
Alasdair Macleod - Gold is money and everything else is credit
About this episode
Today’s podcast features Alasdair Macleod the very popular MacleodFinance Substack
In this thoroughly informative podcast, we discuss:
* The Silver Squeeze motion and why it is happening
* LBMA & COMEX
* Why Gold is potentially becoming a Giffin Good
* Diocletian’s famous Edict of Maximum Prices + why Gold holds its true worth over time
* The fact that Gold is money and everything else is credit
* Credit + Debt bubbles
* How to protect yourself moving forwards
* And more
You can follow Alasdair Macleod at MacleodFinance Substack or on X.
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