Everyone feels as if the American Dream has slipped away…but why? Why is it that when the stock market goes up, or the talking heads tell us the economy is booming, it never feels that way? Something HAS changed. So what is it? Why has it changed? And what can we actually do about it?
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:30 - “Remember When $50K Was A Lot of Money?”
00:09:30 - How We Got Here: The Reserve Currency Trap
00:18:31 - The Triffin Dilema
00:26:31 - Jacques Rueff’s Haunting Prediction
00:36:55 - Hyperfinancialization
00:44:11 - Why The Middle Class is Vanishing
00:45:23 - The Losers From Globalization
00:54:14 - The Winners From Globalization
01:01:17 - Why The System is Breaking Now
01:06:58 - Does The Left Have a Point?
01:20:29 - What Gave Rise to the Populist Right?
01:29:20 - Can Avoid Catastrophe?
01:34:38 - What Can You as an Individual Do About it?
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