Acknowledgments
Author Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) once said, “You don't try to repay the help that is given you. You pass it along to others.” This book is an effort in that direction, because I can never repay all the help given to me in putting it together.
I want to thank Addison Wiggin, my publisher at Agora Financial, friend and long-time booster of my work. We were bouncing around in a cab in Bogotá one day when he said to me, “I think you have another book in you.” The result you hold in your hands would have been impossible without his support.
A special thanks to Samantha Buker, my associate editor at Agora, who was an enormous help in organizing and editing the mass of material into a coherent form. The book is much improved because of her efforts.
Thanks to Susi Clark for the wonderful cover and for all the charts, and to the unsung efforts of Erik Kestler, our diligent copyeditor. Thanks to all my friends at Agora Financial for their support and good cheer, especially Bill Bonner, Joe Schriefer, Eric Fry, Greg Grillot, Jack Forde, Joel Bowman, Bruce Robertson, and Mark O'Dell. Thanks to Deb Englander and Kimberly Bernard at John Wiley & Sons. And to Eric Winig, for all those conversations at HQ and the ideas they inspired. And thanks to all the people I met along the way who took time out of their busy lives to show me around. I must also thank my loyal readers who make it all possible.
Finally, thanks to my family, especially my wife Carol, who put up with my sometimes ...
