Coming Economic Collapse : How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel

by Leeb, Stephen; Strathy, Glen

• ISBN13: 9780446579780
• ISBN10: 0446579785
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-21
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

Stephen Leeb shows how hard times can be a boon for smart investors. As the world faces an energy crisis of unprecedented scope, renowed economist Stephen Leeb shows how surging oil prices will contribute to an economic collapse. With meticulous research and analysis, Leeb shows that due to strong competition from India and China, prices could soon double, a cost for which most countries and investors are ill-prepared. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Leeb not only shows how this crisis will affect consumers, but how savvy investing can turn these dire times into financial gain.

Author Biography

Steven Leeb is President of Leeb Capital Finance and editor of Personal Finance, a financial newsletter that has been honoured as 'the best in North America'. A Ph.D and academic prodigy, he has degrees in economics, maths and psychology and has written four previous books

Table of Contents

Author's Note	ix
1. The Bursting of the Tech Bubble: Did Our Most Recent Brush with Disaster Teach Us Anything?	1	(12)
2. A Collision Course with Disaster	13	(16)
3. The Collapse of Civilization: Causes and Solutions	29	(10)
4. Our Psychological Blind Spots: Conformity, Authority, and Groupthink	39	(8)
5. The Madness of Wall Street: How Investors Can Profit by Overcoming Groupthink	47	(17)
6. The Most Dangerous Crisis of All	64	(12)
7. Chindia and the Future of Oil	76	(14)
8. The Havoc That Will Result from $200 Oil	90	(12)
9. What the 1970's Teach Us About Investing in the Coming Decade	102	(13)
10. The World of Tomorrow: Decline, Stasis, or Armageddon?	115	(14)
11. Planning for Survival: Alternatives to Oil	129	(16)
12. Misplaced Priorities: Our Biggest Obstacle To day	145	(15)
13. Your Personal Choice: Insane Wealth or Pitiful Poverty	160	(10)
14. Making Money in the Coming Collapse	170	(13)
15. The Next Hot Investment Sector: Alternative Energy	183	(14)
Bibliography	197	(5)
Index	202	(10)
About the Authors	212