Acknowledgments ................................................ ix
INTRODUCTION: A Refresher Course in Granny's Wisdom ............. 1
PART I AMERICA'S FISCAL HANGOVER AND THE BINGE THAT GOT US
HERE ................................................... 9
CHAPTER 1. History 101 - From 13 Colonies to Global Economic
Power .............................................. 11
CHAPTER 2. Growth of the American Consumer-Role Model for
World Spending ..................................... 31
CHAPTER 3. The Beginnings of America's Undoing ................ 43
CHAPTER 4. "Bubble" Gum-How We All Finally Got Stuck .......... 63
PART II THE GREAT DECOUPLING .................................. 89
CHAPTER 5. Wait a Minute!-We've Seen This Before (But We
Still Haven't Learned) ............................ 93
CHAPTER 6. America's Economy and Its Place in the New World
Order ............................................. 113
CHAPTER 7. Consumerism on the Move-An Engine for Recovery .... 135
PART III DR. FITZ-GERALD'S AMAZING HOME REMEDY FOR HANGOVER
RELIEF ............................................... 165
CHAPTER 8. The World's Changing Investment Landscape ......... 169
CHAPTER 9. The New Money Rules, and Why You Must Follow
Them .............................................. 187
CHAPTER 10. Go Global or Go Home-Where to Make Your Future
Fortune ........................................... 211
CHAPTER 11. Brass Tacks-Key Countries, Sectors, Industries,
and Companies ..................................... 229
CHAPTER 12. Never Get Fooled Again-The Pyramid Strategies ..... 263
CONCLUSION. 10 More Rules for Successful Investing ............ 293
Appendix. The $300 Trillion Recovery Almost Nobody's
Talking About ..................................... 301
Bibliography .................................................. 309
About the Author .............................................. 317
Index ......................................................... 319
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