The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel

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The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel
by Stephen Leeb, Glen Strathy
from Business Plus

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Great advice when published
  I read this book when it came out in hardback a few years back. It was great advice then, but I am not sure if I would recommend it now. It may be too late to take advantage of the advice, most of which has already come true.

• Collapsing Now?
  They were calling Stephen Leeb 'the $100 a barrel man' when he first predicted this phenomena a few short years ago. Now he's looking at $200 and the mainstream media oil and finance pundits are slowly catching up with him. He is one of a number of writers who are warning that we are now in for an increasingly difficult times economically and that there are ways to benefit from the downturn. He is scathing of Wall Street and associated group think and warns against the herd instinct.
  Leeb gives very... more info

• starts strong, then falters
  "The Coming Economic Collapse" starts with a fairly concise review of the coming decline in availability of fossil fuels. The author, Stephen Leeb, summarizes the inevitable stresses in society that will occur when we no longer have cheap energy. This summary gives a much needed warning about how unpleasant life may become if we pursue our current fuel-guzzling ways.
  After a good start, though, the rest of the book falters dramatically. The author spends countless pages giving advice about investing,... more info

• I hesitiate to give it even 3 stars,
  but the book does contain information that is provocative and worth consideration.
  The writing can best be described as "lazy." If I were reviewing just on the merits of the writing, this book would get 1 star. There is no excuse for anyone to put a literary product on the market that is as shabbily written as this one is.
  For starters, Dr. Leeb switches voice four times throughout the book. He starts out with "I," then abruptly begins speaking as "we" on page 13, right in the middle of a chapter.... more info

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