Title: Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis
Author: James Rickards – Economist, investment banker, and U.S. intelligence advisor specializing in financial warfare. Advisor to Pentagon and CIA on economic threats.
Key Insights:
This explosive exposé reveals how central banks weaponize money:
4 Historical Currency Wars:
1920s (Weimar hyperinflation → Great Depression)
1970s (Nixon shocks → Stagflation)
2000s (China's yuan manipulation)
2010+ (QE, crypto, and "stealth devaluations")
Modern Battlefields:
Gold vs. Bitcoin: Why nations hoard bullion as "financial bunkers"
Dollar Trap: How the Fed exports inflation globally
IMF's SDRs: The coming "global currency reset"
Survival Strategies:
Portfolio "Doomsday Insurance" (gold, land, art)