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#116 Lyn Alden On Broken Money, Higher Inflation, Gold, And Bitcoin
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Investment researcher and macroeconomic analyst Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, joins Julia La Roche on episode 116 to discuss her new book, “"Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better.”
Links:
https://www.lynalden.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Money-Financial-System-Failing/dp/B0CG83QBJ6
https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact
The Julia La Roche Show is produced by Marlinski Media: https://www.marlinskimedia.com/
0:00 Welcome Lyn Alden to the show
1:11 Macro picture
4:18 1940s comparison
9:04 Fiscal spiral
12:49 Inflation in Egypt
20:00 Expectations of a recession, higher inflation
23:20 Stagflationary outlook
25:30 Why is money broken?
28:44 160 currency bubbles
30:33 Why is the system so antiquated?
34:45 Self publishing
36:40 Role of the U.S. Dollar as the global reserve currency
45:00 Gold
47:41 Bitcoin
51:30 Could Bitcoin ever be a bubble?
55:18 Role of central banks with the rise of Bitcoin
57:43 Parting thoughts