Catherine Austin Fitts

About the Author

Catherine Austin Fitts is a renowned financial expert, former investment banker, and public policy advisor with over three decades of experience in high-level government and corporate finance. As the former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner under President George H.W. Bush, she has unique insights into the inner workings of global financial systems and their societal impacts. Fitts is a vocal advocate for transparency in governance and sustainable economic practices, often challenging the status quo through her incisive analyses of power structures and resource allocation. Her work bridges finance, geopolitics, and environmental concerns, offering readers a critical lens on the forces shaping modern civilization. In her acclaimed book, Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil, she explores the intersections of energy dependency, imperial overreach, and economic collapse, urging a reevaluation of America's trajectory in an era of diminishing resources.