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DAVID WIEDEMER, PhD, is a groundbreaking evolutionary economist who created the rigorous economic analysis on which this book is based. He received a PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Wiedemer has held senior management positions with several Washington, DC–area high technology companies and holds thirteen domestic and international patents on information technology.

ROBERT A. WIEDEMER, brings to the team the real-world business knowledge and investment understanding that comes from founding a NASDAQ-listed information services company. He is currently President of a business valuation firm that is the primary business valuation advisor for the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Investment Company division (the largest fund of venture capital funds in the world).

CINDY SPITZER is an award-winning writer who has contributed to the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, and many other publications and books, including the original Chicken Soup for the Soul.

ERIC JANSZEN is one of the nation's leading financial bubble experts, having written extensively on the Internet bubble and developed the popular Web site, iTulip.com, which has been praised by the New York Times, BusinessWeek, National Public Radio, and CNBC. He has also been CEO of two venture-backed companies and managing director of Osborn Capital from 1998 to 2001. On his iTulip Web site, he called the top of the dot com bubble in March 2000 and recommended moving from cash to gold in 2001 when gold bottomed.

Real Estate is overpriced and starting to fall, the Dollar is on the decline, Consumer Debt is at an all-time high, the Trade Deficit is massive, and National Debt is now more than $8 trillion—with the federal government borrowing an astro-nomical $7 billion a week. No matter what the experts say, the U.S. economy is headed for trouble, and it's now up to each of us to understand what is coming and how to protect ourselves.

Irreverent and instantly engaging, America's Bubble Economy: Profit When It Pops is the first book to focus, not just on one economic problem, but several simultaneous financial bubbles that are interacting to temporarily boost— and will ultimately threaten—the United States and world economies. While other books address individual issues in isolation, America's Bubble Economy connects the dots to show how all the bubbles interact. With expert analysis and straight talk, this book explains how each bubble supports the others in the boom, and will ultimately collide and drag each other down when they pop.

More importantly, America's Bubble Economy offers priceless, truly original insights about how to protect your home, savings, investment portfolio, and other financial assets when these bubbles pop. And best of all, it shows ordinary people—not just the fabulously wealthy—how to turn the coming economic change into a once-in-a-lifetime wealth-building opportunity.

In addition, America's Bubble Economy is unique in placing the current situation in the historical perspective of how the bubbles developed over the past twenty-five years. The book also goes beyond the recent past to look at how the bubbles are part of the long-term evolution of the economy and society.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part One: America’s Bubble Economy.

Chapter 1: Executive Summary.

Chapter 2: Bubble Blind.

Chapter 3: Bubblequake.

Chapter 4: What!? You Mean We’re Not King of the World!?

Part Two: Profit When It Pops with Alternative Investments.

Chapter 5: Cashing in on Chaos.

Chapter 6: Gold for People Who Hate Gold by Eric Janszen.

Chapter 7: Survive and Thrive.

Part Three: The Really Big “Big Picture.”

Chapter 8: The View from 30,000 Feet.

Index.