{"product_id":"2940171906955","title":"The Road to Ruin : The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eA drumbeat is sounding among the global elites. The signs of a worldwide financial meltdown are unmistakable. This time, the elites have an audacious plan to protect themselves from the fallout: hoarding cash now and locking down the global financial system when a crisis hits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 2014, international monetary agencies have been issuing warnings to a small group of finance ministers, banks, and private equity funds: the U.S. government's cowardly choices not to prosecute J.P. Morgan and its ilk, and to bloat the economy with a $4 trillion injection of easy credit, are driving us headlong toward a cliff. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Rickards shows in this frightening, meticulously researched book, governments around the world have no compunction about conspiring against their citizens. They will have stockpiled hard assets when stock exchanges are closed, ATMs shut down, money market funds frozen, asset managers instructed not to sell securities, negative interest rates imposed, and cash withdrawals denied. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want to plan for the risks ahead, you will need Rickards's cutting-edge synthesis of behavioral economics, history, and complexity theory. It's a guidebook to thinking smarter, acting faster, and living with the comfort­ing knowledge that your wealth is secure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe global elites don't want this book to exist. Their plan to herd us like sheep to the slaughter when a global crisis erupts-and, of course, to maintain their wealth-works only if we remain complacent and unaware. Thanks to \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e, we don't need to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179715608816,"sku":"2940171906955","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171906955_p0.jpg?v=1763748431","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171906955","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}