#116 Lyn Alden On Broken Money, Higher Inflation, Gold, And Bitcoin

Investment researcher and macroeconomic analyst Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, joins Julia La Roche on episode 116 to discuss her new book, “"Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better.” 

Links: 

https://www.lynalden.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Money-Financial-System-Failing/dp/B0CG83QBJ6

https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact

The Julia La Roche Show is produced by Marlinski Media: https://www.marlinskimedia.com/

0:00 Welcome Lyn Alden to the show 

1:11 Macro picture 

4:18 1940s comparison 

9:04 Fiscal spiral 

12:49 Inflation in Egypt 

20:00 Expectations of a recession, higher inflation 

23:20 Stagflationary outlook 

25:30 Why is money broken? 

28:44 160 currency bubbles 

30:33 Why is the system so antiquated? 

34:45 Self publishing 

36:40 Role of the U.S. Dollar as the global reserve currency 

45:00 Gold 

47:41 Bitcoin 

51:30 Could Bitcoin ever be a bubble? 

55:18 Role of central banks with the rise of Bitcoin 

57:43 Parting thoughts