The New Depression – Avoiding the Greater Depression
May 1, 2012
Hosted by Jay Taylor
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Episode Description
Richard Duncan appears here for the first time to tell us that our current global economic malaise was caused by America shutting down the international gold standard in 1971. He believes we are facing the potential for a depression a magnitude worse than that of the 1930s because the entire world has gone onto fiat money rather than gold. That resulted in rapid growth we would not otherwise have enjoyed, but it has also resulted in an instability that is posed to destroy the existing financial system. Duncan’s economic views are distinctly Austrian until he provides his prescription. The worst policy would be austerity because we would immediately head over the cliff. Not as bad would be a continuation of current policies since that would postpone catastrophe a bit longer. The best policy would be for government to deficit spend for cutting edge technologies that he believes can enable future debt service. Chen Lin will also talk about a couple of his favorite oil and gold stocks.
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Jay Taylor has been able to more than double his newsletter’s model portfolio from 2000 to the present even as the S&P 500 was in the process of losing 50% of its value!
The insights provided to Jay came from a history professor in 1967 who advised Jay that when countries go off a gold or silver standard, hard economic times are sure to follow because nations begin to think they do not need to work hard and save to enjoy a better life. Indeed there is no free lunch and a gold standard reminds people of that every day.
Jay watched his professor’s prophetic words come true when in 1971, President Nixon completely detached the dollar from gold. Not surprising to Jay, the price of gold skyrocketed in the late 1970s as inflation wiped out vast amounts of wealth from average Americans. To protect his own wealth Jay began to invest in gold and gold mining shares and in 1981 he began sharing his success and insights in his newsletter. In 1981 Jay began writing a subscription newsletter that has earned his subscribers countless thousands of dollars over the years.
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