Includes index.

1 Why the Debt Crisis WAS Predictable -- 2 Real Estate, Banks, Bubbles and Debts - A Look at the Extent of the Real Estate Bubble -- 3 The Great Money Game - Warning: Reading on May Seriously Damage Your Faith in Government -- 4 The Road to (Hyper)inflation -- 5 How Could It Have Come to This? -- 6 What Can You Do Now? - Forecasting in Difficult Times -- 7 A Future Retrospective.

"German bestseller about the best ways to protect oneself financially from the threats posed by government's interference in the economy After the bursting of the real estate bubble, the U.S. pushed a monetary and fiscal policy that is, at best, blatantly wrong and, at worst, carries enormous financial risk. And because Washington knows this, America's greatest weapon-its propaganda machine-has been called into service, diverting attention away from the fact that it was and continues to be government interference in the market economy that's lead us to where we are now, namely at the end of one financial calamity and the beginning of yet another. A plea for the market economy, The Inflation Trap: Rescue Your Assets! details the cause of our current economic crisis and argues that political mismanagement endangers finances, health and, in extreme cases, democracy itself. Advocates the freedom of the individual and the capitalist economic system derived from it Foreword by Martin Weiss, bestselling author of The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide, by Wiley Other titles by Leuschel and Vogt: The Greenspan Dossier Every crisis offers opportunities for those who have prepared. The Inflation Trap: Rescue Your Assets! shows how to prepare for the aftermath of years of government interference in the market economy"--Provided by publisher.