Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

An insightful look at how to succeed by going against the crowd Collectively, people think and act in ways that are different from how they think and act as individuals. Understanding these differences, says William (Bill) Bonner-a longtime maverick observer of the financial world and the vagaries of the investing public-is vital to preserving your wealth and personal dignity. From the witch-hunts of the early modern world to the war on terror, from dot-com mania to the real estate bubble, people have always been caught up in frauds, conceits, and wild guesses-often with devastating results. In Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets, Bonner and coauthor Lila Rajiva show groupthink at work in an improbable array of instances throughout history and reveal why swimming against the current pays. <ul>
<li>Shares the deeper secrets of investing and pushes you to question what this means for your financial well-being</li> <li>Explains why people so often abandon good sense and good behavior to "follow the crowd"</li> <li>Offers concrete advice on how you can avoid the "public spectacle" of modern finance</li> </ul>
The authors' cautionary tale of bubble economies reveals how the gush of credit let loose by Alan Greenspan has wreaked havoc on our lives-but their thoughtful and always entertaining approach also offers some sound investing principles for avoiding the pitfalls of the public spectacle, thinking for yourself, and protecting your money, your sanity, and your soul.

Business & Money

Rajiva, Lila

Bonner, William

Investing

wiley

Economics

An updated look at the United States' precarious position given the recent financial turmoil In The New Empire of Debt, financial writers Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin return to reveal how the financial crisis that has plagued the United States will soon bring an end to this once great empire. Throughout the book, the authors offer an updated look at the United States' precarious position given the recent financial turmoil, and discuss how government control of the economy and financial system-combined with unfettered deficit spending and gluttonous consumption-has ravaged the business environment, devastated consumer confidence, and pushed the global economy to the brink. Along the way, Bonner and Wiggin cast a wide angle lens that looks back in history and ahead to the coming century: showing how dramatic changes in the economic power of the United States will inevitably impact every American. <ul>
<li>Reveals the financial realities the United States currently faces and what the ultimate outcome may be</li> <li>Weaves together the worlds of politics, economics, and personal finance in a way that underscores the severity of the situation</li> <li>Addresses the events leading up to the implosion of the U.S. financial system</li> <li>Looks ahead to help you avoid the pitfalls presented by a weaker United States</li> <li>Other titles by Bonner: Empire of Debt, Financial Reckoning Day, and Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets
</li> <li>Other titles by Wiggin: I.O.U.S.A., Demise of the Dollar, and Financial Reckoning Day
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The United States is heading down a difficult path. The New Empire of Debt clearly shows how this has happened and discusses what you can do to overcome the financial challenges that will arise as the situation deteriorates.

The New Empire of Debt: The Rise and Fall of an Epic Financial Bubble

Wiggin, Addison

Agora

Overview "The Golden Age of American capitalism is over. . . . In the space of half a century it passed from gold, to silver, to paper, and is now somewhere between plastic and navel lint." -From The New Empire of Debt In the last half of 2008, the Empire of Debt received the margin call from Hell. Now, all of its citizens are asked to pay up as the U.S. economy stumbles down a dangerous path of financial turmoil. What exactly went wrong? When things are good, people tend to believe the most outrageous things-that the financial sector could get rich by lending money to people who couldn't pay it back, and that a whole economy could flourish by luring consumers to spend more than they could afford. These hallucinations created an immense worldwide bubble of debt and dollars. And now-with the U.S. government inflating the biggest bubble in public debt the world has ever seen-a financial whirlpool has formed and threatens to drag the entire country down the drain. In The New Empire of Debt, the internationally acclaimed author team of William Bonner and Addison Wiggin return to reveal how the epic financial bubble that is plaguing the United States will soon bring an end to this once-great empire. Throughout the book, they offer a frightening look atthe United States' precarious position and discuss how government control of the economy and financial system-combined with unfettered deficit spending and gluttonous consumption-has ravaged the business environment, devastated consumer confidence, and pushed the global economy to the brink. Along the way, Bonner and Wiggin warn of the dangers that lie ahead and offer practical advice to protect your financial well-being as the American empire collapses upon itself. You'll discover that you don't have to tie your own fate to the inevitable destruction of America's system of imperial finance. Instead, you can take some simple steps to weather the crisis.

Right now, Congress, the Fed, and the Treasury are all gambling with your future and your money. And it's contagious. Economies around the globe are suffering from the biggest multitrillion-dollar bets ever wagered on big governments and miraculous financial interventions in pretend "free markets." One man saw it all coming and told his readers well in advance of today's crisis. Bill Bonner reports on the true health and well-being of the world's largest economy to over half a million readers each day in The Daily Reckoning. His newsletter is to the mainstream financial press what the Gnostic Gospels are to the King James Bible. Back in 2000, Bill Bonner sounded like a prophet crying in the wilderness. While everyone scrambled to purchase shares of the latest and hottest dot-com, Bill announced his Trade of the Decade: Sell dollars, buy gold. Back in 2000, you could get an ounce for around $264. Today, you could pay as much as $1,400 for that same ounce. Finally, some of Bonner's best pronouncements, predictions, and profitable analysis are collected in one place. Dice Have No Memory gather's Bonner's richest insights from August 1999 through November 2010 to form a chronological narrative of economics in America. Here's a fraction of what you'll find inside: *Gold says "I Told You So" *Three out of Four Economists Are Wrong *Imperial Overstretch Marks *Why Debt Does Matter *Economic Zombies Shuffle Towards Bankruptcy Bonner's Dice Have No Memory offers elegies for economists, tips for investors, tirades against wasteful warfare past and present, and practical guides to modern finance with graceful prose, well-earned intelligence, and riotous irreverence. Bill Bonner's common sense genius rips the window dressing off modern finance - a world normally populated by misguided do-gooders, corrupt politicians, and big bankers empowered by dubious "mathematical" truths. The investing game is rigged, just like Monte Carlo. Instead of giving you magic formulas, this archcontrarian teaches you how to think clearly. And Dice Have No Memory gives today's investor the next moves he should make...before it's too late.

Dice Have No Memory: Big Bets and Bad Economics from Paris to the Pampas

History

Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving The Soft Depression Of The 21st Century

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

"History shows that people who save and invest grow and prosper, and the others deteriorate and collapse. As Financial Reckoning Day demonstrates, artificially low interest rates and rapid credit creation policies set by Alan Greenspan and the Federal Reserve caused the bubble in U.S. stocks of the late '90s. . . . Now, policies being pursued at the Fed are making the bubble worse. They are changing it from a stock market bubble to a consumption and housing bubble. And when those bubbles burst, it's going to be worse than the stock market bubble . . . No one, of course, wants to hear it. They want the quick fix. They want to buy the stock and watch it go up twenty-five percent because that's what happened last year, and that's what they say on TV." —Jim Rogers, author of the bestseller Adventure Capitalist from the Foreword to Financial Reckoning Day 
Advanced praise from bestselling authors "An investment book that will not only enlarge your investment horizon, but also make you laugh and thoroughly entertain you for a few hours." —Dr. Marc Faber, author of the bestseller Tomorrow's Gold "Financial Reckoning Day is . . . in the category of scintillating sex or good vision, something to be savored and enjoyed-before it is too late." —James Dale Davidson, author of the bestseller The Great Reckoning and The Sovereign Individual "A powerful and insightful vision . . . each paragraph stimulates a new rush of thoughts that fills in gaping holes in the investor's understanding of what has happened to their dreams . . . while prepping them to confront any new confusion that may arrive." —Martin D. Weiss, author of the bestseller Crash Profits

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis (Agora Series)

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.

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

Communicating in Business: Key to Success,

Houston: Dame Publications, (1983)

How do a successful surgeon and a Senator's administrative assistant find themselves with Lafayette Park as their residence? Dr. Mark Puccini and Maddie ChapelIe are among the homeless who call the area across from the White House home. Following a turbulent first meeting in the park, they become allies with a common goal. Mark suffered periods of blackout, which ended his career as a physician, beginning his life on the streets of Washington. In an effort to escape a sexually harassing boss and a traumatic attack, Maddie relinquished her career in Boston and her identity. Together, they encounter the powerful Project 1947, whose goal is to control the population by intervening in politics through assassinations and worse. Working with Senator Pope, Mark and Maddie develop and advocate health care legislation for the indigent. The Senator's drug-addicted wife and his womanizing bring political chaos to the effort. Project 1947 becomes a force to be reckoned with up to the level of the President. Elements of suspicion and dismay lead the Street Doctor and Maddie toward an uncertain future.

Immoral Symphony

Literature & Fiction

DuLong, Terri

Genre Fiction

Gardenia Press

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Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

The New Empire of Debt: The Rise and Fall of an Epic Financial Bubble

The New Empire of Debt: The Rise and Fall of an Epic Financial Bubble

Dice Have No Memory: Big Bets and Bad Economics from Paris to the Pampas

Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving The Soft Depression Of The 21st Century

Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving The Soft Depression Of The 21st Century

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

Communicating in Business: Key to Success,

Immoral Symphony