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Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century | 
 enlarge | Authors: William Bonner, Addison Wiggin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 360056
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0471449733
Dewey Decimal Number: 330.973
EAN: 9780471449737
ASIN: 0471449733
Publication Date: October 10, 2003
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A book for Gordon Brown:"No-one saw it coming"! December 9, 2008
James Fisher (St Severin, France)
I first read a copy of this book at least a year after it was published. I've recently re-read it and have been confirmed in my opinion that Bill Bonner and Adison Wiggin have really got their finger on the pulse. No-one, but NO-ONE, can possibly say the warnings signs for the economy weren't available for all to see. Bill Bonner continues to make astute, well-written and amusing comments in his Daily Reckoning newsletter. I can't praise this man's judgement highly enough - he has guided me to far better financial decisions than I would otherwise have made. It's not too late to read this now and benefit from it. Jim Fisher, St Severin, France.
Great Reading October 30, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I don't often read financial books, but this one is well worth it. It provides a thoughtful insight into the markets, looking at it's history, the 21st Century crash, and where it may be heading. It makes you understand some of the influences which affect the markets.
 An interesting read January 9, 2004
Mr. A. Edwards (London)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
As a regular reader of the Daily Reckoning, I looked forward to buying and reading this book. I was not disappointed, with its historical overview, breadth of content and thinking. Though I was very aware of comparisons between Japan and US situations, I've not seen it expressed so concisely. When you appreciate the large number of references listed as inputting to this book, its a great summary of so much knowledge. Only downside is I would have liked to see more concrete investing strategies.
Intelligent, fascinating, enlightening and scary December 6, 2003
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
At the time of writing this review (Dec'03) it is difficult to be too negative about the worldwide financial recovery we appear to be currently seeing. Yet, for those of us who are very unconvinced that the world is actually in as good shape as recent equity market recoveries suggest, we finally have a very approachable book to help us clarify why we still feel EXTREMELY wary about things.This book is basically saying that the wheels are presently coming off the US economy (and for which there will inevitably be broader consequences) but what is SOOO frightening is that it takes a very straightforward and undramatic tone to say so. It also doesn't use high levels of financial theory to support its position, and is all the more approachable because of it. What I liked most about this book is that it communicates a whole range of different ideas in a simple and straightforward manner which almost anyone who's financially aware will find understandable and interesting. Whilst the middle sections are sometimes a little rambling, and perhaps try to cover a wider range of ideas in greater detail than is necessary, the closing chapters admirably pull the wealth of different ideas together in a summary that is both clear, enlightening and destined to provoke a LOT of thinking. The bottom line is that if you think that everything is fine with global economics then think again. The most powerful people in the world are making EXACTLY the same blunders that they have made time and time before, and that anyone capable of independent thought had better develop and implement a very different mindset to thrive within the environment we now likely face. Definitely not a book for sheep.
Timely Analysis For The Intelligent Investor November 29, 2003
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Unlike Rich Dad/Poor Dad and other pop investment titles, this is a book for the intelligent investor. It offers an eye-opening analysis of market cycles and the bubble economy. Reading this book, it becomes clear that that the current rally in the U.S. is but another bubble. "Financial Reckoning "also helps explain why gold is rising-- though it doesn't go as far as it might in offering advice on how to survive the years ahead.
Readers looking for more advice--and a more colorful narrative--should take a look at "Bull! A History of the Boom 1982-1999: What Drove the Breakneck Market and What Every Investor Needs to Know About Financial Cycles" by Maggie Mahar. An excellent read. Marc Faber's "Tomorrow's Gold: Asia's Age of Discovery" also offers extremely valuable advice on how and where to find undervalued investments.
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