The global economy is built on a derivative illusion. As the great credit contraction grinds on, the importance of performing accurate mental calculations of value will become more and more important. Every major country, including the United States, uses a fiat currency illusion as its legal tender. Even more troubling is that the world’s reserve currency—the United States Federal Reserve Note Dollar (FRN$)—is a currency illusion.
This system is evaporating before our very eyes. This book describes the background leading to this evaporation, which I call the Great Credit Contraction, sorts through complicated economic nomenclature, determines the root causes of the credit con- traction evaporation, and suggests ways to maintain wealth during this global economic crisis.
This book opens by discussing the development of money in the market. Understanding the historical landscape will provide the reader a perspective of where we currently are and what is likely to happen to the market in the future. To date, the development and rise of fractional reserve banking has perpetuated the inflationary credit expansion. During this process, fiat currency has risen to dominance with the culmination of FRN$ as the world’s reserve currency.
This system has been perpetuated by and has helped perpetuate the political structures of the earth. A deep philosophical foundation protected by sound money undergirds personal and financial privacy. Autonomy, personal independence, and the capacity to make and act upon moral decisions is a permanent state of the individual. Sound money protects autonomy.
The next section discusses the inflationary credit expansion and the corresponding deflationary credit contraction. This will lay the foundation for how to profit and generate wealth during the great deflationary credit contraction.
While theory and history may be interesting, without practical implementation, what difference do they make? As Wayne Gretzky is often credited with saying, “I do not skate where the puck is, but where it is going to be.” Similarly, a vision of the future financial landscape provides strategic thinking for capital allocation. With this foundation laid, it is possible to develop a strategy for generating and preserving wealth in these changing and challenging times.
This book is intended to be a general roadmap and is not intended to be exhaustive. Gold’s monetary role is extensively discussed. This, of course, is a completely different issue from whether one should buy or own gold.
Throughout this book, I will cite other sources where additional information and strategies can be obtained. Consequently, there are extensive endnotes, sources, and citations from some of the most brilliant minds through the corridors of time.
For example, during the 20th century, there were three main economic thinkers: John Maynard Keynes, Irving Fischer, and Ludwig von Mises. Keynesian economics asserts that private sector decisions sometimes lead to ineffi- cient macroeconomic outcomes and that public sector action can correct these inefficiencies. Despite President Nixon’s 1971 statement that “we’re all Keynesians now,” several alternative schools of thought exist. Within the Fischer camp is John Exter, who presented a debt deflation argument. Mises laid the foundation for the Austrian School of economics, which involves analyzing human action from the perspective of individual agents.
In summary, this book is an autopsy of the current worldwide monetary and financial system beginning with a brief overview of financial history, the current great deflationary credit contraction, and projecting the future environment. It concludes with suggestions on how to generate and preserve wealth in this challenging time, and the appendix contains a deeper analysis of important topics.
Trace Mayer, J.D. is an entrepreneur, investor, journalist and monetary scientist. He operates HowToVanish.com and RunToGold.com.
This system is evaporating before our very eyes. This book describes the background leading to this evaporation, which I call the Great Credit Contraction, sorts through complicated economic nomenclature, determines the root causes of the credit con- traction evaporation, and suggests ways to maintain wealth during this global economic crisis.
This book opens by discussing the development of money in the market. Understanding the historical landscape will provide the reader a perspective of where we currently are and what is likely to happen to the market in the future. To date, the development and rise of fractional reserve banking has perpetuated the inflationary credit expansion. During this process, fiat currency has risen to dominance with the culmination of FRN$ as the world’s reserve currency.
This system has been perpetuated by and has helped perpetuate the political structures of the earth. A deep philosophical foundation protected by sound money undergirds personal and financial privacy. Autonomy, personal independence, and the capacity to make and act upon moral decisions is a permanent state of the individual. Sound money protects autonomy.
The next section discusses the inflationary credit expansion and the corresponding deflationary credit contraction. This will lay the foundation for how to profit and generate wealth during the great deflationary credit contraction.
While theory and history may be interesting, without practical implementation, what difference do they make? As Wayne Gretzky is often credited with saying, “I do not skate where the puck is, but where it is going to be.” Similarly, a vision of the future financial landscape provides strategic thinking for capital allocation. With this foundation laid, it is possible to develop a strategy for generating and preserving wealth in these changing and challenging times.
This book is intended to be a general roadmap and is not intended to be exhaustive. Gold’s monetary role is extensively discussed. This, of course, is a completely different issue from whether one should buy or own gold.
Throughout this book, I will cite other sources where additional information and strategies can be obtained. Consequently, there are extensive endnotes, sources, and citations from some of the most brilliant minds through the corridors of time.
For example, during the 20th century, there were three main economic thinkers: John Maynard Keynes, Irving Fischer, and Ludwig von Mises. Keynesian economics asserts that private sector decisions sometimes lead to ineffi- cient macroeconomic outcomes and that public sector action can correct these inefficiencies. Despite President Nixon’s 1971 statement that “we’re all Keynesians now,” several alternative schools of thought exist. Within the Fischer camp is John Exter, who presented a debt deflation argument. Mises laid the foundation for the Austrian School of economics, which involves analyzing human action from the perspective of individual agents.
In summary, this book is an autopsy of the current worldwide monetary and financial system beginning with a brief overview of financial history, the current great deflationary credit contraction, and projecting the future environment. It concludes with suggestions on how to generate and preserve wealth in this challenging time, and the appendix contains a deeper analysis of important topics.
Trace Mayer, J.D. is an entrepreneur, investor, journalist and monetary scientist. He operates HowToVanish.com and RunToGold.com.
