Foreword xiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction: Fistful of Dollars 1Chapter 1: The Greenback Boogie 7Chapter 2: "We Are All Keynesians Now" 19Chapter 3: Attention to Deficits Disorder 31Chapter 4: Here Comes the Boom 59Chapter 5: Oops, Here's the Bust 83Chapter 6: A Modern Enigma 99Chapter 7: Short, Unhappy Episodes In Monetary History 111Chapter 8: Alas, the Demise of the Dollar 135Notes 179Index 189
Addison Wiggin is a best-selling writer, publisher, and filmmaker, with over two decades experience. An acclaimed New York Times best- selling author, his books also include: Financial Reckoning Day, Empire of Debt and The Little Book of the Shrinking Dollar. Addison is the writer and executive producer of the documentary I.O.U.S.A., an exposé on the national debt, shortlisted for an Academy Award. Addison started his latest project, a podcast called The Wiggin Sessions, during the pandemic in a tornado warning. He films from a homegrown studio in Baltimore, Maryland where he lives with his family. Addison has interviewed, at length, many of the world's most accomplished financiers, investors, politicians and executives.James Rickards is an American lawyer, economist and investment banker. He's the international best-selling author of a number of books on currencies, gold and the global economy, including Currency Wars and The Death of Money.