FED Powerless to Prevent Debt Trap with Alasdair Macleod

Interview recorded - 10th of September, 2024

On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Alasdair Macleod. Alasdair is the Head of Research for Goldmoney. 

We spoke about the risk of a debt trap, commodities, whether the FED can cut out of a recession, japanificarion, gold and more. I hope you enjoy! 

0:00 - Introduction
1:43 - What is happening in the economy?
3:43 - Commodity crash linked to recession?
7:42 - Impact of low interest rates?
9:40 - Politicians to cut deficit?
14:45 - Private debt market to blow up?
18:55 - Can US/UK go way of Japan?
22:06 - Why is gold unloved?
23:26 - Flooding into precious metals?
31:56 - What does a building of a gold standard take?
39:20 - Only possible with commodity producing company?
42:11 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?

Alasdair Macleod is Head of Research for GoldMoney. He is an educator and advocates for sound money through demystifying finance and economics. His background includes being a stockbroker, banker, and economist.

Alasdair Macleod started his career as a stockbroker in 1970 on the London Stock Exchange. Within nine years, he had risen to become senior partner of his firm.

Subsequently, he held positions at the director level in investment management and worked as a mutual fund manager. Mr. Macleod also worked at a bank in Guernsey as an executive director.

For most of his 40 years in the finance industry, he has been demystifying macroeconomic events for his investing clients. The accumulation of this experience has convinced him that unsound monetary policies are the most destructive weapon governments use against the common man. Accordingly, his mission is to educate and inform the public in layman's terms what governments do with money and how to protect themselves from the consequences.

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