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The paper market swindle (opens the original)
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The origin of today’s paper marketsIn the mid-eighties, a regulatory event occurred in London which was termed Big-Bang. Banks moved into securities markets buying brokers and jobbers: brokers advised investors and managed their portfolios, while jobbers are known today as market makers. The reason that London was the epicentre of this change and not New York is that US banks were still constrained by the Glass Stegall Act which separated commercial from investment banking. This restricted inves
Keynesianism’s sudden death (opens the original)
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“It is markets which are now paying the piper and the adjustment will be sudden and at least as grim as the soviet collapse.”We have lived with macroeconomics for so long that we know of no other system. It was designed by Keynes purposefully to give governments justification for economic intervention, whether it be industrial or by monetary manipulation. The reason was a misdiagnosis, the apparent death of classical economics which was wrongly blamed for the Great Depression. That was actually
`interview with Commodity Culture (opens the original)
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“Alasdair Macleod thinks the endgame of the fiat currency system is accelerating rapidly, being pushed to the brink by wars, supply shortages, and a blindly corrupt political class hellbent on keeping the paper game alive to the bitter end. Alasdair lays out his timeline to collapse and explains how we can all protect ourselves from the coming storm.”00:00 Coming Up00:48 F
Bond yields and gold (opens the original)
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“The fact of the matter is that the emerging crisis is unlike those which have come before. Since the Second World War, crises have always been in the private sector followed by governments riding to the rescue. This one is in governments themselves, and there is no one to rescue them.”<div class="
Interview with Liberty & Finance (opens the original)
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“Alasdair Macleod warns that escalating Middle East tensions could trigger a far broader economic shock through fuel, shipping, food, and global logistics disruptions. He argues that shortages of diesel, kerosene, and ship fuel could drive essential prices sharply higher while simultaneously pushing economies toward recession. “Macleod also warns that foreign demand for U.S. Treasuries could weaken just as Washington faces massive refinancing needs, potentially creating a debt trap and higher bo
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