Larry Burkett

Works Burkett published more than 70 books, sales of which now exceed 11 million copies and include several national best-sellers. The three radio programs that he began -- "Money Matters," "How to Manage Your Money," and "MoneyWatch," along with a series of short features titled "A Money Minute"—have been carried on more than 1,100 radio outlets worldwide. (Crown Financial Ministries has since replaced the three longer-form radio broadcasts with shows having different titles and reworked formats.) In May 1996, Southwest Baptist University conferred on Burkett an honorary doctorate in economics. His last book was Nothing to Fear, in which he gave an update on his experiences with cancer and cancer treatments.

Not long before his death, Burkett founded the Larry Burkett Cancer Research Foundation.

Larry's final book before his death was The Burkett & Blue Definitive Guide to Securing Wealth to Last, and was written with Ron Blue and Jeremy L. White.

The Coming Economic Earthquake In "The Coming Economic Earthquake" (Moody Press, Chicago, IL, 1991), Burkett delineated growing federal deficits and the ever increasing use of debt by business and households out of control. Burkett predicted that those severe economic times would appear sometime shortly after the year 2000 unless then-current policies were changed. Burkett believed that Keynesian economic policies, with ideals for continuing federal deficits and the implicit preference for higher levels of consumption, reduced saving, and a larger role for government in the economy, are a means to disaster.

Burkett wrote that as interest on the debt consumes a larger and larger portion of the yearly federal budget, and more money is borrowed each year to pay the interest on what was borrowed in previous years, there will be a temptation to "monetize" the debt at an increasing rate; this would lead to a calamity not seen since the Great Depression. Burkett questioned whether or not elected leaders would take action in time to prevent fiscal chaos and believed they would not.

Publications Non-fiction What Ever Happened to the American Dream The Coming Economic Earthquake Your Finances in Changing Times Business by the Book The Financial Planning Workbook Women Leaving the Workplace Investing for the Future Financial Parenting Debt-Free Living Hope When It Hurts and Great Is Thy Faithfulness Nothing to Fear The Complete Financial Guide for Young Couples Crisis Control in the New Millennium The Burkett & Blue Definitive Guide to Securing Wealth to Last (with Ron Blue and Jeremy L. White) Answers to Your Family's Financial Questions (, 1987) What Husbands Wish Their Wives Knew About Money (Victor Books 1977) Money Matters:Answers to your financial questions.

Novels The ilimünati The THOR Conspiracy Solar Flare Kingdom Come (with T. Davis Bunn)