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The Golden Revolution, Revisited: How to Prepare for the Remonetization of Gold Paperback – August 11, 2017

by John Butler (Author), Steve Baker (Foreword)
4.4 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
The protracted global financial crisis and perceived rise in economic inequality has awakened the long-dormant debate as to whether the international monetary system is in need of fundamental reform. While not surprising given that there is now general agreement that excessive money and credit growth played a key role in the near collapse of the global financial system in 2008, John Butler makes a compelling case in this book that the only way to place the global economy back on the path of sustainable economic growth and to reverse the trend towards inequality is to remonetize gold. Already there are a number of major countries expressing concern about the stability of the existing monetary order. And concern is increasingly giving way to action. As the dollar’s international reserve gold gradually declines and more trade is conducted in other currencies, global monetary arrangements are likely to become increasingly multipolar. As there is no single national currency that can realistically replace the dollar as the preeminent global monetary reserve, gold will re-emerge as the preferred international money. As students of economic history will note, it was precisely a multipolar world amid rapidly growing international trade that ushered in the classical gold standard in the 1870s. The world’s 40 year experiment with purely unbacked fiat currencies is thus rapidly approaching its conclusion. This book, however, goes much farther than predict a return to gold. It explores just what the transition might look like, including both orderly and disorderly scenarios and drawing on historical examples where relevant. It considers to what extent the price of gold will likely rise as it becomes remonetized. It surveys and evaluates recent developments in financial technology, including bitcoin, blockchain and digital gold. Most important, it prepares the reader with practical investment advice for a world of gold or gold-backed money, including thoughts on interest rates, exchange rates, credit spreads, equity market valuations, and risk premia for assets in general. Thus John Butler provides not only a compelling vision of the future, but also a detailed road map for navigating what is likely to be the most challenging investment landscape in generations.
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    366 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    August 11, 2017
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 0.83 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1535608994
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1535608992
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Since John Butler penned The Golden Revolution in 2012, the chaos that has engulfed the US and European financial system has elicited multi-billion dollar fines for mega banks and another half decade of "emergency" monetary measures by central banks. These have prolonged rather than corrected a global state of unprecedented financial risk. Butler not only exposes the folly of the underlying, dollar-centric paradigm that promotes such instability, but in exquisite detail steeped in historical support, he effectively argues why the remonetization of gold is more imperative now than ever. The Golden Revolution, Revisited ​is an absolute "must read!"
- Nomi Prins, Author of All the Presidents' Bankers

One of the most frightening aspects of the current environment is the consensus view that central banks have saved the world from the crisis. In this book, John Butler completely debunks that myth. However, he does not stop with a solid, bulletproof argument against the insanity of extreme monetary policy and zero interest rates. Rather, he presents a strong case to defend the economy and the average citizen from the assault against savings, and he offers real, practical solutions.
The Golden Revolution was an excellent book. The Golden Revolution, Revisited is simply essential today, and should be mandatory reading for any person interested in the future of the global economy and in the preservation of wealth."
- Daniel Lacalle, Phd Economist and author of Escape from the Central Bank Trap, Life In The Financial Markets and The Energy World Is Flat

Investors today face challenges on numerous fronts, the most urgent being the lack of sound money and monetary policies on the part of the world's central banks. John Butler's The Golden Revolution Revisited provides readers with a thorough discussion of the "monetary metal" and offers an intriguing insight into the future of our money, and our markets. Highly recommended.
- Tim Price, manager of the VT Price Value Portfolio and author of Investing Through the Looking Glass

About the Author

John Butler is a Vice President of Goldmoney, Inc, which operates the world's only fully gold-backed financial services and payments platform. He has over 20 years experience in international finance and has served as a Managing Director for bulge-bracket investment banks on both sides of the Atlantic in research, strategy, asset allocation and product development roles, including at Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers. He has advised some of the world's largest institutional and private investors in matters ranging from wealth preservation to enhancing returns through a wide variety of innovative strategies and he has been a #1 ranked investment strategist by Institutional Investor magazine.Among his other accomplishments, John is on the record having anticipated the great gold bull market of the 2000s, the US housing market bust of 2007-09 and the protracted euro debt crisis. His publications include his regular contributions to Goldmoney Insights, the Amphora Report investment newsletter and the original edition of The Golden Revolution (John Wiley and Sons, 2012). His research has been cited by numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Nikkei Shimbun, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Boersenzeitung, Handelsblatt, Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Milano Finanza and De Telegraaf. John is a regular presenter at investment conferences and other events around the world.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ John Butler; Revisited edition (August 11, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 366 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1535608994
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1535608992
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.08 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.83 x 9 inches
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John Butler is an experienced international investment consultant and author. He has over 25 years experience in international finance and has served as a Managing Director for bulge-bracket investment banks on both sides of the Atlantic in research, strategy, asset allocation and product development roles, including at Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers. He has advised some of the world's largest institutional and private investors in matters ranging from wealth preservation to enhancing returns through a wide variety of innovative strategies and he has been a #1 ranked investment strategist by Institutional Investor magazine.

John's areas of expertise include economic and monetary history with a particular emphasis on international monetary relations. Among his other accomplishments, John is on the record having anticipated the great gold bull market of the 2000s, the US housing market bust of 2007-09 and the protracted euro debt crisis. His publications include his regular contributions to Goldmoney Insights, the Amphora Report investment newsletter, The Golden Revolution (John Wiley and Sons, 2012) and The Golden Revolution, Revisited (Goldmoney Press, 2017). His research has been cited by numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Nikkei Shimbun, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Boersenzeitung, Handelsblatt, Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Milano Finanza and De Telegraaf. John is a regular presenter at investment conferences and other events around the world.

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  • D. Lacalle Fernandez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Much More Than an Update. A New And Essential Book
    Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017
    Few books explain in such detail the current economic environment and the risks we face. John Butler's The Golden Revolution was an essential read, but many things have happened since then and the abundant changes and updates make this an even more essential reading. In fact, it is an entirely new book and a fascinating forward-thinking analysis. A true page-tuner. Why the need for an update? Because since then, complacency has taken over the market and we hear again things like"this time it's different" and "there is no risk. John Butler has turned an important book into a classic.
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  • Axel Merk
    5.0 out of 5 stars John is brilliant in how he puts pieces of the puzzle together
    Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017
    A reviewer stated the arguments given are "old arguments" - I could not disagree more. The reason to read The Golden Revolution is because John is a student of monetary history. In my experience, those who have studied monetary history provide some of the most helpful food for thought - and John is a prime example of that. In my view, John is brilliant in how he puts pieces of the puzzle together.

    Oh, and the book looks great on the coffee table or book shelf.
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  • Mr. S. J. Baker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must be read
    Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017
    John's excellent book deserves the widest readership amongst citizens concerned about the monetary factors behind some of today's most important economic and social phenomena.
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  • Bruno de Landevoisin
    1.0 out of 5 stars Old arguments repackaged
    Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2017
    Old arguments repackaged. Wait for the digital version.
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  • Mr. Nick Tyrrell
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book is brilliant like the original is brilliant.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2020
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    It's interesting to see this book come to life in the real world. Covid19 could prove to be the Black Swan event that pushes the global reserve dollar over the edge. Watch central bankers early 2021. The culmination of 50 years of pure fiat currency could be over and money restored.
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