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“That's what's really bothering me about Trump is the hypocrisy, because when Trump was a candidate, and he got elected - because, by and large, he told the truth about the phony nature of the recovery.”

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Every time the market has corrected, since 2008, it's always been the Fed that's made the bottom. The Fed has always saved the market…

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“Boom/bust cycles are not inevitable and would not occur were it not for the inflationary monetary policies that always precede recessions.”

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Printing money creates inflation, which weakens an economy. Unfortunately, this kind of common-sense thinking never seems to penetrate academic circles.

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The fiat-based system has produced enormous global imbalances that are straining the global economy. Ultimately, I think the whole thing gives way and what…

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Central banks are choosing to increase their gold holdings as a percentage of total reserves. They obviously think there is a reason to do…

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The real bubble in China is in US Treasuries, in US dollars.

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