MOGG WILLIAM REES

Now featuring a new preface by Peter ThielTwo renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.Few observers of the late twentieth century have their fingers so presciently on the pulse of the global political and economic realignment ushering in the new millennium as do James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. In their ensuing bestseller, The Great Reckoning, published just weeks before the coup attempt against Gorbachev, they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years.In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuriesthe shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed "the fourth stage of human society," will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values.

Former editor of The Times, the late William Rees-Mogg was a pivotal figure of post-war Britain. Here he recounts the remarkable story of his life.As editor of The Times (his glory years), journalist, commentator, Chairman of the Arts Council, and, later, Chairman of the Broadcasting Standards Council (when he was accused of censorship), the William Rees-Mogg spent his life at the centre of events in politics and journalism.Often controversial, his strong, fiercely defended opinions went to the heart of the problems of the day. From his famous defence of Mick Jagger on a charge of possessing cannabis, to his recent criticism of the morality behind the war in Kosovo and defence of monetarism, his writing demanded attention, to the point of becoming newsworthy in itself.He knew the people who shaped our time, from royalty to presidents, business magnates and religious leaders, and his unique insider perspective is here used to great effect, with perceptive, provocative recollections of people such as Rab Butler, Margaret Thatcher, Anthony Eden, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins, Robin Day, Rupert Murdoch and many more.From an early age his life was filled with incident among the many anecdotes are the stories of the Bristol Blitz; his doomed attempts to enter politics; writing speeches for Anthony Eden during Suez; hiring burglars to uncover corruption in the Met; an eventful stay at Chequers with Harold Wilson; how Rupert Murdoch amused the Queen at lunch; and how Harold Macmillan impressed Ronald Reagan at dinner.His colourful and illuminating memoirs offer a wonderfully readable life of one of the great characters of the age.

Dos reconocidos asesores de inversión y autores del bestseller The Great Reckoning muestran tanto las corrientes de desastre como el potencial de prosperidad y renovación frente a los cambios radicales en la historia de la humanidad a medida que avanzamos hacia el proximo siglo. El Individuo Soberano detalla las estrategias necesarias para adaptarse financieramente a la siguiente fase de la civilizacion occidental.Pocos observadores de finales del siglo xx toman tan profeticamente el pulso del realineamiento politico y economico global que marca el comienzo del nuevo milenio como lo hacen James Dale Davidson y Lord William Rees-Mogg. El Martes Negro confirmo la audaz prediccion que hicieron del desastre en Wall Street en Blood in the Streets. En su bestseller siguiente, The Great Reckoning, publicado pocas semanas antes del intento de golpe de Estado contra Gorbachov, analizaron el colapso inminente de la Union Sovietica y predijeron la guerra civil en Yugoslavia y otros eventos que han estado entre los acontecimientos mas importantes de los ultimos años.En The Sovereign Individual, Davidson y Rees-Mogg exploran la mayor transicion economica y politica en siglos: el cambio de una sociedad industrial a una sociedad basada en la informacion. Esta transicion, que han denominado la cuarta etapa de la sociedad humana, liberara a los individuos como nunca, alterando irrevocablemente el poder del gobierno. Este libro excepcional reemplazara las falsas esperanzas y ficciones con una nueva comprension y claros valores.