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May 11, 2011 • 0sec
The Fourth Turning: An Interview With Neil Howe
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About this weeks show: What do regularly repeating 80-100yr cycles tell us about America’s current situation? How does each generation (young, middle-aged and senior) respond when a major historic change occurs within the cycle? Can we be aware and expectant of the next season in the cycle without becoming totally fatalistic? About the guest: Neil […]
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May 4, 2011 • 0sec
A Birds Eye View on Afghanistan, Derivatives, and the Precious Metals Market
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A Look At This Weeks Show: The real reason (not Bin laden) for the fight with the Taliban: The T.A.P.I. Pipeline. What’s a quadrillion amongst friends?: The Derivatives Market today. Manipulating precious metals by changing the rules of the game in the Futures Markets The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick Kevin: […]
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Apr 27, 2011 • 0sec
Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System. An Interview With Barry Eichengreen
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A Look At This Weeks Show: Will the dollar endure as the worlds singular reserve currency? What role might the Euro and Renminbi play in the currency markets? What is the countdown to 2013? Barry Eichengreen, chairman of the PIIE Advisory Committee, is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and […]
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Apr 20, 2011 • 0sec
Reserve Currency Of The World – But For How long?
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A Look At This Weeks Show: U.S. debt gets thumbs down from S&P Rating service. New revelation? B.R.I.C.S. say goodbye to Dollar transactions amongst themselves. How British dethroned themselves to the Dollar half a century ago, and how that relates to the Dollar being dethroned by itself today. The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany […]
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Apr 13, 2011 • 0sec
Don’t Mistake Revolution in the Middle East for Democracy: An Interview With Don McAlvany
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A Look At This Weeks Show: Food price inflation may have started the engine in the middle-east, but Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood are driving the car. Egypt and Libya are just minor steps toward the true goal to overthrow the Saudi Royal Family. Asia and Russia will take advantage of diminishing U.S. hegemony in […]
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Apr 6, 2011 • 0sec
Spring 2011: Speculative Mania Redux?
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A Look At This Weeks Show: Rampant Speculation is again replacing a common sense approach. No one protests free liquidity until it turns into inflation. How to have a disciplined approach to your money vs. taking emotionally charged miss-steps. The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick Kevin: David, we are seeing some […]
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Mar 30, 2011 • 0sec
The Importance of Equal Weights and Measures
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A Look At This Weeks Show: Treating the value of the dollar as a constant is a rookie mistake. Will QE2 end early only to be replaced later with “emergency” QE3? How inflation affects the four players of the economy: The Debtor, The Saver, The Creditor and The Consumer. Who wins, who loses and why. […]
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Mar 23, 2011 • 0sec
The Land of the Rising Yen
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A Look At This Weeks Show: The Japanese crisis does not explain why the Yen is appreciating. Why the G7 nations intervened on behalf of the Yen – the real reason. What is carry trade and why should you care. The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick Kevin: David, we talked a […]
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Mar 16, 2011 • 0sec
The End of Oil and Dollar Stability
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A Look At This Weeks Show: Personal Recollections of Past Tsunami Devastation with Scott McAlvany Seismic Changes in the Dollar That Pre-date the Japanese Crisis Middle East Petro Dollar Complex Looking Elsewhere for Protection after US Abandonment The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick David: Kevin, we have a couple of things […]
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Mar 9, 2011 • 0sec
An Interview with Tom Hudson from the Nightly Business Report with PBS
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About the Guest: Hudson has reported on topics such as Federal Reserve interest rate policy, corporate governance and shareholder activism. Prior to co-anchoring NBR, he was host and managing editor of the nationally syndicated financial television program “First Business.” Tom also reported and anchored market coverage for the groundbreaking web-based financial news service, WebFN. There […]
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