The Death Of Money: The Coming Collapse Of The ... (2025)

Driven by massive debt monetization and central bank overreach, leading to a loss of confidence in paper currency.

The World Economic Forum ranks this as a top risk for 2026, noting that "multilateralism is in retreat" as powers like China and Russia seek alternatives to U.S. monetary hegemony. The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the ...

Rickards outlines three primary scenarios for the "death" of the current system: Driven by massive debt monetization and central bank

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 Rickards outlines three primary scenarios for the "death"

Global headline inflation is projected to remain elevated (approx. 3.1% in 2026), while high public debt levels have eroded the "policy buffers" nations need to manage future crises.

A catastrophic deleveraging where debt becomes impossible to service, causing a systemic "freeze" in the financial system.