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financial warning by, 10–11

missions by the, 235

permission to devalue against the

dollar given by the, 20

potential for bailout of the United

States by the, 236

power of the, 236

SDRs issued by the, 24, 191, 255

international monetary system

collapse of the, 191–92

gold standard as possible future for

the, 190

kumbaya scenario for the future of

the, 190

recurrent collapses in the, 38–39,

189, xi

interventionism through small steps in

dystopian future, 5

inventory accumulation, growth not

increased in long run by, 14

inverse probability, as method for test-

ing an initial thesis, 198

investment advsors, consulting with,

91–92

investment strategies. See also portfolio

diversification

accounting for inflation and deflation

in, 28–29, 58–59, 68, 198, 201, 251

China’s part in devising successful, 75

geopolitics as element in, 132

gold bullion in, vs. paper gold or

gold-mining stocks, 161–62

for preventing manipulation by

power elites, 7

protecting against the oil bust in

forming one’s, 93–94, 97

risk management accounted for in

one’s, 91–92

Russian ETFs as promising elements

in, 136

investments, by nature having yield

and risk, 148

investors

debtors enriched at expense of, 42–45

deflation’s benefits to, 65

inner and outer circles of, 45

Iran

financial war between United States

and, 127–29

removal of U.S. sanctions on, 129–30

iShares 1–3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

(SHY)

owning WHOSX and, 213–15

as ultimate form of cash, 212–13

iShares MSCI UAE Capped ETF (UAE),

investment in the, 227–28

Islamic State, Algeria potentially falling

to the, 100–102

Istanbul, 220–24

history of, 221

J

Japan

monetary policy of, 137–39

structural change delayed in, 17

Japanese government bond (JGB) mar-

ket, BOJ as main bidder in the, 138

Johnson, Neil, on complexity theory, 245

jointness

in financial warfare, 207

in military planning and war fight-

ing, 206–207

Jordan, Thomas, move by, to abandon

peg of euro to Swiss franc, 139

Junger, Sebastian, 79

junk bonds

financial meltdown expected to arise

from, 84–102

losses on fracking companies’, 88–89,

96, 264

K

Keynes, John Maynard

definition of depression given by, 13,

241

The General Theory of Employment,

Interest and Money, 13

King dollar. See strong dollar

Kissinger, Henry

deal between Saudi king and, 130

view of national interests and what

nations will tolerate, 135