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Thomas thompson october 3, 1933 october 29, 1982 was a journalist and author he was born in texas and graduated from the university of texas in 1955. The death of money summary by james rickards is an insightful modern treatise that covers all the major economic threats, nowadays. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more. In his new book the death of money james rickards argues that it is a near certainty that the existing monetary system will collapse. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book. The new book is titled the death of money, the coming collapse of the international monetary system. The death of money is about the demise of the dollar. In 2005 time magazine included the novel in its 100 best englishlanguage novels from 1923 to the present. Adam fergussons book gives a detailed picture of how hyperinflationthe death of a paper currencyplayed out in a modern industrial economy in the 1920s. Kurtzman uses the death of money to refer to a change in the economic nature of money in the united states following richard nixon s removal of us dollar from the gold standard as in the bretton woods system, informally referred to as the nixon shock. For regular video updates and to answer your questions, connect with james on collide. Death of money you will glimpse the dollars final days and the resultant.
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