America's Bubble Economy : Profit When It Pops

by Wiedemer, David; Wiedemer, Robert; Spitzer, Cindy; Janszen, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780471753674
• ISBN10: 047175367X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-06
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

America's Bubble Economy is the first book to focus on several simultaneous financial bubbles that are interacting to temporarily boost-and ultimately threaten-the United States and world economies. Filled with expert analysis and straight talk, this book will show you how to turn the coming economic transformation into a once-in-a-lifetime wealth-building opportunity.

Author Biography

DAVID WIEDEMER, PhD, is a groundbreaking evolutionary economist who created the rigorous economic analysis on which this book is based. He received a PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Wiedemer has held senior management positions with several Washington, DC–area high technology companies and holds thirteen domestic and international patents on information technology.

ROBERT A. WIEDEMER, brings to the team the real-world business knowledge and investment understanding that comes from founding a NASDAQ-listed information services company. He is currently President of a business valuation firm that is the primary business valuation advisor for the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Investment Company division (the largest fund of venture capital funds in the world).

CINDY SPITZER is an award-winning writer who has contributed to the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, and many other publications and books, including the original Chicken Soup for the Soul.

ERIC JANSZEN is one of the nation's leading financial bubble experts, having written extensively on the Internet bubble and developed the popular Web site, iTulip.com, which has been praised by the New York Times, BusinessWeek, National Public Radio, and CNBC. He has also been CEO of two venture-backed companies and managing director of Osborn Capital from 1998 to 2001. On his iTulip Web site, he called the top of the dot com bubble in March 2000 and recommended moving from cash to gold in 2001 when gold bottomed.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	VII
INTRODUCTION	XI
Part One America's Bubble Economy
Chapter 1: Executive Summary	3	(34)
Chapter 2: Bubble Blind	37	(30)
Chapter 3: Bubblequake	67	(38)
Chapter 4: What!? You Mean We're Not King of the World!?	105	(28)
Part Two Profit When It Pops with Alternative Investments
Chapter 5: Cashing in on Chaos	133	(48)
Chapter 6: Gold for People Who Hate Gold by Eric Janszen	181	(18)
Chapter 7: Survive and Thrive	199	(18)
Part Three The Really Big "Big Picture"
Chapter 8: The View from 30,000 Feet	217	(38)
INDEX	255