02166cam a22003854a 4500 114699 20230410105436.0 120223s2012 nyu 001 0 eng 17179279 2012007416 1250004470 (hbk.) 9781250004475 (hbk.) 1250008352 (e-book) 9781250008350 (e-book) (OCoLC)ocn759914185 pcc n-us--- HC 106.84 S333r 2012 330.973 Schiff, Peter D., 1963- The real crash : America's coming bankruptcy--how to save yourself and your country / Peter D. Schiff. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012. xii, 335 p. ; 25 cm. Includes index. pt. 1. The problem. Where we are and where we are headed ; How we got here : government is the problem -- pt. 2. The solutions. Jobs, jobs, jobs : government can improve employment only by getting out of the way ; How to fix the financial industry : deregulate ; Sound money : return to the Gold Standard ; Tax reform : for starters, end the income tax ; Tear up the "third rails" : end Social Security and Medicare ; Fixing higher ed : time to drop out of college? ; Health care : repealing ObamaCare is just the beginning ; Putting government in its place ; America is bankrupt : time to admit it ; Investing for the crash -- Appendix 1. Letter to investors -- Appendix 2. A brief history of money in America. Predicts a worse crash if key economic changes cannot be made, arguing that American consumer habits are at the heart of today's problems and recommends that the nation declare bankruptcy and rebuild broken systems from scratch. United States Economic conditions 2009- United States Economic policy 2009- Debts, Public United States. Saving and investment United States. Estados Unidos Condiciones económicas 2009- Estados Unidos Política económica 2009- Primera Jornada de Catalogacion. lcc bk 36806 36806 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HC 106.84 S333r 2012 00000108355 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk