By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
(08-25) 21:30 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) —
In a chilling forecast, the White House is predicting a 10-year federal deficit of $9 trillion — more than the sum of all previous deficits since America’s founding. And it says by the next decade’s end the national debt will equal three-quarters of the entire U.S. economy. More…
The first edition of my book, The End of Money and the Future of Civilization, was published by Chelsea Green Publishing in 2009. While it remains
as relevant today as it was when first published the printed book has been out of print for several years. But, having had the rights reverted to me by my publisher, I am making the entire book available for free in PDF format. You can read it or download it HERE. If you would like a hard copy of the first edition used copies can still be found on Amazon.com, Abe books, Thrift books and elsewhere.
Better still, you can avail yourself of the new revised and expanded 2024 edition which I have been working on for almost two years and is almost complete. Eighteen chapters have already been posted and can be freely read or download HERE.
My previous books, as published, may be freely accessed in digital format by clicking the title below.
Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender (2001)
New Money For Healthy Communities (1994)
Money and Debt: a Solution to the Global Crisis (1980)
Collectors may find used and some new print copies of my books as published, on amazon.com and elsewhere online. Start by clicking on the title below:
Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender (2001)
Beyond Money
Beyond Money 
As far back as the 80s, the so-called conservatives were suprred by the ideas of George Gilder in “Wealth And Poverty” that the amount of money in circulation was not important, since inflation merely represented an economy that was “bottled up” because technology was greater than the amount of money needed to fule its effective use.
This was obviously used by the government crowd to say “It doesn’t matter how much mioney in circulation, or how much debt. Just cut taxes and let the economy expand to fuel growth”.
Of course Gilder had warned that government would have to cut its expenses, not expand them. George w, the new poster boy for big government spending, crashed the system by ignoring common sense.
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Get ready for a ride on the inflation train!
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The Reason E.C. Riegel wrote the book “Flight from Inflation” was because he saw this inflation coming and wanted to warn us. The book has taught those of us who have read his writings what to do. His books are on Tom Greco’s web site. We have been warned.
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