Investment researcher and macroeconomic analyst Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, joins Julia La Roche on episode 116 to discuss her new book, “"Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better.” 

Links: 

https://www.lynalden.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Money-Financial-System-Failing/dp/B0CG83QBJ6

https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact

The Julia La Roche Show is produced by Marlinski Media: https://www.marlinskimedia.com/

0:00 Welcome Lyn Alden to the show 

1:11 Macro picture 

4:18 1940s comparison 

9:04 Fiscal spiral 

12:49 Inflation in Egypt 

20:00 Expectations of a recession, higher inflation 

23:20 Stagflationary outlook 

25:30 Why is money broken? 

28:44 160 currency bubbles 

30:33 Why is the system so antiquated? 

34:45 Self publishing 

36:40 Role of the U.S. Dollar as the global reserve currency 

45:00 Gold 

47:41 Bitcoin 

51:30 Could Bitcoin ever be a bubble? 

55:18 Role of central banks with the rise of Bitcoin 

57:43 Parting thoughts