abstract:Empire of Debt is a book written by Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin, subtitled "The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis".William Bonner and Addison Wiggin, Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis, John Wiley & Sons (2006), ISBN 0-471-73902-2 The authors argue that the United States has transformed from a republic into an empire, although it also discusses such varied themes as the wisdom of the dead and a style of investment the authors term "essentialism".
The Daily Reckoning features articles by Addison Wiggin author ofEmpireofDebt and Bill Bonner author of Financial Reckoning Day and The Idea of America.