Bibliography: p. 217-219.
Includes index.

CONTENTS:

Can it happen again? -- The law of social cycles -- The four social classes -- The law of social cycles -- The era of laborers -- The era of warriors -- The era of intellectuals -- The era of acquisitors -- The process of social change -- Western society -- Western society and the United States -- Theories underlying capitalism -- Monetarism and the social cycle -- The cycle of money growth -- Historical determinism -- Developing the long-run cycle of inflation -- Inflation and money supply -- Regulation, inflation, and money -- The pattern of depressions -- The depression of the 1780s -- The great depression of the 1840s -- The great depression of the 1870s -- The great depression of the 1930s -- Conventional wisdom on depressions -- Concentration of wealth and depressions -- Perverse fiscal policy of the 1920s -- Relationship among cycles -- The depression of the 1990s -- The 1920s vs. the 1980s U.S. foreign debt -- International aspects -- Inflationary depression -- How much should I save? -- Social security and private pensions -- Keogh plans and IRAs -- How should I invest my savings? -- Your best investment strategy -- Advice for businessmen -- Summary -- Logic of reforms -- Immediate measures -- Fundamental economic reforms.