Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

by William Bonner, Addison Wiggin

Overview

In Empire of Debt, maverick financial writers Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin provide you with the first in-depth look at how the American character has shifted to accommodate its new imperial role; how we have abandoned the private virtues of personal liberty, economic freedom, and fiscal restraint; and how the government has gained control of public life and the economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118040546
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/06/2011
Series:	Agora Series , #58
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	958 KB

About the Author

WILLIAM BONNER is President and CEO of Agora Inc., one of the world's largest financial newsletter companies. Agora is headquartered in Baltimore and has offices overseas in London, Paris, Ireland, Bonn, Madrid, Melbourne, and Johannesburg. Bonner is the creator of the Daily Reckoning, a contrarian financial newsletter sent via e-mail (www.dailyreckoning.com). Mr. Bonner is also the coauthor, with Addison Wiggin, of the international bestseller Financial Reckoning Day and author of Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets (both published by Wiley).

ADDISON WIGGIN is the Editorial Director and Publisher of the Daily Reckoning. He is also the author of the international bestseller The Demise of the Dollar And Why It's Great for Your Investments (now in it's second edition), and coauthor, with William Bonner, of the international bestseller Financial Reckoning Day.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Slouching toward Empire.

I. Imperia Absurdum.

1. Dead Men Talking.

2. Empires of Dirt.

3. How Empires Work.

4. As We Go Marching.

II. Woodrow Crosses the Rubicon.

5. The Road to Hell.

6. The Revolution of 1913 and the Great Depression.

7. MacNamara’s War.

8. Nixon’s the One.

III. Evening in America.

9. Reagan’s Legacy.

10. America’s Glorious Empire of Debt.

11. Modern Imperial Finance.

12. Something Wicked This Way Comes.

IV. The Essential Investor.

13. Welcome to Squanderville.

14. Still Turning Japanese.

15. The Wall Street Fandango.

16. Subversive Investing.

Appendix: The Essentialist Glossary.

Notes.

Index.