Modern economic reports echo several of Rickards' earlier concerns:
Rickards emphasizes that "money" (transitory and ephemeral) is increasingly detached from "wealth" (permanent and tangible). He advises moving assets into "hard" stores of value: The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of ... - Amazon.com The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the ...
The IMF's April 2026 report warns that persistent uncertainty and potential "sudden repricing" by markets could test the resilience of the global financial system. How to Prepare Modern economic reports echo several of Rickards' earlier
In James Rickards’ 2014 bestseller, The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System , he argues that the global monetary system has collapsed three times in the past century—1914, 1939, and 1971—and that we are currently on the verge of a fourth. He warns that the U.S. dollar, which has been the world’s reserve currency since the end of WWII, is being systematically undermined by government mismanagement and geopolitical rivals. How to Prepare In James Rickards’ 2014 bestseller,