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-We start the show with an unplanned, yet fascinating look at how the “Boys” installed the Dollar as reserve currency and what that means. It begins in the early 40′s – War and the spoils of war.
-Real Money Geek that matters – The Monetary Decontrol act in 1980
-The rise and fall of Saddam Hussein and biting the hand that feeds you
-JP Morgan and their gold holdings vs. their contracts
-Treasury borrowed 32 Billion Dollars yesterday. Guess who bought most of the IOU’s and where did “the money” come from?
-A listener asks about when interest rates will rise
-Hear Andy’s excellent discourse on the NSA fiasco and why these things should be of any surprise to any of us…ever
-Google – Total Information Awareness of 2002 after listening to Andy’s take on NSA
-Remember the whisper in Dustin Hoffman’s ear in the Graduate….”Plastics” Replay that scene today and the whispered word would be “Biometrics”
-Say Aah…we’ll just swab your DNA…won’t hurt a bit
-The next LIBOR, aka Lie Boar is benchmark currency exchange lies by the usual suspects
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The amount of information that I get from listening to this show is amazing. Andrew Gause is a great resource.
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