Showing posts with label Boom Bust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boom Bust. Show all posts

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Boom Bust - Gold Everything: Consumption, Gold Standard and More

From Boom Bust

Published on Feb 19, 2014

China has supplanted India as the number-one consumer of the world's gold, according to new numbers from the World Gold Council, even as the global supply of gold fell last year. Erin Ade reports.

Then, Erin sits down with George Selgin of the University of Georgia and the Cato Institute to discuss whether the inflexibility of the gold standard contributed to debt-deflation in the 1930's.

The famous Bretton Woods conference still has a huge impact on our global financial system, and has become shorthand for international monetary cooperation. Dr. Benn Steil, Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, does some myth-busting on the meeting.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Boom Bust - Jim Rickards: The Fed is tapering QE into a recession

From Boom Bust

Published on Jan 14, 2014

Jim Rickards, lawyer, economist, investment banker, is a self-proclaimed gold-vigilante with over three decades of experience working in capital markets. In an interview with Boom Bust, Jim gives us his views on where the economy and monetary system are headed.

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Boom Bust: LME rules changes and Profiting off Privacy

From Boom Bust

Published on Nov 8, 2013

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October job report, surpassing analysts' low expectations, Twitter's IPO went off without a hitch, McKinsey forecasts that big banks may consolidate and Wal-Mart turns into a holiday Grinch. Erin Ade talks to Bloomberg's senior metals and mining analyst, Ken Hoffman, to discuss new warehouse rules at the London Metal Exchange and how the Chinese plenary could affect the commodities markets. Boom Bust sits down with Ladar Levison, owner and operator of Lavabit, to discuss whether profit and privacy can co-exist and the business plans for his new venture, Dark Mail Alliance. In today's Big Deal, a look at the seat JP Morgan may be warming up for NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.


Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Boom Bust: Rick Rule on the Paper Gold Collapse and John Mauldin on Japanese Dysfunction

Has RT finally found a worthy replacement to Lauren Lyster?

From Boom Bust   First aired 25 Oct 2013: