Interview recorded - 6th of June, 2025On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Clive Thompson. Clive has years of experience in the wealth management industry & a unique insight into central banks.During our conversation we spoke about what Clive is seeing in the economy, financial repression, changing system, US dollar and what industries Clive is watching. I hope you enjoy! 0:00 - Introduction2:35 - What is Clive seeing in the economy?6:13 - Financial repression?9:21 - Changing system11:48 - BRICs vs Western system?13:38 - FED mistake?15:47 - US Dollar18:13 - Capital flows19:40 - Europe vs US21:12 - Strong industries?23:20 - AI eliminating corporate workers?27:12 - The Fourth Turning32:35 - Investing in AIClive has 47 years of experience in finance & wealth management. This encompasses structuring and advice relating to quoted investments, Private Equity investments, family businesses, tax, residency, real estate, inheritance, Wills, legal, lending, Trusts, Companies and Foundations and all kinds of personal and private advice. He has been actively involved for decades in the arena of Trust structures. This often involved negotiating and discussing the contracts relating to the sale of family companies.Clive's latest position before retirement was as Managing Director in the Anglophone Private Clients Department of Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA, based in Geneva. He was responsible for wealth management services provided to a small number of wealthy English and French speaking families.Clive continues to remain very active in the world of wealth, with a strong focus on Private Equity, and direct Equity Investing via the global stock markets. His passion is the financial analysis of Balance Sheets, P&Ls, Cash Flow and business projections. Clive loves examining business opportunities, like Private Equity, and digging into the fundamentals of quoted companies to achieve a market beating performance.Clive Thompson - YouTube -  @clivethompson-jc9my  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-thompson-661997251/Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9aye4wQ8OkWTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas