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Chapter 3 - The Ruin of Markets
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Chapter 4 - China's New Financial Warlords
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Chapter 5 - The New German Reich
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Chapter 6 - BELLs, BRICS, and Beyond
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Chapter 7 - Debt, Deficits, and the Dollar
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Chapter 8 - Central Bank of the World
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Chapter 9 - Gold redux
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Chapter 10 - Crossroads
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Chapter 11 - Maelstrom
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Conclusion
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Afterward
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