The New Empire of Debt: The Rise and Fall of an Epic Financial Bubble (57 page)
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Authors: Addison Wiggin,William Bonner,Agora
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Madero, Francisco
Madison, James
Madoff, Bernard
Magic economy
Magna Carta
Mahan, Alfred Thayer
Manufacturing sector
Marbot
Marburg, Theodore
Marginal utility hypothesis
Market corrections
Market rallies
Markets, generally: bear bull opinions made by
Market share
Martin, Rod
Martin,William McChesney
Marx, Karl
Mary Queen of Scots
McCain, John
McCarthy, Joseph
McTeer, Robert
Meany, George
Medicaid/Medicare
Mediocrity, delusions of
Mellon, Andrew
Mencken, H.-L.
Merrill Lynch
Mexican War
Mexico
Military considerations ..
See also
American military
Mills, Wilbur
Mining industry
Minsky, Hyman
Modern economics
Modern warfare
Monarchy
Monetary collapse
Monetary policy
Money anxiety
Money supply
Mongol Empire
Monopoly
Monroe Doctrine
Moore,Thomas Gale
Morgan, J. P.
Morgan Stanley
Morning in America
Mortgage-backed securities
Mortgage loans:
adjustable rate (ARM)
approval qualifications
availability of
foreclosure rates
interest rates
perceptions of
property valuation
refinancing
subprime
Mr. Market
Mudd, Dan
Munger, Charles
Muslims
Mussolini, Benito
Mutual funds
Nader, Ralph
Napoleon
Na-San, Battle of
Nasdaq
National banking system
National commission concept
National Council of Bishops
National healthcare
Nationalism
National security
National Socialism
National sovereignty
Naughton, Morning
Nazism
Neo-capitalism
Neoconservatism
Nero
Net worth
New Deal
New Era
Newfoundland
New Frontier
Newman, Dan and Frank
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nhu, Madame
Nicaragua
Nicholas II
Nikkei Dow 9/11 attack, economic impact of
Nixon, Richard Milhous
Nobel Prize awards
No-income mortgage loans
Norris, Floyd
North Vietnam
Nye Committee
Obama, Barack:
bailout program
economy inherited by
election of
Octavian
Odoacer
Oil prices
Oliphant, Margaret Wilson
O’Neal, Stan
O’Neill, Paul
Operation Head Start
Oppenheimer, Franz
Ortega y Gasset, Jose
Orwell, George
Ottoman Empire
Outsourcing
“Overheated” economy
Overpricing
Overvaluation
Owen,Wilfred
Ownership society
Pacifism
Pakistan
Palestine
Palin, Sarah
Palmer, Bruce
Panem et circensis
Panics
Paper money
Patriot Act
Patti, Archimedes
Paulson, Henry
Pax Americana in Asia
Pax dollarium
Pax Romana
Pearl Harbor
Peffer,William
Pegged currencies
Pensions
Pericles
Perkins, John
Pershing, John J. (“Black Jack)
Personal savings
Peru
Peterson, Pete
Pettifogging rules
Philadelphia housing bubble
Philip II, King of Spain
Piroth
Poland
Political parties
Politics, impact on market
Pol Pot
Ponzi, Charles
Ponzi scheme
Portugal
Pound, Ezra
Poverty levels
Price control
Price declines, psychological impact of
Price freeze
Prince, Charles
Princip, Gavrilo
Private sector debt, growth of .
See also
Household debt
Productivity rates
Profit margin
Propaganda
Prospect theory
Protectionism
Public debt
Public housing
Public works projects
Puerto Rico
Pullbacks
Qualitative easing
Raffarin, Jean-Pierre
Railroad industry
Randolph, Edmund
Rating agencies
Reagan, Ronald Wilson
Reagan Doctrine
Real estate
Recapitalization
Recession
Reconstruction
Recovery strategies
Red menace
Reflation, global
Regulation, by federal government
Reich
Reichsbank
Reininghaus, Gina von
Rent entitlement
Republic
Retirement/retirement planning
Revolutionary War
Revolution in America (1913-1971)
Richelieu
Rights of Man
Rilke, Rainer
Risk management
Roach, Stephen
Roberts, Paul Craig
Rome/Roman Empire
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Theodore
Rothbard, Murray
Rusk, Dean
Russia .
See also
Soviet Union
Salan, Raoul
Scandinavian countries
Scheler, Max
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
Schlieffen, Alfred von
Schumpeter, Joseph
Scopes Trial
Second International
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Sell-offs
Senate actions.
See also
Bailout programs
Severus, Septimus
Shareholder Nation
Shareholder value
Sharpton, Al
Short selling
Shumizu Corporation
Silver
Singapore
Slavery
Smith, Adam
Smoot, Mr.
Smoothing income
Snow, John
Socialism
Social Security
Social welfare economies
Something-for-nothing concept
Soule, George
South Sea Bubble
Soviet Union
Spain/Spanish Armada
Spector, Warren
Speculation/speculators
Spengler
Squanderville
Stagflation
Stalin
Standard of living
Stein, Ben
Stimulus packages, post-9/11 attack.
See also
Bailout programs; Economic stimulus programs
Stock market crashes
Stock options
Stocks/stock market
Stone,William J.
Strachan, Hew
Strong, Ben
Student loans
Sullivan, Mark
Sullivan, Martin
Sun Tzu
Supply and demand
Supply-side economics
Supreme Court
Surowiecki, James
Suskind, Ron
Syron, Dick
Taft, Robert
Taft,William Howard
Tainter, Joseph
Taiwan
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
Taxation
Taylor, A. J. P.
Taylor, Maxwell
Tech bubble
Technological advances, economic impact of
Teitelbaum, Rony
Templeton, Sir John
Ten Thousand Commandments
Terrorist attacks.
See
9/11 attacks; War on Terror
Thailand
Thatcher, Maggie
Third World
Tiberius
Tonkin Gulf
Toronto Globe and Mail
Totalitarian regimes
Townsend, Francis
Townsend Plan
Trade balance/deficits
Trade barriers
Traditional economy
Trajan
Tran Quang Co
Transportation industry
Trask, H. A. Scott
Treaty of Versailles
Truman, Harry S.
Trump, Donald
Tsarist bonds
Tsetsenbileg, Professor
Tulip Bubble
Tullock, Gordon
Turgot, Jacques
Turkey
Tversky, Aron
UFJ
Underpricing
Unemployment compensation
Unemployment rates
United States.
See
America/ Americans
U.S. Constitution, and Amendments to
U.S. Employment Service
U.S. Treasuries
U.S.Treasury
Value at risk
Vatican, Borgia popes
Venice
Vera Cruz battle
Vico, Giambattista
Victoria, Queen
Vienna
Vietminh
Vietnam War
Villa, Francisco “Pancho”
Viniar, David
Volcker, Paul
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
von Badeni, Kasimir Felix Graf
Voting
Wages
Wal-Mart
Walker, David M.
Wall Street .
See also
Investors/investing; Stock/ stock markets
Walpole, Robert
Wanniski, Jude
War,
see specific wars
economic impact of fever
psychological perspectives of
War between the States
War of 1812
War of the Roses
War on poverty
War on Terror
Washingtonhousing boom
Washington, George
Waxman, Henry
Wealth
Wehrmacht’s campaigns
Weimar Republic
Welfare programs
Wellstone, Paul
Westenheiser, Jamie
Westmoreland, William
Wiggin, Addison
Wildcat banking era
Wilhelm II
William, Duke of Normandy
Wilson, Annamite
Wilson, Thomas Woodrow
Wolf, Martin
Wolfe, Tom
Wolff, Edward
Works Progress Administration
World Trade Center
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World War I
World War II
Wuffli, Peter
Zingales, Luigi
Zweig, Stefan
Table of Contents
THE THEME OF THIS BOOK IN A NUTSHELL
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
THE HUNS ARE COMING!
THE GREAT KHAN
WHERE HAVE ALL THE DEAD EMPIRES GONE?
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA
THE HISTORY OF EMPIRES
BACK TO THE FUTURE
IN PRAISE OF EMPIRES
AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS
THE MAKING OF AN EMPIRE
THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
MILITARY ADVENTURISM
II - WOODROW CROSSES THE RUBICON
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
MACNAMARA’S WAR
FACING THE ENEMY
PAYING THE PRICE
PAX DOLLARIUM
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
Chapter 13 - Welcome to Squanderville
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
LA BUBBLE EPOQUE
THE SAGE OF THE PLAINS
DELUSIONS OF MEDIOCRITY