Introduction: America.com: The Delusion of Real Wealth.

1 The Slippery Slope: Consumers, Not Producers.

2 What Uncle Sam, the Mass Media, and Wall Street Don’t Want You to Know.

3 For a Few Dollars More: Our Declining Currency.

4 Inflation Nation: The Federal Reserve Fallacy.

5 My Kingdom for a Buyer: Stock Market Chaos.

6 They Burst Bubbles, Don’t They?: The Coming Real Estate Debacle.

7 Come On In, the Water’s Fine: Our Consumer Debt Problem.

8 How to Survive and Thrive, Step 1: Rethinking Your Stock Portfolio.

9 How to Survive and Thrive, Step 2: Gold Rush—Be the First Person on Your Block to Stake a Claim.

10 How to Survive and Thrive, Step 3: Stay Liquid.

Epilogue.

Books for Further Reading.

Glossary.

Index.