American Monetary Association
Jason Hartman
The American Monetary Association is a non-profit venture funded by The Jason Hartman Foundation that is dedicated to educating people about the practical effects of monetary policy and government actions on inflation, deflation and freedom. Our goal is to help people prosper in the midst of uncertain economic times.
The American Monetary Association believes that a new and innovative understanding of wealth, value, business and investment is necessary to thrive in the new reality of big government, big deficits and monetary destruction.
Host, Jason Hartman, interviews top-tier guests, bestselling authors and financial experts including; Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad), Harry Dent (The Great Depression Ahead), Peter Schiff (Crash Proof), William Cohan (House of Cards), Ellen Brown (Web of Debt), Thomas Woods (Meltdown), Gerald Celente (Trends Journal), G. Edward Griffin (The Creature from Jekyll Island), Chris Mayer (Capital & Crisis), Chris Martenson (The Crash Course), Robert Prechter (Elliott Wave), Pat Buchanan (Presidential Candidate), Eric Tyson (Investing for Dummies), Addison Wiggin & Bill Bonner (Agora – The Daily Reckoning), Catherine Austin Fitts (Solari), Thomas Sowell (The Hoover Institution), Marc Chandler (Making Sense of the Dollar), Gillian Tett (Fool’s Gold & The Financial Times), Howard Ruff (Prosper In The Coming Bad Years), Larry Parks (Gold Wars & FAME), James West (Crime of the Century), Les Leopold (The Looting of America), Robert Wiedemer (Aftershock), Bill Whittle (Rich Man Poor Man), Les Leopold (The Looting of America), Robert R. Prechter (Elliot Wave Theory), Lowell Ponte (The Great Withdrawal), Jack Gerard (American Petroleum Institute), Jeffrey Hirsch (Stock Trader's Almanac), Jim Bruce (Money For Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve), Kevin Armstrong (Bulls, Birdies, Bogies, and Bears), Laurence Kotlikoff (The Clash of Generations), Shaun Rein (The End of Cheap China),
A trademark feature of Hartman Media podcasts are our 'Tenth Episodes' where alternative topics of interest are explored every tenth episode. This provides a diverse mix of programming exploring issues and influential authors like Hannah Holmes (What Is Your Personality Type), Dr. Gary Chapman (The Five Love Languages), Christine Hassler (Manage Your Expectations), Sam Carpenter (Work the System), Chuck Gallagher (Second Chances), John J. Murphy (Zentrepreneur), and Robert Greene (Mastery).
Topics explored at depth by the American Monetary Association include Bitcoin, digital currencies, investing, corporate tax inversions, crowdfunding, inflation, the Federal Reserve, student loan debt, monetary policy, economic challenges facing generation Y, solar energy, 3D printing, medical technology, US dollar, currency exchange, plunging bond rates, personal and commercial bankruptcy, the cost of a college education, digital banking, the American dream, capital gains taxes, asset protection, gold and silver, commodities markets, precious metals, investing tips, structural and personal unemployment, bank regulations, regulatory reform, emerging markets, shadow banking, social media, derivatives, mobile commerce, government regulation, housing market, identity theft, cyber currencies, mortgage lenders, investment properties, VA loans, gold standard, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, online auctions, landlord tenant conflicts, tax lien investing, tax law, retirement, contract law, stagflation, home loans, real estate scams, renters, reverse mortgages, foreclosures, euro, European Union, ECB, European Central Bank, the US housing market, micro lending, online security, cyber security, online banking, digital banking, outsourcing, online shopping, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, JP Morgan, short sales, austerity, forex, monetary systems, budget surplus, budget deficits, tax cuts, solar energy, consumer debt, consumer price index, property investing, high frequency trading, interest rates, college tuition, cashless societies, credit card debt, credit monitoring, credit ratings, currency trading, refinancing, federal stimulus, financial independence, financial planning, financial literacy, economic growth, economic development, Wall Street, IPO, IRS, Internal Revenue Service, IMF, International Monetary Fund, mobile banking, Elliot Wave Theory, free trade, underwater homeowners, foreign investing, oil prices, entrepreneurship, Equifax, federal budget, Keynes, Keynesian, fiat currency, financial scams, global economy, gold standard, income tax, and foreign investment.
The American Monetary Association believes that a new and innovative understanding of wealth, value, business and investment is necessary to thrive in the new reality of big government, big deficits and monetary destruction.
Host, Jason Hartman, interviews top-tier guests, bestselling authors and financial experts including; Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad), Harry Dent (The Great Depression Ahead), Peter Schiff (Crash Proof), William Cohan (House of Cards), Ellen Brown (Web of Debt), Thomas Woods (Meltdown), Gerald Celente (Trends Journal), G. Edward Griffin (The Creature from Jekyll Island), Chris Mayer (Capital & Crisis), Chris Martenson (The Crash Course), Robert Prechter (Elliott Wave), Pat Buchanan (Presidential Candidate), Eric Tyson (Investing for Dummies), Addison Wiggin & Bill Bonner (Agora – The Daily Reckoning), Catherine Austin Fitts (Solari), Thomas Sowell (The Hoover Institution), Marc Chandler (Making Sense of the Dollar), Gillian Tett (Fool’s Gold & The Financial Times), Howard Ruff (Prosper In The Coming Bad Years), Larry Parks (Gold Wars & FAME), James West (Crime of the Century), Les Leopold (The Looting of America), Robert Wiedemer (Aftershock), Bill Whittle (Rich Man Poor Man), Les Leopold (The Looting of America), Robert R. Prechter (Elliot Wave Theory), Lowell Ponte (The Great Withdrawal), Jack Gerard (American Petroleum Institute), Jeffrey Hirsch (Stock Trader's Almanac), Jim Bruce (Money For Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve), Kevin Armstrong (Bulls, Birdies, Bogies, and Bears), Laurence Kotlikoff (The Clash of Generations), Shaun Rein (The End of Cheap China),
A trademark feature of Hartman Media podcasts are our 'Tenth Episodes' where alternative topics of interest are explored every tenth episode. This provides a diverse mix of programming exploring issues and influential authors like Hannah Holmes (What Is Your Personality Type), Dr. Gary Chapman (The Five Love Languages), Christine Hassler (Manage Your Expectations), Sam Carpenter (Work the System), Chuck Gallagher (Second Chances), John J. Murphy (Zentrepreneur), and Robert Greene (Mastery).
Topics explored at depth by the American Monetary Association include Bitcoin, digital currencies, investing, corporate tax inversions, crowdfunding, inflation, the Federal Reserve, student loan debt, monetary policy, economic challenges facing generation Y, solar energy, 3D printing, medical technology, US dollar, currency exchange, plunging bond rates, personal and commercial bankruptcy, the cost of a college education, digital banking, the American dream, capital gains taxes, asset protection, gold and silver, commodities markets, precious metals, investing tips, structural and personal unemployment, bank regulations, regulatory reform, emerging markets, shadow banking, social media, derivatives, mobile commerce, government regulation, housing market, identity theft, cyber currencies, mortgage lenders, investment properties, VA loans, gold standard, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, online auctions, landlord tenant conflicts, tax lien investing, tax law, retirement, contract law, stagflation, home loans, real estate scams, renters, reverse mortgages, foreclosures, euro, European Union, ECB, European Central Bank, the US housing market, micro lending, online security, cyber security, online banking, digital banking, outsourcing, online shopping, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, JP Morgan, short sales, austerity, forex, monetary systems, budget surplus, budget deficits, tax cuts, solar energy, consumer debt, consumer price index, property investing, high frequency trading, interest rates, college tuition, cashless societies, credit card debt, credit monitoring, credit ratings, currency trading, refinancing, federal stimulus, financial independence, financial planning, financial literacy, economic growth, economic development, Wall Street, IPO, IRS, Internal Revenue Service, IMF, International Monetary Fund, mobile banking, Elliot Wave Theory, free trade, underwater homeowners, foreign investing, oil prices, entrepreneurship, Equifax, federal budget, Keynes, Keynesian, fiat currency, financial scams, global economy, gold standard, income tax, and foreign investment.
Episodes
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Mar 22, 2019 • 32min
263: Why the Global Growth Rate Has Been Subpar with Chris Martenson
Jason Hartman talks with Chris Martenson, co-founder of PeakProsperity.com and co-author of Prosper: How to Prepare for the Future and Create a World Worth Inheriting, about how the era of abundant, cheap energy is gone and our world needs to change with it. That doesn't mean abandoning everything we have now, but just recognizing the actual situation and adjusting our investments/behavior accordingly. Chris and Jason also discuss the future, and whether we're going to see inflation, deflation, or a little bit of both. Key Takeaways: [2:03] We're coming up to a time when humans are going to have to organize ourselves in very different ways [4:48] There are 2 ways humans change [10:01] It's getting costlier and costlier to get less and less oil out of the ground [12:36] The easy, cheap energy from the past is gone, which explains why the global growth rate for the last 15 years has been subpar [18:37] We're beginning to see that raising children in a dopamine heavy technological world is creating issues we hadn't expected when it began [23:30] We have a lot of debt in our society, so deflation is ready to take over Website: www.PeakProsperity.com
Mar 15, 2019 • 21min
AMA 262: Getting America Out of Debt with Jason Franciosa
Jason Hartman talks with Jason Franciosa, CEO & co-founder of Element 26, about the time value of money. Both Jason's are concerned about inflation, and the two look at ways you can maintain your leverage so your returns can beat inflation, as well as how you can utilize your home loans to house hack (especially if you're in the military). Key Takeaways: [5:15] Jason's 6 ways governments can get out of debt [7:48] The time value of money [12:26] You have to have a way to maintain the leverage you have [17:10] How you can utilize house hacking Website: www.JasonHartman.com/Masters www.Element26.co
Mar 9, 2019 • 34min
AMA 261: 2 Ways to Look at Inflation with Dan Amerman, CFA
Jason Hartman talks with Dan Amerman, CFA and author of books such as Mortgage Securities and Collateralized Mortgage Obligations: Unlock The Secrets Of Mortgage Derivatives, about how a heavy handed Fed has changed how inflation and housing have correlate to each other, why the Fed reacts to quickly, what the Fed is setting interest rates up to do, and much more. Key Takeaways: [2:45] The Federal Reserve is getting more heavy handed as years go by, and hints of a coming recession could lead to more intervention [7:39] Housing tracked inflation better than gold until the Federal Reserve got real heavy handed after 2001 [12:28] The Fed reacts too quickly to things [14:07] Dan's prediction of where interest rates are about to head [19:51] Certain Fed actions and yield curve inversions seem to have a correlation [23:25] The 2 ways to look at inflation [26:47] The self-liquidating debt Website: www.JasonHartman.com/Masters www.DanielAmerman.com
Mar 1, 2019 • 27min
AMA 260: Why The Survival of Our Republic Depends on the Revival of Honor with Dr. Gina Loudon, President Trump's 2020 Media Advisor
In this off-topic 10th show, Jason Hartman speaks with Dr. Gina Loudon, co-host of America Talks Live on NewsmaxTV, certified hypnotherapist, founding writer at Breitbart and official Trump campaign surrogate, spokesperson to Donald Trump's 2016 Presidential campaign and member of the President's 2020 Media Advisory Board. The two discuss the political divide that's present in today's society and whether it's worse now than it's been in the past. They also discuss the 3 types of people in the world and how President Trump is one of the most misunderstood people on the planet. Key Takeaways: [4:04] We frequently forget to look at the WHY all this division is going on [7:05] Are we really divided more now or is it all just sensationalized? [12:17] The USA is actually living in the most healthy, happy, prosperous and safest times in history [17:00] The monologue media vs the dialogue media [18:17] The 3 types of people in today's world [22:17] Gina says President Trump is one of the kindest and loyal people she's ever met Website: www.JasonHartman.com/Masters www.DrGinaLoudon.com www.DrGinaShow.com
Feb 24, 2019 • 32min
AMA 259: Value & Technology Displacement with Rohit Talwar
Jason Hartman talks with Rohit Talwar, founder of Fast Future Publishing and author of A Very Human Future, about what we can do about the large companies who seem to be in a winner take all society, how life and body hacking are going to change the world, and more. Key Takeaways: [3:27] What is value? [10:30] The 4 views people have of companies like Facebook and Google [14:06] 3 types of exponential thinking [18:24] Rohit's example of pooled insurance [23:08] What are we going to do with the people who are displaced by technology? [26:13] Body hacking may give us advantages in areas that won't matter in the future due to automation [27:37] What we need to change in order to have a more optimistic future Website: www.JasonHartman.com/Masters www.FastFuture.com
Feb 15, 2019 • 33min
AMA 258: 2019 Economic Predictions by Dr David Collum
Jason Hartman talks with Dr. David Collum, Professor at Cornell University, about what all happened in 2018 and what we can expect in 2019. Jason and David discuss the skewed nature of CPI numbers, why institutional investors were able to get in to the housing market and what could cause them to get out, the impact of the Federal government potentially bailing out states and more. Key Takeaways: [3:03] What happened in 2018, economically speaking? [7:35] CPI numbers started getting skewed in the 1970s [11:00] The MIT Billion Price Project [14:38] Is there any gain from stock buybacks? [18:20] Ultra low rates allowed institutional investors to come in to the single family housing market [22:40] People that criticize religion never ask the right question [24:55] How the next unwinding will happen Website: Dr David Collum at Cornell www.JasonHartman.com/Masters
Feb 8, 2019 • 21min
AMA 257: World Economic Forum Wrapup with Thomas
Jason Hartman talks to his in-house economist Thomas about the World Economic Forum in Davos and what came out of it. Thomas gives his predictions for the next 2-3 years, why some looming deflation might be a good thing, and whether we're in a 4th leg of the Industrial Revolution. Key Takeaways: [2:07] Thomas sees some deflation coming up and doesn't think it'll be that bad [6:09] Price discovery happens once we've put all the unused assets to work [9:42] As long as GDP growth + Inflation is higher than the 10 year note, the economy is okay [17:37] Are the next 5 years going to give us good or are they bringing bad? [18:46] We're in the midst of the 4th industrial revolution and things are good Website: www.JasonHartman.com/Masters www.JasonHartman.com/Properties
Feb 1, 2019 • 26min
AMA 256: Optimistic Predictions & the US' Hottest Coming Sector for the Next 15 Years with Harry Dent
Jason Hartman talks with Harry Dent, author of Zero Hour, about Harry's optimism about our economy, the impact the high end real estate softening is going to have on all of the housing sector, why demographics are NOT looking good for China and other Asian countries, and more. Key Takeaways: [00:57] Why is Harry more optimistic about our future than usual? [3:15] People in San Francisco hate big tech companies like Google because they're driving up costs beyond reason [5:31] The high end housing market is already softening, but how far down will the slowdown trickle? [13:28] China's demographics have them looking straight into a disaster [18:11] The hottest coming sector for the next 10-15 years in the US [20:58] There are 2 waves of Millennials and the 2nd hasn't entered the workforce yet Websites: www.JasonHartman.com/Masters www.HarryDent.com
Jan 26, 2019 • 20min
AMA 255: JP Morgan Chase & RBS Lawsuits with Nobu Su
Jason Hartman talks with Nobu Su, chairman of the shipping company Today Makes Tomorrow and author of The Gold Man From the East. Back in the 2008 financial crisis, Nobu's company was a $5 million victim of Western bankers. Nobu is now fighting back, suing the institutions that took his money and trying to tell his story so others don't suffer the same fate. Key Takeaways: [1:22] What's the status of Su's lawsuit against JP Morgan? [9:05] How long can our country keep going like we are? [11:10] What is Nobu Store? [14:59] The history of Nobu's career Websites: www.Nobu.store www.Twitter.com/Nobu__Su
Jan 11, 2019 • 31min
AMA 254: The Future is Asian with Parag Khanna
Jason Hartman talks with Parag Khanna, author of The Future is Asian and founder of FutureMap, about what's really going on in regards to the trade war and its impact on Asia (which doesn't just mean China). The two discuss the role of technology in killing jobs around the world and Asia's impact on global consumption growth. Key Takeaways: [1:07] What is Connectography? [5:59] The premise of The Future Is Asian [9:09] Parag can tell you who's going to win a trade war with China [11:03] Technology is killing jobs a lot faster than trade is [15:33] Most of the consumption growth is coming from Asia [19:24] International competition is getting bigger and bigger, making any missteps even costlier [25:23] Companies are shifting entire operations overseas to take advantage of those markets, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for America Website: www.ParagKhanna.com
