The Last Gold Rush…Ever! makes a powerful case that the US dollar and the global monetary system are headed for a world-changing crisis, describes the ways it will unfold, and explains why owning gold is a vital means of protecting yourself, your family, and your wealth. If you had foreseen the financial confusion of the Carter years, or the exploding debt in the Bush years, or the Federal Reserve’s “money printing” spree during the Obama presidency, you might have profited richly from the resulting bull markets in gold and silver. But today’s governmental recklessness dwarfs each of those episodes. Add other accelerants to the dollar and debt crises—including currency and trade wars, an unaffordable military empire, and a juggernaut of domestic state socialism—now converging to fuel an era of monetary destruction that will drive gold prices to unimaginable heights. In this unique collaboration, two gold experts—New York Times bestselling author Charles Goyette, with years of commenting and writing about gold, the dollar, and the economy from outside the industry, and Bill Haynes, with decades of trade-by-trade, tick-by-tick experience inside the precious metals markets—triangulate their views to prepare readers for The Last Gold Rush…Ever!
I enjoyed the set up and progression of this book as it addresses the macro-economic conditions as well as the psychology of late-stage empires (from the perspective of what the author calls deep state) that in the opinion of the author will lead to non-reversible adverse events to citizens, as he describes this all in his book. He also gives advice on to how to protect one's family's fortunes from such adverse events that are bound to occur in the near future. Moreover, the book contains the most recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and as such is a pretty recent recount of world events included in his economic and social description of the world we currently live in. As we come to why 4 star as opposed to 5 star: well... we are now living in a world where despite 5,000 year brand for gold and silver, there is a "bitcoin" or cryptocurrencies phenomenon since around 2009 that half the world is screaming we have an alternative to gold and silver. They are naming bitcoin the digital gold. For investors or believers of precious metals this new phenomenon is curious, worrisome, confusing. Considering how knowledgeable the author appears in every aspect of history as well as anticipation where we go from here, the author's complete silence on bitcoin gave me the impression this must have been on purpose. And that thought, somewhat turned me off. Which is why I took one star off. That said, I benefited greatly from the author's perspective of the kind of world we are living in, the historical progression of out-of-control monetary, fiscal and military policies by (in author's words) "the State." Which more than justified my 4-star. Hope this review is helpful to those who are seeking.