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The Death of Money:
The Coming Collapse of The International Monetary System
From James Rickards
Summary and Analysis
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The Death of Money by James Rickards is a fascinating look at both the possibilities and scandals of the global financial market. Written in a light but professional tone, this book makes no attempts to coddle its reader. While the writing is clear and concise, and all topics are thoroughly explained, Rickards is not a fan of filler material. This book contains a constant onslaught of new information and Rickards expects his audience to keep up; if you can manage, it's well worth the ride.
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The Death of Money:
The Coming Collapse of The International Monetary System
From James Rickards
Summary and Analysis
Summary Station
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Printed in the United States of America
First Printing, 2017
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Analysis
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Chapter 1
Prophesy
In a windowless meeting room inside the CIA, John Mulheren (a well-known Wall Street stock trader) called the days leading up to 9/11 the most blatant case of insider trading I've ever seen.
There is clear evidence that a circle of people had known about the attacks days in advance, and had profited from the chaos of 9/11. In the weeks after the attacks, Osama Bin Laden blatantly bragged about the losses Wall Street had sustained as a result of the attacks, proving that there was an economic plan in regards to the attacks that affected the stock market. With this in mind, the CIA began Project Prophesy.
Formally launched by the CIA in April of 2002, Project Prophesy investigated the possibility that terrorists could profit in the options market by trading stocks before their attacks, and whether or not the intelligence community could prevent future attacks by learning to recognize these patterns. Prophesy concluded that while terrorists themselves were not directly involved in insider trading,