The greatest raid in history

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The greatest raid in history - why the hard-working get poorer and the rich get richer is a book by Matthias Weik and Marc Friedrich . It was published on May 30, 2012 by Tectum Verlag in Marburg and in April 2014 as an updated paperback edition by Bastei Lübbe- Verlag.

content

The book describes the course of the financial and debt crisis from a German perspective. It also contains investment tips, with the authors advocating tangible assets, and critical information on practices in the financial markets and the players there.

Authors

It is the first monograph by the two authors Matthias Weik and Marc Friedrich. Both studied business administration . Matthias Weik and Marc Friedrich hold seminars and lectures on the subject of capital investments in real goods. They take the position that due to the imminent crash of the financial system, investments should be avoided and only invested in property, plant and equipment .

Ranking

After its publication, the book was featured in various bestseller lists :

  • 24 months on the Manager-Magazin business bestseller list. Top placement: 7 times 1st place (issue 45/2012… 6/2014).
  • 84 weeks on the Spiegel non-fiction paperback bestseller list. Top placement: 11 times 2nd place (edition 7/2013, 9/2013, 11/2013, 12/2013, 14/2013 to 20/2013).
  • 9 weeks on the Spiegel non-fiction hardcover bestseller list. Top placement: 2 times 17th place (issue 35/2012 and 37/2012).
  • 10th place in the Spiegel annual paperback bestseller list 2012.
  • 3rd place on the Spiegel annual paperback bestseller list 2013.
  • Most successful business book 2013

Reviews

In 2012 the Neue Zürcher Zeitung described the work as "another 'financial crisis book'" that hits a nerve in Germany. The book is sometimes a bit sensational and stirs up conspiracy theories, but also contains "some good tips for investors".

Fact check 2020

In a fact check in the news magazine Focus 7 years after the book was published, Markus Neumann came to the conclusion that the predictions of the “crash prophets” Weik and Friedrich “did not stand up to closer examination”. For example, they claimed that a crash should take place within 2 years. This was not the case 7 years later. They testified that the national debt would continue to rise. According to the International Monetary Fund, however, these fell. They also predicted significantly higher inflation rates in the euro zone; in fact, the inflation rate fell. They advised against buying index funds and called them "madness". In fact, investors with MSCI World index funds were able to achieve a return of 170 percent in this time. By contrast, those who invested their money in gold, as recommended by the authors, lost 11.5 percent of their capital.

Web links

  • The biggest raid in history on finanzbuch.tectum-verlag.de
  • Pearl diving entry
  • Video “What to do with the money if the crash occurs? The chief analyst at Bremer Landesbank Folker Hellmeyer is also asking himself this question. What the bank specialist thinks about the theses of the two "The crash is the solution" bestselling authors Matthias Weik and Marc Friedrich, he told 3nach9. 07/25/2014 | 20:08 min. | Source: Radio Bremen "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rottmeyer
  2. ↑ Publishing information , accessed on August 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Michael Ferber: Financial raids and state snowball systems , review in the NZZ , November 22, 2012.
  4. ↑ Worldview
  5. ↑ Pearl divers
  6. ↑ Aalen University
  7. ^ Susann Schönfelder: Settlement with the financial industry. In: Göppingen district news. June 18, 2012.
  8. ↑ a b c # 93; = 9783828829497 The biggest raid in history. ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: buchreport.de  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buchreport.de
  9. ↑ Book report ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buchreport.de
  10. ↑ Book report ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buchreport.de
  11. ↑ Markus Neumann: Crash prophets Weik and Friedrich: Your theses in check. In: Focus Online . January 10, 2020, accessed January 11, 2020 .