Woof! A lot of meat on this bone – I’ve read about 12 books about the financial crisis alone! A lot more can be said about all these things, but, still, I’ve gotta say Middelkoop managed this challenge quite well. Middelkoop doesn’t take on an easy task here in precisely 100 short chapters Middelkoop explains the following the history of money, central banking, the international dollar system (& the movers and shakers in this system), the high amounts of public debts by government (and the fallout of the financial crisis of ’08), the gold suppression scheme, and a future image of how a new more international system should work. His Dutch books (translated to “When the dollar drops” & “The permanent oil crisis”) underwhelmed me, because, while interesting future scenarios, they suffered from a lack of economical understanding (for example, peak oil is bunk, price mechanisms make new oil supplies affordable) and unwarranted pessimism. For this reason, I’ve read several of his books I like to read autodidacts who have a unique perspective.
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He’s a real social climber who managed to do everything he took on in life quite well photographer, real estate speculator, stock exchange/economical expert on Dutch tv, entrepreneur of a big webshop for precious metals, and now international writer. I’ve heard him talk about living with his foster parents in Drenthe, then moving on to work for himself from an early age. For thi Willem Middelkoop is an intelligent and energetic guy who went from rags to riches in life.
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Willem Middelkoop is an intelligent and energetic guy who went from rags to riches in life. Insiders claim gold could be revalued up to $7,000 per troy ounce during this process.more And it is likely gold will be reintroduced as one of the pillars of this next phase of the global financial system. It will be designed to keep the United States in the driving seat, but will include strong roles for the Euro and China’s Renminbi. The United States, realizing the dollar will lose its prominent role, seems to be planning a monetary reset that will surprise many. There are only two options: a financial reset planned well in advance, or a hastily implemented one on the back of a dollar crisis. Both countries have been accumulating enormous amounts of gold, positioning themselves for the next phase of the global financial system. China and Russia have pierced through the American smokescreen around gold and the dollar and are no longer willing to continue lending to the United States. In a desperate attempt to maintain this dollar system, the United States has waged a secret war on gold since the 1960s. The dollar has been at the center of the monetary system since the Second World War, but decades of money printing have caused a gradual but relentless dollar devaluation.
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Probably even before 2020, the world’s financial system will need to find a different anchor. In a desperate attempt to maintain this dollar system, the United States has wage A system reset is imminent.