Paper Money Collapse: The Folly of Elastic Money and the Coming Monetary Breakdown

Acknowledgments

My first debt is to Debra Englander, my editor at John Wiley & Sons, who saw potential in my manuscript and whose support was crucial in bringing this book to publication.

Many thanks to Jennifer MacDonald, Melissa Lopez, and the rest of the team at John Wiley & Sons, who did an excellent job correcting my mistakes, suggesting improvements, and molding the overall text into publishable shape.

A group of friends read early versions of my manuscript, and I am very grateful for their constructive feedback, comments, opinions, ideas, and recommendations. They may not agree with all of my conclusions—and the responsibility for the final text remains entirely mine—yet all their contributions were extremely valuable. They are Paul Fitter, David Goldstone, Ken Leech, Bruno Noble, Andres Sanchez-Balcazar, and Dr. Holger Schmieding.

I would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Reinhard Fuerstenberg. Reinhard was a most indispensable sounding board for all my ideas and theories from the start. He has one of the most perceptive minds I ever came across, and he remains one of the few truly independent thinkers. I am fortunate to have him as a friend.

Last but not least, I would like to thank my wife and children for understanding and supporting my decision to leave the relative security of a well-paying finance job for the uncertainty of being an untested and, at the time, unpublished writer.