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Introduction
THE THEME OF THIS BOOK IN A NUTSHELL
I - IMPERIA ABSURDUM
Chapter 1 - Dead Men Talking
LESSONS OF THE FOURTH CRUSADE
THE TYRANNY OF THE LIVING
WISDOM OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS
THE SECOND REICH
SECRETS OF THE NEAR DEAD
DEAD PRESIDENTS
Chapter 2 - Empires of Dirt
THE HUNS ARE COMING!
THE GREAT KHAN
WHERE HAVE ALL THE DEAD EMPIRES GONE?
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA
Chapter 3 - How Empires Work
THE HISTORY OF EMPIRES
BACK TO THE FUTURE
IN PRAISE OF EMPIRES
AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS
THE MAKING OF AN EMPIRE
THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
Chapter 4 - As We Go Marching
MILITARY ADVENTURISM
II - WOODROW CROSSES THE RUBICON
Chapter 5 - The Road to Hell
THE BEST PRESIDENTS
WILSON CROSSES THE RUBICON
THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA
THE GREAT WAR
WILSON’S WAR
ARMISTICE DAY
MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY
PAYING FOR WAR
Chapter 6 - The Revolution of 1913 and the Great Depression
WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM
AMERICAN CAESARS
NEW MONEY
A SAFETY NET
PANEM ET CIRCENSIS
STUFFING THE COURT
TEN THOUSAND COMMANDMENTS
Chapter 7 - MacNamara’s War
MACNAMARA’S WAR
FACING THE ENEMY
Chapter 8 - Nixon’s the One
PAYING THE PRICE
PAX DOLLARIUM
III - EVENING IN AMERICA
Chapter 9 - Reagan’s Legacy
ORIGINS OF SUPPLY SIDE
REAL BOOMS VERSUS THE PHONY VARIETY
FUNNY NUMBERS
FORGETTING TO DUCK
MARX’S REVENGE
SUNRISE, SUNSET
A WORLD OF DEBT
Chapter 10 - America’s Glorious Empire of Debt
HOW THE PUBLIC DEBT INCREASED
MAESTRO’S PERFORMANCE
FLIGHT TO HAZARD
FRUGAL TO A FAULT
THE OWNERSHIP SOCIETY
Chapter 11 - Modern Imperial Finance
GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
TAKE IT AWAY, MAESTRO
WHAT HATH ALAN WROUGHT?
Chapter 12 - Something Wicked This Way Comes
IV - FIN DE BUBBLE
Chapter 13 - Welcome to Squanderville
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
LA BUBBLE EPOQUE
THE SAGE OF THE PLAINS
DELUSIONS OF MEDIOCRITY
AMERICANS GET POORER . . .
THE COMING CORRECTION
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO AMERICANS’ DEBTS?
THE DEMISE OF THE DOLLAR
Chapter 14 - Still Turning Japanese
Chapter 15 - The Mighty Fallen
CARTOON CAPITALISM
THE DUMBEST MEN IN AMERICA
NOBEL PRIZE LOSERS
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE BREAKDOWN
THE FIX IS IN
HELP IS ON THE WAY
TOO BIG TO BAIL
SAID THE JOKER TO THE THIEF
O! BAMA! THE WHOLE WORLD TURNS ITS WEARY EYES TO YOU . . .
THESE FIREFIGHTERS ARE PYROMANIACS!
GONO COMETH
THE LINT AGE
THE TRIUMPH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
Chapter 16 - What to Do When the Barbarians Arrive
Notes
Index
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