Leverage

How the wealthy and powerful abuse finance to skim immense profits. Debasement of the dollar as a result of ill-use of leverage is destroying the global economy, and in "Leverage," well known market commentator Karl Denninger follows the path of money throughout history to prove that currencies are debased when moneyed and powerful interests pull the levers of government and policy to enrich themselves at the expense of the masses. The result is ugly: the value of everything--including gold--falls, and even personal safety is at risk in a world where there is limited money even for essentials…