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The global monetary system is a beast born of human ingenuity and of many crises, economic depressions, political failures and wars.
In modern times, each crisis has advanced a set of solutions that in essence create money in excess of capital. Such solutions are based on the idea that if economic growth is languishing, putting more banknotes into circulation is the answer.
The  nancial crisis in 2008 shattered the complacency of the world’s advanced economies. Seven years on, the desperate days of banks stopping lending to one another are but a memory. Credit  ows again, thanks to massive infusions of taxpayers’ money.
However, the memory remains fresh. The world continues exposing itself to the carcinogen of credit and the toxin that caused the illness in the  rst place. Investors and policy makers are plagued by doubt. Could the symptoms return?
The controversial treatment regime – administering more of what ails you – has the approval of the most powerful. Do world leaders truly know what consequences will ensue from their intervention? Will printing money prevent a relapse? Stimulus hardly constitutes vaccination. Might not the patient become addicted to the medicine? Even worse, could the treatment prove more dangerous than the disease?
Leaving those who acted as vectors of the  nancial plague to engineer new solutions is a folly. Each individual must do their part to preserve their wealth. To do otherwise is to put your fate in the hands of the crises’ architects. More paper is their clarion call. Despite all this, the ancient repositories of wealth remain just as valid as ever. In gold we still trust. And in silver.
This faith in the ability of the precious metals to endure crises that consume paper currencies strengthens as crises deepen. Gold and silver prosper when cash is kindling.
The resilience of the precious metals stems from near universal acceptance that gold and silver stand above paper currencies, and will endure when paper cannot. This book attempts to explain how. And why.
Peter J. August is the founder and CEO of the Melbourne Mint. With over 25 years of experience in the precious metals and numismatics industries, Peter is one of Australia’s most respected precious metals experts. He is also the Managing Director of Australian Bullion Company (ABC), the founder and Managing Director of numismatics company, Universal Coin Company, and the founder and Managing Director of Gold Merchants International (GMI). In addition, Peter is a founding member of the Australasian Numismatics Dealer Association and is involved in property and farming interests.
Peter is an avid believer that investing in gold safeguards one’s wealth and he therefore advocates gold as an asset class as opposed to simply being defined as a commodity. His decades of business experience and relentless dedication to the gold industry have established him as one of Australia’s premium authorities on gold. Peter has worked hard to ensure that Melbourne Mint offers the finest level of service and the highest quality product. Through this, his aim is to position Victoria as Australia’s premier gold state.
FOREWORDÂ
CHAPTER 1: HISTORY OF GOLD
Death stars and the birth of money
CHAPTER 2: INFLATIONS PAST AND PRESENT
The storm without warning
CHAPTER 3: FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING
Why it’s gold’s best friend
CHAPTER 4: INVESTOR DEMAND
Is there sufficient supply?
CHAPTER 5: THE US DOLLAR
How did it become the world’s reserve currency?
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CHAPTER 6: GOLD’S MANIPULATION
CHAPTER 7: THE CHINA EFFECT
CHAPTER 8: WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS
CHAPTER 9: THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS
AND THE FUTURE CURRENCY CRISIS
CHAPTER 10: SILVER
The not-so-poor cousin of gold
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Anyone wanting to eduacte themselves on the history of precious metals and paper money. Anyone looking to become to diversify their investment portfolio and safe guard their wealth.Â
