In this episode, Vance Crowe sits down with economist and FFTT founder Luke Gromen to unpack where inflation, debt, and commodities are pushing the global financial system—and what that means for farmers, savers, and investors. They explore how slow, sustained inflation erodes trust and value, why central banks keep choosing to “print the money or trigger the revolution,” and why gold and Bitcoin function as stores of energy in a world of rising fiscal strain. Luke explains the growing shift to pricing oil and other commodities outside the US dollar, the implications of central banks buying gold, the Cantillon effect driving farmland prices, and how Bitcoin may be demonetizing land and housing. They also dig into stablecoins as a front-end funding gambit for US deficits, AI’s paradoxical path to more money printing, and the controversial but possible path of revaluing US gold to repair sovereign balance sheets—all through the lens of practical choices facing working families and the ag community today.

They cover the differences between gold and Bitcoin, custody realities, and why a pragmatic allocation can help younger producers leapfrog entrenched capital. Luke also shares why Europe keeps dismissing Bitcoin at its own risk, how energy infrastructure, AI, and financialization intersect, and what happens when a retiring generation seeks buyers for overvalued assets. It’s a candid, wide-ranging conversation aimed at helping listeners see the forest for the trees—and prepare for what’s next.

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