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When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era
In When Giants Fall, Panzner makes his case for the turbulent economic changes that will be occurring over the next few years and examines the resulting economic opportunities.
According to Panzner, the economic changes will be widespread. Businesses will struggle amid wars, shortages, logistical disruptions, and a breakdown of the established monetary order. Individuals w...more
According to Panzner, the economic changes will be widespread. Businesses will struggle amid wars, shortages, logistical disruptions, and a breakdown of the established monetary order. Individuals w...more
Hardcover, 264 pages
Published
March 3rd 2009
by John Wiley & Sons
(first published February 23rd 2009)
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How to survive America’s imminent collapse
Books about the future usually mix and match four broad categories: The present is great or awful, and the future will be great or awful. This book builds on the awful end of today’s economic problems. Michael J. Panzner reinforces the seesawing anxiety some people already feel about America and the future by contending that these dreary times will almost certainly worsen. People have been selling books about America’s demise for decades an...more
Books about the future usually mix and match four broad categories: The present is great or awful, and the future will be great or awful. This book builds on the awful end of today’s economic problems. Michael J. Panzner reinforces the seesawing anxiety some people already feel about America and the future by contending that these dreary times will almost certainly worsen. People have been selling books about America’s demise for decades an...more
This is an excellent book to read if you enjoy sloppy research, lousy editing, half-finished thoughts, and authors that churn out dreck in order to make their next boat payment. And I'm being kind.
His argument - a generous noun at best - is that the whole world will go to hell and you should protect yourself from it. Too bad the author couldn't be bothered to defend this with a well-reasoned essay.
Panzner writes that resource scarcity, ideological extremism, and a deter...more
His argument - a generous noun at best - is that the whole world will go to hell and you should protect yourself from it. Too bad the author couldn't be bothered to defend this with a well-reasoned essay.
Panzner writes that resource scarcity, ideological extremism, and a deter...more
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Paints a very stark picture of the trends facing America, of the waning influence our country once enjoyed and the negative consequences staring our people in the face as our global hegemony declines. Panzner has followed today's headlines to some very (unfortunately) logical ends. It is was interesting to compare this book with Fareed Zakaria's The Post American World which was written in the still growing world economy. Zakaria comes off looking like the eternal optimist in comparison to Panzn...more
Basically a summery of how the energy crisis, climate crisis, and financial crisis are going F*CK up any concept of the future of civilizaion you may have had.
The author does a good job of explaining how energy and the economy are linked and how problems in one can cause and/or exacerbate problems in the other. While not shy about giving his opinions, Panzer is surprisingly willing to share opposing viewpoints.
The world you know is ending.
I didn't find this b...more
The author does a good job of explaining how energy and the economy are linked and how problems in one can cause and/or exacerbate problems in the other. While not shy about giving his opinions, Panzer is surprisingly willing to share opposing viewpoints.
The world you know is ending.
I didn't find this b...more
Micheal J. Panzer from the very start of the book overly defends his attempt at persuasion. Especially with all the cited quotes and footnotes. He actually doesn't even say anything about America's economic crisis himself. Fail!
Panzner has a knack for seeing the big picture....this one will scare any one in terms of the present economic and global situation, as well as future prospects.
Sobering. When President Hinckley said he saw portents of economic storms on the horizon, I believe it was probably something akin to what is laid out here.
This author is anti-religion and is a G.W. Bush basher. Some of his prognostications are plausible but too often are just jumping off points for doomsday scenarios that are a dime a dozen. Not much practical advise here either.
Started reading this one on my Kindle last week and it has been an enlightening and thought provoking read so far. I highly recommend this one to every person I know!
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Michael J. Panzner is a 25-year veteran of the global financial markets who has worked for such leading companies as HSBC, Soros Funds, ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank, and J.P. Morgan Chase.
He is the author of When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era, Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes, and The New Laws of the Stock Market ...more
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He is the author of When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era, Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes, and The New Laws of the Stock Market ...more
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