Audiobooks by William Bonner

The Empire of Debt: We Came, We Saw, We Borrowed

Building on the uncannily accurate predictions in previous editions, this latest edition of The Empire of Debt: We Came, We Saw, We Borrowed, written by New York Times bestselling authors Addison Wiggin and Bill Bonner, explores the economic, political, and financial events between 2008-09 and 2023, placing them in historical context and explaining what's likely to happen for the remaining years of the 2020s. The book imparts practical advice on how to protect wealth in the face of ongoing and rapidly intensifying crises, as well as suggestions on how these trends can be played to put investors' own money to work. In this book, listeners will learn about: ● Political development of US hegemony in the 20th century, from the founding of the Federal Reserve in 1913 through to the present ● Past and current conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Russia and their effects on finance ● The response to the Financial Panic of '08, including a decade of Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) With investors more eager than ever to protect their investments, The Empire of Debt is an essential guide to the future of finance, harnessing history to accurately plot where we are and where we're going.

Addison Wiggin, William Bonner (Author), David Colacci (Narrator)

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Financial Reckoning Day: Memes, Manias, Booms & Busts ... Investing In the 21st Century (3rd Edition

In this entertaining romp through recent economic and financial history, bestselling author Addison Wiggin traces the primary trends that have led up to rapid economic growth and innovation while keeping an eye on the inevitable downturn. The current edition has been revised, adapted, and reimagined, enlightening listeners about what's happening behind today's top headlines: - The rise of new financial innovations over the past decade, including cryptocurrencies, mobile trading platforms, and the democratization of financial markets - How the policies of the Federal Reserve following the Panic of '08 led an entire generation to become unwitting speculators in stocks, bonds, real estate, and rare commodities - What impact new political trends-environmental, social, governance (ESG) and diversity equity and inclusion (DEI)-have had on managing your own money Ultimately, the book helps place current events in the context of identifiable historical trends. The book proposes that when you understand what the primary trends are and follow them to their logical conclusion, it makes planning for your financial future much easier.

Addison Wiggin, William Bonner (Author), Al Kessel (Narrator)

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Un-Civilizing America: How Win-Win Deals Make Us Better

Discover what sets a fair and just economy apart from the rest In Un-Civilizing America: How Win-Win Deals Make Us Better, bestselling author William Bonner delivers an incisive and engrossing account of the American economy, the four simple steps to earning money the honest way, and why many choose the dishonest way instead. He also discusses the shadow groups that influence America behind the scenes and how their power grew so large they lost the need to remain hidden, and what really drives the government's phony wars-including the War on Drugs and the US-China trade war. In the book, you'll learn why the best kinds of economies run on 'win-win' deals and how companies and individuals use market-set prices to maximize their utility. You'll also discover: why the 'Sermon on the Mount' was the best economic and social advice ever given; how civilization developed and the one thing that sets it apart from barbarity; how 'win-lose' deals inevitably force one side or the other to accept the terms of the 'agreement'; why allowing only one side to profit in an arrangement is a recipe for disaster in the long run; and why capitalism favors 'win-win' deals while socialism prefers the 'win-lose' variety.

William Bonner (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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The New Empire of Debt: The Rise and Fall of an Epic Financial Bubble

"The Golden Age of American capitalism is over. ...In the space of half a century it passed from gold, to silver, to paper, and is now somewhere between plastic and navel lint."- From The New Empire of Debt In the last half of 2008, the Empire of Debt received the margin call from Hell. Now, all of its citizens are asked to pay up as the U.S. economy stumbles down a dangerous path of financial turmoil. What exactly went wrong? When things are good, people tend to believe the most outrageous things-that the financial sector could get rich by lending money to people who couldn't pay it back, and that a whole economy could flourish by luring consumers to spend more than they could afford. These hallucinations created an immense worldwide bubble of debt and dollars. And now-with the U.S. government inflating the biggest bubble in public debt the world has ever seen-a financial whirlpool has formed and threatened to drag the entire country down the drain. In The New Empire of Debt, the internationally acclaimed author team of William Bonner and Addison Wiggin return to reveal how the epic financial bubble that is plaguing the United States will soon bring an end to this once great empire. They offer a frightening look at the United States' precarious position and discuss how government control of the economy and financial system-combined with unfettered deficit spending and gluttonous consumption-has ravaged the business environment, devastated consumer confidence, and pushed the global economy to the brink. They warn of the dangers that lie ahead and offer practical advice to protect your financial well-being as the American empire collapses upon itself. You'll discover that you don't have to tie your own fate to the inevitable destruction of America's system of imperial finance. Instead you can take some simple steps to weather the crisis. Bonner and Wiggin have been studying the financial landscape for more than twenty years. Now, they not only show you how we got into this mess, but how to get yourself out of it.

Addison Wiggin, William Bonner (Author), Sean Pratt (Narrator)

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Financial Reckoning Day Fallout: Surviving Today's Global Depression

Addison Wiggin, William Bonner (Author), Mel Foster (Narrator)

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Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Collectively, people think and act in ways that are different from how they think and act as individuals. Understanding these differences, says William (Bill) Bonner-a longtime maverick observer of the financial world and the vagaries of the investing public-is vital to preserving your wealth and personal dignity. From the witch hunts of the early modern world to the war on terror, from the dot-com mania to the real estate bubble, people have always been caught up in frauds, conceits, and wild guesses-often with devastating results. Now Bonner and co-author Lila Rajiva show groupthink at work in an improbable array of instances throughout history and reveal why swimming against the current pays. The explain why people so often abandon good sense and good behavior to "follow the crowd" and show you how to avoid getting caught up in the public spectacles around you. If an investor merely recognizes the way mob sentiment works, he is far ahead of others. Ordinary people turn billions of dollars worth of their hard-earned money over to brokers and fund managers daily, believing that these strangers will give them back even more. Why? This audio book demonstrates that investors are in fact caught between a rock and a soft place-between the private world they can understand and master and the misleading public spectacle of the markets. "The farther away you get fro your investments, and the less you suffer the consequences if they go bad, the worse your performance will be." Say Bonner and Rajiva. "That's why 'collective' investments like index-linked funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, insurance funds, and pension funds are usuall so bad. The investors are too far from the facts-and the managers are too far from the consequences." The authors' thoughtful and always entertaining approach offers sound investing principles for avoiding the pitfalls of the public spectacle, thinking for yourself, and protecting your money, your sanity and your soul.

Lila Rajiva, William Bonner (Author), Erik Synnestvedt (Narrator)

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Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century

William Bonner and Addison Wiggin deliver their extremely successful financial newsletter, Daily Reckoning, to more than half a million readers. Now this pair of maverick investment writers shows that the key to surviving a soft depression is not collecting and analyzing current market data. Instead, if Americans want to plow through their financial woes and put some muscle back in their portfolios, they must look to the follies of the past. With Bonner and Wiggin at the helm, listeners will have their finances sailing into smooth waters in no time.

Addison Wiggin, William Bonner (Author), Richard Harries (Narrator)

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