{"product_id":"the-scandal-of-money-why-wall-street-recovers-but-the-economy-never-does-hardcover","title":"The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers But the Economy Never Does - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Gilder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Why do we think governments know how to create money? They don't. George Gilder shows that money is time, and time is real. He is our best guide to our most fundamental economic problem.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Thirty-five years ago, George Gilder wrote\u003ci\u003e Wealth and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e, the bible of the Reagan Revolution. With\u003ci\u003e The Scandal of Money\u003c\/i\u003e he may have written the road map to the next big boom.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Arthur B. Laffer, coauthor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Gilder pushes us to think about the government monopoly on money and makes a strong case against it. If you believe in economic freedom, you should read this book.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Senator Jim DeMint, president of The Heritage Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As famed economist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author George Gilder points out, \"despite multi-billion dollar stimulus packages and near-zero interest rates, Wall Street recovers \u003ci\u003ebut the economy never does\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his groundbreaking new book, \u003ci\u003eThe Scandal of Money, \u003c\/i\u003e Gilder unveils a radical new explanation for our economic woes. Gilder also exposes the corruption of the Federal Reserve, Washington power-brokers, and Wall Street's \"too-big-to-fail\" megabanks, detailing how a small cabal of elites have manipulated currencies and crises to stifle economic growth and crush the middle class. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gilder spares no one in his devastating attack on politicians' economic policies. He claims that the Democrats will steer us to ruin - but points out that Republicans are also woefully misguided on how to salvage our economic future. With all major polls showing that voters rank the economy as one of the top three \"most important problems\" facing the nation, Gilder's myth-busting, paradigm-shifting recipe for economic growth could not come at a more critical time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Scandal of Money\u003c\/i\u003e, the reader will learn: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWho is to blame for the economic crippling of America\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow the new titans of Wall Street value volatility over profitability\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy China is winning and we are losing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWho the real 1% is and how they are crushing the middle class\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe hidden dangers of a cashless society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat Republicans need to do to win the economic debate--and what the Democrats are doing to make things worse\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf it's true that \"it's the economy, stupid,\" the Democrats should be sitting ducks in 2016. After the crash of 2008 and the Great Recession, America got the weakest recovery in a century. The problem is that the Republicans are just as clueless as their opponents. The GOP can't win the debate--and the election--with the same old shtick. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Gilder, who revolutionized free-market thinking with his bestselling \u003ci\u003eWealth and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e, does it again with \u003ci\u003eThe Scandal of Money\u003c\/i\u003e. Worn-out doctrines of monetary manipulation are smothering innovation, bloating the financial sector, and crushing the middle class. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGilder's great insight is that the economy is an information system, driven by human creativity. That system depends on a reliable measuring stick of value, which we call \"money.\" If that measuring stick becomes variable (like the post-gold standard dollar), then information does not flow efficiently and creativity withers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur misplaced faith in the power of the Federal Reserve to conjure economic growth by manipulating the money supply has led to the capture of Wall Street by Washington and the consequent starvation of Main Street and Silicon Valley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf we are to restore American prosperity, if the Republican Party--the party of free markets--is going to make a winning argument, we need to understand how money really works. The \u003ci\u003eScandal of Money\u003c\/i\u003e is the most profound--and practical--analysis of politics and economics since Gilder's own classic \u003ci\u003eWealth and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Gilder\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the leading economic and technological thinkers of the past forty years, is the author of nineteen books, including \u003ci\u003eWealth and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Knowledge and Power\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Scandal of Money\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife after Google\u003c\/i\u003e. A founding fellow of the Discovery Institute, where he began his study of information theory, and an influential venture investor, he lives with his wife in western Massachusetts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770586464544,"sku":"9781621575757","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3f5c8279796995fe297259227ac882b7.webp?v=1780374492","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-scandal-of-money-why-wall-street-recovers-but-the-economy-never-does-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}