Quoted: This transformation will not be fun, but it is necessary. Our standard of living must decline to reflect years of reckless consumption and the disintegration of our industrial base. Only by swallowing this tough medicine now will our sick economy ever recover. By accepting a lower standard of living today, we will eventually be rewarded with a higher one tomorrow.

Peter Schiff's predictions regarding the collapse have been right on, although his investment strategies have not yet panned out.

Quoted: On October 28th 2008, Schiff stated in an interview on Bloomberg TV that the investment strategies outlined in both books currently "are NOT working" due to the collapse of foreign currencies, foreign stocks and the failure of gold prices to go up significantly as most of the world entered an economic recession and foreign investors flee to cash. Schiff, however, remained optimistic on his theories and stated this was a good opportunity to buy foreign stocks trading at yearly lows.