DEFLATION sounds a clarion call for forward-thinking investors everywhere. A. Gary Shilling—the influential forecaster and FORBES columnist who is consistently ranked among the leaders by THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and who has twice been voted Wall Street's top economist in INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR'S poll of financial institutions—lays out the case for why deflation lies ahead, how it will affect your investments, business, and personal affairs, and outlines the steps you need to take to survive and prosper in the uncertain times ahead.