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Dominic Frisby reads from his book Life After The State.Please click here purchase the whole audiobook via Paypal.  You can also buy it with Bitcoin.Read the testimonials. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Dominic Frisby meets Brian Whitmer, editor of Elliott Wave International’s European Financial Forecast.Brian is bearish on stocks, bullish on cash. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

We’re back. Dr John Wolstencroft talks gold, platinum and palladium. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Dominic Frisby talks to John Kay, one of Britain’s most respected economists and author of Obliquity - Why our goals are best achieved indirectly.As well as discussing the philosophy behind the book, in the second half of the programme they discuss banking regulation and systems of money. Full of thought-provoking ideas, the final discussion surrounding the financial system should give all listeners plenty of food for thought. John Kay’s career has spanned academic work and think tanks, business schools, company directorships, consultancies and investment companies.  He is a visiting Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, a Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford, the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is a director of several public companies and contributes a weekly column to the Financial Times. Click here to buy Obliquity.This podcast was recorded on 14 March 2013. It can also be heard at Goldmoney - the best way to buy gold and silver. See

Dominic Frisby talks to Martín Von Hildebrand, General Director of Gaia Amazonas, about mining in the Colombian Amazon. They discuss illegal mining and its consequences, the lack of clarity from the Colombian government on mining and the dilemma of modernisation and its effects on the cultural integrity of indigenous people.Martin Von Hildebrand is the director of Fundación Gaia Amazonas,  which he set up in 1990 to work with the indigenous people of the Amazon areas in Colombia, to help them secure their territorial rights and protect the forest. He first visited the Amazonian Indians in the 1970s and has ever since been an activist for indigenous rights, cultural and ecological diversity , working in both government and non-government organizations. In 1986 he became Head of Indigenous Affairs under the government of Virgilio Barco. He has doctorate in ethnology from the Sorbonne in Paris and has won many awards including the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.This podcast was recorded o

Jordan Roy-Byrne, publisher and editor of TheDailyGoldPremium, thinks gold stocks may be bottoming soon.Jordan - aka Trendsman -  is a Chartered Market Technician.  From 2010-2012 The Daily Gold Premium Model Portfolio was up 131% compared to GDX (+5%) and GDXJ (-11%).  In 2012, the Model Portfolio was up 32%, making it arguably one of the top-performing gold/silver stock newsletters.This podcast was recorded on 11 February 2013. It can also be heard at Goldmoney -GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Ian Gordon, President of Longwave Analytics is sticking by his call that the Dow is headed to 1,000.We are still in a “Kondratieff winter”, he says, but central bank money printing is delaying the clearance of the enormous debt accumulated over the three former Kondratieff seasons. Natural market forces, however, will overpower central bank interference, there is significant downside risk for stocks, and we will return to “natural” (i.e., gold and silver) money. This podcast was recorded on 6 February 2013. It can also be heard at Goldmoney - GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver.Long Wave Group website See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Hong Kong-based private investor Michael Hampton returns, talking gold, the race between stocks and gold, and opportunities in gold mining shares.The related charts are here.Hampton makes the case that the gold price is currently marking a low in its long-term bull run. While there is a chance that the trend channel could be broken to the downside, the odds favour a continuation of the upward trend. If the gold price were to move back to the top range of the trend channel we could see $2,200 to $2,500 per ounce of gold.This podcast was recorded on 6 February 2013. It can also be heard at Goldmoney -GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Dominic Frisby talks to Andrew Craig of Plain English Finance about his new book, Own The World.Andrew graduated in Economics and International Politics in 1997.  His first job took him to Washington DC where he worked for a US Congressman on Capitol Hill.  Andrew’s time in DC was hugely helpful in his gaining an understanding of how important politics and politicians are when thinking about finance and investment.Since then Andrew has spent over a decade working in financial markets for various finance firms in London and latterly New York.  These included UBS, Credit Agricole (France’s biggest bank) and two smaller boutique firms.This podcast can also be heard at Goldmoney - GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Paul Tusatin of BullionVault discusses his recent analysis, Printing Money For Beginners And Experts.BullionVault founder and CEO Paul Tustain has a background  in financial I.T. and settlement systems software. His previous business processed $120bn worth of stocks and bonds for major banks through London’s markets each day. He bought his first bar of gold in 2001 following the sale of his software business. But that gold was expensive and contractually complicated, and the poor experience led to his founding BullionVault. A sought-after commentator, Paul is regularly interviewed by the international media and widely published as an authority on the history and economics of gold investment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Tom Winnifrith shows great insight into what really goes on at junior mining companies as he talks gold, equities and West Ham.Tom Winnifrith is a man of many talents. Foremost a writer, his blog is tomwinnifrith.com and  he owns the “Real Man Pizza Company”. His book, Letters From The Chestnut Café, is available here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Ben Dyson, founder and director of , Positive Money , discusses the whys and hows of monetary reform. His new book is called Modernizing Money.Positive Money believes that the root cause of many of our current social, economic and environmental problems lies in the way that we allow money to be created. “We work to make the confusing world of money and banking much easier to understand,” it says. “When money drives most of the activity on the planet, it’s essential that we understand it.”This podcast can also be heard at Goldmoney - GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Jack England, aka Andy Duncan, talks about his libertarian, action adventure, swashbuckler, neck-gripper, killer, thriller debut novel, The Sword Of Marathon.Buy The Sword Of Marathon from Amazon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Dominic Frisby talks to market historian, geologist and newsletter writer Bob Hoye of Institutional Advisors.They discuss whether or not central banks can influence asset prices and talk about the possibility of an impending credit crunch.Central banks believe that they can depreciate a currency at will and elevate asset prices. But in Hoye’s view, asset price inflation needs some kind of speculative element. Therefore asset prices show huge swings compared to the growth curve of credit. Also Hoye states that inflation should not be confused with a rise in consumer prices.Hoye points out that the stock market is currently signalling that we are in the midst of a post bubble contraction. The various measures undertaken by central banks in order to ease monetary conditions have not had significant results on the market, and Hoye expects another credit crisis. As indicators for an impending event, he looks to the VIX – which tracks S&P 500 volatility – and to the gold/silver ratio.This

On his recent trip to London, trader Michael Hampton discusses some of the issues raised in Dominic Frisby’s book.They discuss the importance of sound money, the shrinking of the middle class and currency competition.Dominic Frisby states that the extraordinarily uneven distribution of wealth in country’s like Britain and America is a consequence of our system of money. Those who receive the newly created money first benefit over those who don’t – a process which compounds over time and leads to an ever greater concentration of wealth among the top 1%. They also point out that government redistribution of wealth – whether via inflation or through welfare payments – is placing incredible pressure on the middle classes, who are finding themselves squeezed like never before.Please pre-order the book here.This podcast can also be heard at the Goldmoney Website. GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full a

The cynic is back. Dominic Frisby talks to veteran private investor, Dr John Wolstencroft. The good doctor is in great form as he outlines some other ways to think about gold that have nothing to do with debt, money printing and QE.It’s all about asset allocation, see, and cost of production …This podcast can also be heard at the Goldmoney Foundation, an independent organisation established by GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Dominic Frisby talks to Athens resident, former bond trader and business man, Stratos Manolas.Greece faces a dire social situation with an unemployment rate of 25%, a rise in poverty, illegal immigration and capital flight.In the years leading up to the debt crisis, Greek politicians gladly took EU subsidies without assuring the productive use of those funds, which lead to an increase in debt and corruption. At the same time the regulatory setup in Greece has hindered the entrepreneurial spirit of the country. While the latest reforms were necessary and had good elements, Manolas criticises the implementation of reforms, and how the IMF forced them upon the people.The majority of Greeks still favour staying in the euro. Manolas states that a move to the drachma and the subsequent power to manage their own currency could lead to the postponement of necessary structural adjustments. They agree that the eurozone will continue to “muddle through”. Amid the gloom though, Manolas sees some positive sign

On his recent trip to London, trader Michael Hampton discusses gold, the stock market and the financial outlook.Good news … though he sees a correction in the short term, Mike is bullish about gold and gold stocks.Here’s a link to his charts.Hampton believes that the upcoming presidential election in the United States is going to an big impact on both gold and the stock market. The seasonal cycle calls for a correction in the gold market in October that could result in a significant low as early as this week. Once that’s out of the way Hampton expects a pretty decent upside move in the gold price.The four-year cycle in gold indicates that the year after the US elections on average sees a doubling of the gold price.His outlook for the stock market is not as bullish , as the liquidity injections of central banks seem to have a diminishing impact after each additional round. Therefore owning call options on gold or gold shares versus puts on stock indices could be an interesting trade.This

Dominic Frisby talks to author, Theodore Dalyrimple. Theodore’s work frequently appears in The City Journal, The British Medical Journal, The Times, The Observer, The Daily Telegraph,The Spectator, The Salisbury Review, and Axess magasin. He is the author of a number of books, including Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass, Our Culture, What’s Left of It, and Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality.In his writing, Dalyrimple frequently argues that the liberal and progressive views prevalent within Western intellectual circles minimise the responsibility of individuals for their own actions and undermine traditional mores, contributing to the formation within rich countries of an underclass afflicted by endemic violence, criminality, sexually transmitted diseases, welfare dependency, and drug abuse. Much of Dalrymple’s writing is based on his experience of working

Here is an extract from the audio version of my book, Life After The State.Please click here to find out more about the book or pre-order it.FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Get full access to The Flying Frisby at frisby.substack.com/subscribe