Hi sinbob,
Here's something else for you and others to think about.
"Why are the so-called "experts" like Casey, Sprott and even Uncle Jimmy, still preaching the demise of the U.S. and the $, yet insist on promoting their "wares" and selling them for those same $'s.
By the way, I'm presently in the process of reading Rickards" book "Currency Wars" and I had planned to read his second book next "The Death of Money".
Now I'm not so sure.
I keep asking myself "Why?" and every answer I come up with, leads me to another "Why?"
Things are not right in the world and I admit I'm not smart enough to understand "Why?"
Maybe it's me, but I don't think so.
I'll just wait for the final shoe to fall, I guess.
"We live in interesting times"
Good Luck to all!