Peter D. Schiff & John Downes 
Crash Proof 2.0 [EPUB ebook] 
How to Profit From the Economic Collapse

Author’s Note, Crash Proof 2.0 vii
Preface xi
Introduction: America.com: The Delusion of Real Wealth xvii
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 341
Books for Further Reading 349
Glossary 353
Index 357

PETER D. SCHIFF is a seasoned Wall Street prognosticator best known for his accurate predictions of the performance of the stock market, commodities, gold, and the dollar. He is one of the few unbiased investment advisors to have predicted the current bear market and positioned his clients accordingly. Schiff began his career at Shearson Lehman and joined Euro Pacific Capital in 1996, becoming President of the firm in 2000. He appears frequently on Fox Business News, CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg TV, and has been quoted in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, the Financial Times, and the New York Times. Schiff is also the author of the original edition of Crash Proof as well as The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets, both published by Wiley.
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.