You Can Profit From A Monetary Crisis [Hardcover]

Harry Browne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1974

Now, we are facing a far greater crisis. The shift from gold and silver coins to paper money caused great concern to economists such as Harry Browne, but now today even the paper money has no value. Nowadays, the world's financial system is carried on Internet websites!!! Trillions of dollars flow back and forth every day through the world's financial markets. If the World Wide Web crashes, there is nothing to back it up. Today, the governments of the world are just creating ever increasing deficits. They are spending like there is no tomorrow. They are just bailing each other out. The world's economy is being run as a giant Ponzi scheme. Governments are bailing out banks and then bailing out each other. How much longer can this continue? The "mother" of all financial collapses is upon us NOW. That is why this book is needed more than ever NOW.

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About the Author

Harry Browne (June 17, 1933 – March 1, 2006) was an American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1996 and 2000. He received 485,798 votes or 0.5% of the vote in 1996 and 384,516 votes or 0.4% of the vote in 2000. He was noted for his refusal to accept matching funds even though he qualified for them. He continued to author books and articles on investing and hosted an Internet radio call-in show. In all, Browne wrote 13 books and sold 2 million copies of his books.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 397 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Co. (1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0025174606
• ISBN-13: 978-0025174603
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,866 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars written in 1974, could easily be 2011, October 2, 2011

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Natalie (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews

It's a shame nobody else has bothered to review this book. It is really a diamond in the rough and has many great ideas. If you are a fan of Harry Browne, you will enjoy it. Similar to many of his other works, he takes the time to explain how gov't works (or more specifically, doesn't work) and how the hairbrained actions of the gov't will reduce your wealth, and what you can do to avoid or at least minimize the damage. He explains seven principles which he has found in people who are successful investors, and explains how you can also be successful once you understand the principles of how things work, rather than investing based on the "latest tip" or other such specific information. What's really amazing is that this was written in 1974, and other than a few small specifics and greatly increased dollar amounts (he speculates that gold could go up to $300 an ounce-- OH THE HORROR!!!) this book could easily be in the "new arrivals" section at the book store, and most readers would be hard pressed to tell it was written almost 40 years ago. Found my copy used on Amazon for under a buck, very few purchases will give you that kind of VALUE.