Left unchecked the next currency war could lead to a crisis worse than the panic of 2008 currency wars have happened before twice in the last century alone and they always end badly time and again paper currencies have collapsed assets have been frozen gold has been confiscated and capital controls have been imposed. Currency wars the making of the next global crisis is ostensibly that a book about currency wars but while much of the book does indeed focus on competitive devaluation what currency wars really boils down to is james rickards love affair with the gold standard and to a lesser extent his libertarian values and pride in murica a . Currency wars the making of the next global crisis kindle edition by rickards james download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading currency wars the making of the next global crisis. Left unchecked the next currency war could lead to a crisis worse than the panic of 2008 currency wars have happened before twice in the last century alone and they always end badly time and again paper currencies have collapsed assets have been frozen gold has been confiscated and capital controls have been imposed