In this episode, Phil Dobbie and Steve Keen dissect Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey’s push for greater central bank independence, a move Bailey claims is necessary to shield price stability from politically motivated meddling. Steve Keen, however, isn't buying the mainstre ...Show more
Energy - the AI Achille's Heel
In this episode of the Debunking Economics podcast, Phil Dobbie and Professor Steve Keen explore the precarious intersection of the ongoing global energy crisis and the massive resource demands of the AI revolution. The conversation traverses a landscape of geopolitical instabili ...Show more
In 1971, President Richard Nixon changed the rules of money because foreign countries being paid in U.S. dollars grew skeptical when the U.S. Treasury was printing more and more money to cover our debts, and they began exchanging their dollars directly for gold in earnest, deplet ...Show more
Robert Kiyosaki is well-known for the phrase “Savers are losers” and it’s never been more true than in today’s economy. In his book, today’s guest says, “As history reveals an ugly pattern of governments spending tomorrow’s hard-earned savings today leaving unknowing savers holdi ...Show more
Why you should allocate a small percentage of your assets to gold.
Topics covered include:
<ul><li>What is money, and how does gold fit with that definition</li><li>Why central banks bought more gold last year than at any time since 1967</li><li>Which central banks ow ...Show more
Le Zimbabwe lance une cryptomonnaie gagée sur l'or
Le Zimbabwe introduit, ce lundi 8 mai, une monnaie numérique adossée au cours de l’or. Avec cette nouvelle cryptomonnaie, la Banque centrale espère freiner l’hyper-inflation qui ravage le pays. Dans ce pays d’Afrique australe où la monnaie locale s’est effondrée, on pourra désorm ...Show more