Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit from the Economic Collapse (Paperback, 2, Revised)

Author's Note, Crash Proof 2.0 vii

Preface xv

Introduction: America.com: The Delusion of Real Wealth xxi

1 The Slippery Slope: Consumers, Not Producers 1

2 What Uncle Sam, the Mass Media, and Wall Street Don't Want You to Know 33

3 For a Few Dollars More: Our Declining Currency 63

4 Inflation Nation: The Federal Reserve Fallacy 91

5 My Kingdom for a Buyer: Stock Market Chaos 129

6 They Burst Bubbles, Don't They?: The Coming Real Estate Debacle 159

7 Come On In, the Water's Fine: Our Consumer Debt Problem 199

8 How to Survive and Thrive, Step 1: Rethinking Your Stock Portfolio 237

9 How to Survive and Thrive, Step 2: Gold Rush—Be the First Person on Your Block to Stake a Claim 283

10 How to Survive and Thrive, Step 3: Stay Liquid 317

Epilogue 339

Books for Further Reading 345

Glossary 349

Index 353