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John Downes is coauthor of the bestselling Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, Barron's Finance and Investment Handbook, and Beating the Dow. He lives in Poughquag, New York.
Preface xv
Introduction: America.com: The Delusion of Real Wealth xxi
1 The Slippery Slope: Consumers, Not Producers 1
2 What Uncle Sam, the Mass Media, and Wall Street Don't Want You to Know 33
3 For a Few Dollars More: Our Declining Currency 63
4 Inflation Nation: The Federal Reserve Fallacy 91
5 My Kingdom for a Buyer: Stock Market Chaos 129
6 They Burst Bubbles, Don't They?: The Coming Real Estate Debacle 159
7 Come On In, the Water's Fine: Our Consumer Debt Problem 199
8 How to Survive and Thrive, Step 1: Rethinking Your Stock Portfolio 237
9 How to Survive and Thrive, Step 2: Gold Rush—Be the First Person on Your Block to Stake a Claim 283
10 How to Survive and Thrive, Step 3: Stay Liquid 317
Epilogue 339
Books for Further Reading 345
Glossary 349
Index 353
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