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More About This Title The Golden Revolution: How to Prepare for the Coming Global Gold Standard
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A reserve currency can only function as such if there is a general consensus that it provides a stable store of value. Without this trust, money, no matter what form it takes, will be abandoned—either suddenly in a crisis, or gradually over time—in favor of something else. The Golden Revolution looks at how the world is rapidly moving toward some form of global metallic standard, in which money, at least in official, international transactions, is linked directly to gold, silver, or both.
The practical reality of the transition to the coming global gold (or bimetallic) standard is going to be substantially different from the global fiat monetary and financial regime of today. It is not just money that is going to change. The nature and business of banking will also be affected, as will finance in general.
Incisive and thoughtful, The Golden Revolution is a treatise on the broad effects of the current and future monetary structureLooks at why the world is headed inexorably back towards a metallic money standardExplores what the transition period might look like, including some historical examples of both orderly and disorderly transitionsExamines how the world of banking, finance, and investment, including asset valuation and portfolio management techniques, will work under a future gold standard and which industries, countries and markets are likely to benefit and which are likely to sufferFull of advice on how investors can profit and protect themselves during this critical time of change, the book knows that those who are prepared will prosper, while those who won't stand to lose it all.
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Introduction: Why a Gold Standard Lies in Our Near Future 1
Part I Why the Days of the Fiat Dollar Are Numbered 7
Chapter 1 The Window Closes 13
Chapter 2 Stagnation, Stagflation, and the Rise of "Darth" Volcker 23
Chapter 3 Of Bubbles and Bailouts 35
Chapter 4 Why Financial Genius Fails, or, a Forensic Study of the 2008–2009 Global Credit Crisis 41
Chapter 5 An Unstable Equilibrium 51
Chapter 6 The Inevitability of Regime Change 73
Part II Running the Golden Gauntlet: Transition Scenarios Back to a Gold Standard 79
Chapter 7 A Golden Bolt out of the Blue 85
Chapter 8 Golden Preparations 95
Chapter 9 Long-Forgotten Suggestions for How the United States Could Return to Gold 115
Chapter 10 The Golden BRICs 125
Chapter 11 When All Else Fails, Enter the Gold Vigilantes 133
Part III The Economic, Financial, and Investment Implications of the Coming Global Gold Standard 137
Chapter 12 The Role of Central Banking under a Gold Standard 143
Chapter 13 Valuation Fundamentals under a Gold Standard 155
Chapter 14 Estimating Risk Premia under a Gold Standard 167
Chapter 15 Golden Winners and Paper Losers 181
Chapter 16 Some Implications of the Gold Standard for Global Labor and Capital Markets 189
Conclusion: The Golden Society 193
Further Reading 199
About the Author 206
Index 207
