First edition read from the library:This book is not as good as it needs to be. It does not examine technology failures and the internet and financial failure. The technology is the internet! The "how to prosper afterwards" is skant, and is just macro-economics based.This book is packaged like it is of interest to individual readers and and maybe pop-economists, but a reader would be better served by #1 reading about the real US Depression, #2 applying what they learn about causes for zero demand, current political and financial matters, #3 figuring about terrorism, information technology stability, hardware stability, human factors.This book does not serve it's purpose per the title and cover in my book.