About the Author -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures (graphs and diagrams) -- Introduction -- Part 1 The current state of play -- 1 A short tour of a troubled world -- 2 Fixing structural issues is hard - not fixing them is worse -- Part 2 Debt and money - what they should teach you at school -- 3 The money-multiplier effect - lending creates lenders -- 4 Debt, money and inflation - down and dirty -- 5 The business cycle and the super debt cycle -- Part 3 Field work - bringing theory to the real world -- 6 Can printing money hold the key? -- 7 Jobs, currency, exports, politics and internal focus -- 8 Why over-building matters -- Part 4 The road ahead -- 9 Eliminating housing bubbles -- 10 Don't overrate globalisation -- 11 GDP isn't the only thing -- Part 5 Investing - putting your savings to work -- 12 Investing overview -- 13 Cash and inflation -- 14 Bills and bonds - like a forward-dated cheque -- 15 Equities - higher risks, higher returns -- 16 Real estate - levelling your expectations -- 17 Gold and currency - be aware! -- 18 Portfolio construction -- 19 Dynamic asset allocation - changing risk and reward -- 20 Efficient markets - the what and how -- 21 Saving for retirement is underrated -- Over to you! -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Index.