"Bestselling author and financial guru Harry Dent shows why we're facing a great deflation and what to do about it now" -- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

The demographic cliff around the world -- Following Japan into a coma economy -- Why real estate will never be the same -- A look at public and private debt -- A brief history of financial bubbles -- Commodity prices : the Achilles' heel of emerging countries -- Investment strategies for the financial crisis ahead -- Business strategies for the winter season -- Government strategies for facilitating free markets -- A major revolution brews every 250 years.