The authors believe that the world is on the brink of cataclysmic social and political change to be brought about by a world-wide economic depression. A guide for individuals, businesses and institutions, the authors offer investment tips and a whole strategy for survival. Some of the things they predict are: higher taxes; migrations away from big cities; decriminalization of drugs in order to preserve social order; the privatization of faltering public services and infrastructures; retirement will be postponed or even revoked for most people; Islam will replace Marxism as the main challenge in ideology.