The bestselling author and economic commentator James Rickards makes a bold manifesto to defend gold as both an irreplaceable store of wealth and a standard for currency. With global political instability and market volatility on the rise, gold has become the single most important wealth preservation tool for banks and individuals alike. Rickards discards tired and politically driven criticisms of gold and draws on historical case studies, monetary theory, and personal experience as an investor to create arguments of the next financial collapse. Concise, providing clear instructions on how much gold to buy and where to store it, the compelling evidence in this book will change the way we look at gold – the barbarous relic – forever.