Whats Wrong with Money?: The Biggest Bubble of All

AN EXPERT GUIDE TO SURVIVING COMING INFLATION AND POTENTIAL DISRUPTION

What′s Wrong with Money? The Biggest Bubble of All offers a revealing and lucrative framework for considering the impending inflationary period when making investments. Go behind the scenes of the legislation, policy, and history of what makes money valuable with a recognized authority on inflation and inflation–related products. In a conversational narrative supported by illustrative charts and diagrams, he connects the dots between the actions of central banks in response to market bubbles and shows how they disastrously eroded our financial system by:

Highlighting historic patterns in monetary value and the possible outcomes of the current situation Demonstrating the causes behind money devaluing slowly and quickly Detailing a variety of investment strategies for gaining an edge no matter how money collapses Examining the potential causes of monetary erosion, how it leads to inflation, or, in extreme cases, hyperinflation, and enabling you to determine your "personal inflation" with an exclusive online tool

By knowing What′s Wrong with Money?, you can ensure your wealth is well protected.

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Part I: How Money Lives and Dies

Chapter 1: What is Money and Why Do We Need it?

Chapter 2: Fiat Money

Chapter 3: The Role of Central Banks and the (Limited) Power of Monetary Policy

Chapter 4: Bitcoin: A Solution and a Different Problem

Chapter 5: How Fiat Money Dies

Part II: Where Are We Now?

Chapter 6: Don t Believe Everything You Read (But Believe Some of It)

Chapter 7: Central Bankers Are Monetarists No Longer

Chapter 8: Central Bankers in the Global Financial Crisis

Chapter 9: Where Are We Now?

Chapter 10: My Prescription

Part III: How to Invest with Inflation in Mind

Chapter 11: Only Three Miracles

Chapter 12: Inflation–Aware Investing and the Easy Way1

Chapter 13: Liability–Driven Investing for Individuals

Chapter 14: Investing for a Currency Calamity

Index

MICHAEL ASHTON is managing principal at Enduring Investments LLC, a specialty consulting and investment management boutique offering focused inflation–market expertise. He played an integral role in developing the U.S. inflation derivatives markets and is widely viewed as a premier subject matter expert on inflation products and inflation trading.