China's Rise and the New Age of Gold: How Investors Can Profit from a Changing World

Acknowledgments

IN VARIOUS WAYS, all the following friends and associates helped me greatly during the course of writing this book. My long-time friend Tom Kaplan shared invaluable insights into gold and gold investing along with his stimulating and at times refreshingly sardonic perspective on world events. Eric King, who runs what I consider the most informative website for all things of interest to gold investors, was a constant source of encouragement and provided a forum for honing and presenting some of my thinking. Al Zuckerman of Writers House, my outstanding agent and friend for more decades than I wish I had to admit to, tactfully and tirelessly prodded me to get the book done. He also connected me to my initial editor at McGraw-Hill, ...