{"product_id":"book-cne7","title":"Aftermath","description":"\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinancial expert, investment advisor and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author James Rickards shows why and how global financial markets are being artificially inflated--and what smart investors can do to protect their assets \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat goes up, must come down. As any student of financial history knows, the dizzying heights of the stock market can't continue indefinitely--especially since asset prices have been artificially inflated by investor optimism around the Trump administration, ruinously low interest rates, and the infiltration of behavioral economics into our financial lives. The elites are prepared, but what's the average investor to do? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Rickards, the author of the prescient books \u003ci\u003eCurrency Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Money\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e, lays out the true risks to our financial system, and offers invaluable advice on how best to weather the storm. You'll learn, for instance: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e  How behavioral economists prop up the market: Funds that administer 401(k)s use all kinds of tricks to make you invest more, inflating asset prices to unsustainable levels.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e  Why digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are best avoided. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e  Why passive investing has been overhyped: The average investor has been scolded into passively managed index funds. But active investors will soon have a big advantage.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e  What the financial landscape will look like after the next crisis: it will not be an apocalypse, but it will be radically different. Those who forsee this landscape can prepare now to preserve wealth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvocative, stirring, and full of counterintuitive advice, \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e is the book every smart investor will want to get their hands on--as soon as possible.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49329178214704,"sku":"BDcne7","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/186671-cne7-Square.jpg?v=1733737362","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cne7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}