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The Money Bubble Paperback – January 2, 2014

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In their 2004 book The Coming Collapse of the Dollar, James Turk and John Rubino advised readers to bet against the housing bubble before it popped and to buy gold before it soared. Those were literally the two best investment ideas of the decade. Now Turk and Rubino are back to say that history is about to repeat. Instead of addressing the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, the world's governments have continued along the same path, accumulating even more debt and inflating even bigger financial bubbles. So another -- even bigger -- crisis is coming. Whether it ends up being called a "crack-up boom" or "the End of Paper Money" or "the Second Great Depression," it will change everything, from the kinds of investments that create new fortunes to the kinds of money that most of us save and spend. Among many other things, the authors explain: • How governments are hiding the scope of the problems they face. • Why the world's paper currencies will soon stop functioning as money. • How you can protect your savings from the threats posed by this transition from "unsound" paper currencies to "sound" money like gold and silver. • How you can actually make money -- perhaps a lot of it -- during this transition. "Because the Money Bubble involves the world's major currencies rather than just a discrete asset class like houses or tech stocks, its bursting will be both far more devastating for the unprepared and far more profitable for those able to understand it and act accordingly. Our goal is to usher you into this small but happy second group." -- James Turk and John Rubino, The Money Bubble
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"The best book I've read on the history of money, where we are now, and what it all means for your future."
(Daniel Ameduri, Future Money Trends)

"Turk and Rubino have done it again! Crisp writing and excellent storytelling illuminate the causes of our inevitable monetary crisis."
(Chris Martenson, Ph.D. & Adam Taggart, PeakProsperity.com)

"I wholeheartedly endorse the Money Bubble's main thesis that a major currency crisis is coming and you need to protect yourself from it. Two thumbs up." (Mike Shedlock, Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)

"Turk and Rubino are definitely not "fringe" characters. They have worked with one foot in the mainstream for many years. But they have remained independent and unencumbered by an establishment that has selfishly thumbed its nose at honest money in favor of a monetary system that transfers wealth from those who make it to parasitic bankers and politicians who consume it. If you really want to know why we are in trouble, what is likely to happen and how you can protect yourself "The Money Bubble" is a must read!" (Jay Taylor, J. Taylor's Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks Newsletter)

"An enthralling book." (Dominic Frisby, Frisby's Bulls & Bears)

About the Author

James Turk and John Rubino are the co-authors of The Coming Collapse of the Dollar and How To Profit From It: Make a Fortune by Investing in Gold and Other Hard Assets (Doubleday, 2004). James Turk is the founder and a director of GoldMoney, a Jersey, Channel Islands company and a leader in online gold trading. He is also a director of the GoldMoney Foundation, a not-for-profit educational organization dedicated to providing information on sound money. After beginning his business career with The Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase), he went onto manage the Commodity Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, that country's sovereign wealth fund. He is the author of several monographs and numerous articles on money and banking. He and his wife live in London, England. John Rubino runs DollarCollapse.com, a popular financial website, and contributes regularly to CFA Magazine. His previous books include Clean Money: Picking Winners in the Green-Tech Boom (Wiley, 2008), How to Profit from the Coming Real Estate Bust (Rodale, 2003) and Main Street, Not Wall Street (Morrow, 1998). After earning a Finance MBA from New York University, he spent the 1980s on Wall Street, as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990s he was a featured columnist with TheStreet.com and a frequent contributor to Individual Investor, Online Investor, and Consumers Digest, among many other publications. He lives in Idaho with his wife and two sons.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DollarCollapse Press (January 2, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1622170342
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1622170340
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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    James Turk has specialized in international banking, finance, and investments since graduating in 1969 from George Washington University with a B.A. degree in International Economics.

    He began his business career with Chase Manhattan Bank (now J.P. Morgan Chase), which included assignments in Thailand, the Philippines and Hong Kong. In 1980 he joined the private investment and trading company of a prominent precious metals trader. He then moved to the United Arab Emirates in 1983 to be appointed Manager of the Commodity Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a position he held until resigning in 1987 to begin Greenfield Associates. He established the firm to publish his work and to provide investment research and trading advice, principally to investment managers, hedge funds and commodity trading advisors in the United States and Europe.

    James is the founder of goldmoney.com, which he established in 2001 to provide a convenient and economical way to buy and sell gold, silver and platinum online using the digital gold currency for which he was awarded four US patents. He is the Lead Director of Goldmoney Inc., which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: XAU).

    James has written several monographs on money and banking. He has frequently appeared as a featured guest on radio and television and at investment conferences to speak about gold, money, and the international monetary and banking system by drawing upon over five decades of experience in international finance.

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    John Rubino runs the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com and contributes regularly to CFA Magazine. His books include The Money Bubble (co-authored with GoldMoney's James Turk, 2013), Clean Money: Picking Winners in the Green-Tech Boom (2008), The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit From It (also with GoldMoney's James Turk, 2008), How to Profit from the Coming Real Estate Bust (2003), and Main Street, Not Wall Street (1998). After earning a Finance MBA from New York University, he spent the 1980s on Wall Street, as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990s he was a featured columnist with TheStreet.com and a frequent contributor to Individual Investor, Online Investor, and Consumers Digest, among many other publications.

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HumanBean
5.0 out of 5 stars I found the book to be quite easy to read and generally interesting
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016
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A very concise and eye-opening book. It covers the state of the world economy, the reason why things are the way they are and likely future scenarios after a financial collapse. The future scenarios range from pessimistic to optimistic and seem to be quite plausible to me, though I admit to not being even close to an expert on the subject.

I found the book to be quite easy to read and generally interesting. The technical aspects were described quite well too, often using charts to illustrate points which helps when grasping new concepts. I believe you should always check facts and conclusions yourself rather than just placing blind faith in the author. So far, I have found no reason to doubt what he says but I will continue to check anyway

As the old saying goes, to be forewarned is to be forearmed so do yourself a favour and get this book. While the subject matter is depressing, I'm heartened somewhat by the fact that now I have some idea on what is going on and how to protect myself. This makes the book's purchase price a bargain in my mind
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rgclmet
4.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening with a leap to the fanciful
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2014
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I greatly enjoyed the book. It was well written, entertaining, informative and thought provoking...but I have a hard time believing the authors' vision of the next ten years.

Yes we are in debt up to our eyeballs, yes we are printing money like mad, yes governments lie about statistics and other things...but I'm not sure it is going to lead to the crack-up boom as described and I'm not sure catastrophic collapse is a possibility within the next few years or so.

The chapter on how the most basic US government statistics of unemployment and inflation were understated was fascinating. I knew about them, but the implications were not clear until this book.

The segment on how the gold market was manipulated was well written and I had never heard of it until this book, frankly. That was eye opening.

Fractional reserved banking was a mortal sin in this book as was central banking in general. Von Mises, Rothbard, Ron Paul et al were weaved throughout the pages. I don't quite buy into their black and white view of the world. Yes I want smaller and more efficient government and yes I want the Constitution to drive many decisions politically. But the Constitution was made by men and wasn't perfect (remember 3/5ths).

That said, when you predict the end of an era---in this case a dollar denominated one---there are times when I thought the authors went overboard. The Epilogue reads like an Ayn Rand novel to me. No, I don't think precious metals will lead us to smaller banks and the end of our military empire.

Interestingly, the main purpose of the book was to provide investment advice. All the material discussed above was primer for understanding how to get wealthy during the coming collapse of the dollar. Unload your bonds, sell volatility, selectively short the market and of course buy gold and silver. Maybe, but I remain unconvinced.

I recommend the book, but you determine for yourself whether you want to go their route or not.
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Bruce D. Collins
5.0 out of 5 stars Turk and Rubino have written another important financial book
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2014
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I have followed John Rubino's work for about ten years (or a little less) and I can say that it has made all the difference in understanding. Rubino is the editor of dollarcollapse.com and Turk is the founder of goldmoney.com, both very worthwhile sites to spend time on... but now the book...

The Money Bubble, in a sense, is a continuation of their thoughts in The Collapse of the Dollar book. The Money Bubble explains, in very easy to understand terms, the differences between unsound and sound money (and why distinguishing between the two is so important). They then explain what is sound money and how that will protect you from our government's preference: unsound money.

The book has a lot of great suggestions on how to protect yourself in an unstable economy. I would recommend buying a copy of this book so that you can understand steps that you should be taking to protect yourself from the bad economic decisions that our leaders are making today.
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William M.
3.0 out of 5 stars A good book, unusually well written, but little new helpful advice
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2014
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I'm contributing this because I have benefitted a great deal from other people's book reviews. This is an extremely well written discussion concerning the historical and well as current events in the financial and monetary world. Most of this was in the last book, and also available on the internet. However, it all becomes a very academic exercise if there is no good solution. The disappointing part is that there is precious little usable new information concerning what a person can do to protect themselves. I would have hoped at this late date we would have more concrete guidance on how to mitigate the possible damage. There are too many authors that consider the solution to a risky situation to be doing something that is even more risky to counter it. Great, if your timing is perfect. But if you are that good at timing markets, you are probably going to do OK anyway. The other thing is while I think that you can have somewhat of a handle on the economic situation the political / legal situation is the wild card and we need to know more about this factor. Finally, there is the time factor. Yes, the sun will eventually go supernova, but it may not do that for quite a while, if you get my drift. Meanwhile, life happens. In particular a more balanced view to the investing approaches might be useful, including more of a discussion concerning possible disadvantages.

I would recommend the book to anyone who is not yet familiar with this subject, or who hasn't read the previous book. It might make a good gift.
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Michael Warnert
5.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to topic
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024
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Earl Teigrob
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on June 29, 2014
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Good read. Balanced. To the point.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I thought this book was fantastic for beginner and intermediate investors
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2015
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I thought this book was fantastic for beginner and intermediate investors. If you've read many books on the banking system, commodities and the history of gold and fiat currency you might find that this is just a revision of that. However, when I bought this I was clueless about these topics and found this book amazing. Honestly I read it twice in a week and didn't get bored at all. They make a great case (with data) for the collapse of the dollar at least and why the tried and tested currency of gold/silver is more important than ever at least in the last 100 years. However I would take it with a pinch of salt because as far as I know these guys are precious metals merchants so they are biased in their exuberance for a bullish future in precious metals. In my case I do agree with them though and they back that exuberance with data, so overall 100% for this book.
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MC
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book...
Reviewed in Italy on February 24, 2014
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I also read James Turks book a few years back on the Collapse of the Dollar, which didn't actually occur, but the book was still a very informative read. It is part of the bed rock for me along with other websites and economists. The Money Bubble is an update really, and well worth reading.
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Peter B. Meyer
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
Reviewed in Spain on February 24, 2014
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This book explains in sufficient detail what is going on in the financial market. The future is very grim. So every responsible person should read this book to be prepared for the unexpected way the implosion of the financial market that will affect everyone on Earth.
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Dieter
5.0 out of 5 stars There should be more books like this
Reviewed in Germany on January 21, 2014
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This book explains the subject in an easy way. Even if you are new to the topic you can understand it. But also if you know about the subject you can profit from it.
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