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$bio: Peter Schiff is president of Euro Pacific Capital and Chairman of Euro Pacific Precious Metals. He is author of The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets and Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse. His latest book is The                Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy, How to Save Yourself and Your Country.

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Peter Schiff is president of Euro Pacific Capital and Chairman of Euro Pacific Precious Metals. He is author of The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets and Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse. His latest book is The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy, How to Save Yourself and Your Country.