Table of contents from Wm's book titled:
'Why Economic Depressions happen - we're heading for one'
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE – ECONOMIC ISSUES
1 Current economic problems
2 Depressions
PART TWO - WHAT WENT WRONG WITH OUR ECONOMY: RESILIENCE + RISK
3 My theory part I: Resilience + risk both went the wrong way
4 My theory part II: Massive risk taking generally results in third party harm
5 My theory part III: Resilience is concentrated in too few hands
6 My theory part IV: Most people don’t understand what is happening
PART THREE - THINGS THAT HAPPENED RESULTING IN RESILIENCE + RISK ISSUES
7 Banks have massive derivative exposure
8 Governments have been printing money
9 Exchange rates are volatile
10 Interest rates are manipulated
11 Government finances are in a bad way
12 Public private partnerships/investments are a disaster for governments
13 Government guarantees are a looming time bomb
14 Corporate welfare is obscene
15 Removing trade barriers was a bad move
16 Wage controls are a silent disaster
17 Government services have huge waste
18 Housing bubble is a catastrophe
19 Commercial real estate bubble is similar
20 Debt is out of control
21 Some crime is rampant with few convictions
22 Monopolies + cartels are a huge burden
23 Assets are not being maintained
24 Tax paid by rich people is negligible
25 Foundations, charities + religions need reining in
26 Credit Rating Agencies are flawed
27 The share market is a casino
28 Bank mismatch of borrowing + lending terms not prudent
29 Immigration is a burden
30 You are now educated on risk + resilience analysis
PART FOUR – SOME MORE OBSERVATIONS
31 Economic growth hides sins
32 Governments try and boost economic growth
33 Deflation isn’t bad
34 The importance of relative economic stability
35 New economic measurements required
36 Government action – the big unknown
37 Overall economic assessment
PART FIVE – WHERE TO FROM HERE
38 Our options
39 Economic disaster plan and preparation
40 Investing during the Global Financial Crisis
41 Voting for politicians
PART SIX – FINAL WORDS
42 Avoiding a repeat
43 My web site + ordering books/ebooks
The next web page is Book: Extracts which gives an overview of the theory and some examples that should concern you.