An Empire of Wealth


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Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and the capacity to create more of it. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.




Empire of Wealth


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Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and the capacity to create more of it. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.




Wealth of an Empire


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Wealth of an Empire tells the dramatic true story of a top-secret mission that changed the course of World War II: Great BritainÆs shipment of virtually its entire treasury across the treacherous waters of the North Atlantic to safety in the United States and Canada. Had the Germans captured or sunk the treasure-laden ships, the war could have been lost more than eighteen months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The British government authorized this immensely risky and long-running operation not only because of the obvious danger that GermanyÆs rising militancy posed but also because of the isolationist sentiment that permeated both American society and Congress. AmericaÆs refusal to sell arms and other goods without payment up front left Britain little choice but to mount this daring operation. Only a few banking, political, and military leaders were responsible for the complicated logistical and security procedures that were designed to safeguard the transfer of both gold and financial securities to North America. Although the special shipments were initially of relatively modest value, the strategic imperative changed dramatically when Germany threatened to invade Britain in the summer of 1940. Fearing that BritainÆs wealth might fall into German hands, in an audacious yet visionary decision newly installed prime minister Winston Churchill authorized the evacuation of nearly all of BritainÆs liquid assets. Wealth of an Empire uses previously unused and unavailable original documentsùincluding those from the British National Archives, the Bank of EnglandÆs archives, the Imperial War Museum, and the Bank of CanadaÆs archivesùto shed new light on this underexplored aspect of BritainÆs wartime history.




Uncommon Wealth


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The Empire of Business


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The Empire of Business


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Steps for Building an Empire of Wealth


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STEPS FOR BUILDING AN EMPIRE OF WEALTH Within the bindings of this book are the timeless and infallible principles that have aided all the great and wealthy men in ages past and present to build their vast empires of wealth. These principles have been proved and tested over the ages. These principles are guaranteed to aid you to successfully build your own empire of wealth. These principles worked for others. These principles will, no doubt, work for you too. Within the bindings of this book are the timeless and infallible principles that have aided all the great and wealthy men in ages past and present to build their vast empires of wealth. The principles are not based on any new philosophy, but merely a resurgence of the 'distilled wisdom of the ages'. They are the principles which have been proved and tasted over the ages. We have decided to re-visit them because of the marked ignorance and lethargy that are being displayed by men in relation to these invaluable principles in our societies. Glenn Bland emphatically observes: "The principles for achieving happiness and success in your life today are the same principles that King Solomon used to create his vast fortune in 966BC." He believes that only the methods have changed, but the principles remain the same. It is on this basis that we have decided to re-visit these timeless principles that have aided all great and wealthy me in ages past and present to build their vast empires of wealth. These principles are guaranteed to aid you to successfully build your own empire of wealth. The principles worked for others. They will, no doubt, work for you too. The only thing that will be required of you is to make a firm decision and to go promptly into action. If you do these, you will definitely be able to build your own empire of wealth. And the world will be glad to enjoy the fruits of your wealth.




Concentration of Wealth


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'Concentration of Wealth' is an argument that all powerful states and empires end in concentrations of wealth so dense and massive relative to that economy that decisions end up being made to no purpose than the acumulation by these powerful sectors of more wealth. The net result of this is usually unceasing wars that prove useless and counter productive, trade deals that harm the state but make massive sums of money for someone or something, speculation in money of too many kinds to list, and so on. The state becomes fatally weakened by massive concentrations of wealth. The political process becomes corrupt. A solution is suggested.




The Empire State


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