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Line 2: == Biography == Rickards graduated from Lower Cape May Regional High School in [[Cape May]], New Jersey, in 1969.<ref>[http://www.caper10.com/MEMBERS.html Alumni members] Caper 10 Alumni Association. Retrieved May 15, 2011</ref> He graduated from [[The Johns Hopkins University]] in 1973 with a [[Bachelor of Arts\|B.A.]] degree with honors and in 1974, from the [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies]] in Washington, D.C. with an [[Master of Arts\|M.A.]] in international economics. He received his [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]] and an [[LL.M]] in taxation from [[New York University School of Law]].<ref name="omnis-bio">[http://www.omnisinc.com/leadership.php "James G. Rickards, Senior Managing Director for Market Intelligence"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106164845/http://www.omnisinc.com/leadership.php \|date=2010-01-06 }} Omnis, Inc. Retrieved May 13, 2011</ref> As general counsel for the [[hedge fund]] [[Long-Term Capital Management]] (LTCM),<ref>Bei Hu, [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-03-17/china-is-in-midst-of-greatest-bubble-in-history-ex-ltcm-s-rickards-says.html "China Is in Midst of 'Greatest Bubble in History,' ex-LTCM's Rickards Says"] Bloomberg (March 17, 2010). Retrieved May 14, 2011</ref> Rickards worked on [[Wall Street]] for 35 years.<ref name="welling">Kathryn M. Welling, [http://welling.weedenco.com/html/si-1204_LI_Rickards.pdf "Threat Finance: Capital Markets Risk Complex and Supercritical, Says Jim Rickards"] (PDF) ''welling@weeden'' (February 25, 2010). Retrieved May 13, 2011</ref> Rickards was the senior managing director for [[market intelligence]] at [[Omnis, Inc.]],<ref name="bberg">[https://www.bloomberg.com/video/67981580/ "Omnis's Rickards Interview March 24 on Middle East Unrest"] Bloomberg News (March 24, 2011). Retrieved May 13, 2011</ref> a consulting firm.<ref name="omnis-bio" /> On March 24, 2009, Rickards presented his view at a symposium at Johns Hopkins, that the [[U.S. dollar]] was facing imminent [[hyperinflation]] and was vulnerable to attack from foreign governments through the [[accumulation of gold]] and the establishment of a new [[global currency]].<ref name="politico">[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20723.html "A sneak attack on the U.S. dollar?"] Politico (April 1, 2009).</ref>