Reinvent Money

Paul Buitink talks to former stockbroker and banker Alasdair Macleod, who runs his own newsletter and blog.They discuss at length why the credit and asset bubble will pop and how it will usher in the end of fiat money. Alasdair Macleod lays out what the triggers will be and how the main currencies will be affected. Today looks like 1929 with a credit bubble and trade wars, but is much worse due to how connected the world is. The euro probably looks the worst of them all.He ends with an analysis of what comes next and how people should prepare.Gold, silver, Bitcoin, stable coins, CBDC are all addressed.Follow Alasdair Macleod here:https://www.macleodfinance.com/https://x.com/MacleodFinanceFollow Paul Buitink on X:https://x.com/paulbuitinkTimestamps:0:00 Intro – Is Alasdair family of Trump?1:54 Are Alasdair and Trump family?2:20 Trump’s good and bad policies, and relation with Epstein3:50 Parallels between now and 1929: credit conditions, asset values and tariffs9:36 Gold and silver confiscation and paper metal markets12:43 Physical gold and central bank repatriations14:37 Central banks will start QE and lower rates19:27 The mother of all bubbles22:01 At what rate and yield level will things break?22:33 Dumb money: pension funds24:37 Duration of debt is changing25:59 Stable coins to the debt rescue27:03 What will come after the crash: G7, BRICS and gold32:36 Is it time for market based currencies to take over?35:22 Stock market outlook36:47 US crypto capital of the world, should you buy crypto?38:42 Can central banks delay the bust? CBDC41:48 Will national currencies survive such as the pound43:28 The bleak outlook for the euro47:58 Alasdair’s mission to educate the ordinary people

Paul Buitink talks to former government official and founder of Solari Report Catherine Austin Fitts.First they dive deep into the research she and economist Mark Skidmore have done about $21 trillion missing from the US budget over the years 1998-2015. The current amount she estimates at $36 trillion.Catherine also explains how the black budget relates to this and how the money she believes was spent on underground bases and breakthrough technologies. Historical examples include the Manhattan Project and Area51.The episode then continues with discussions about the control grid the powers that be are implementing, with the help of companies like Palantir and people like Elon Musk. What's the role of AI?Also discussed are CBDC, stable coins, Trump and Epstein and more.More info about Solari Report here:https://home.solari.com/More info on the resarch of Skidmore and Austin Fitts:https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/12/msu-scholars-find-21-trillion-in-unauthorized-government-spending-defense-department-to-conductFollow Paul Buitink on X at @paulbuitinkTimestamps:0:00 Intro and credentials Catherine5:07 Missing $21-36 trillion18:42 Black budget and secret US military bases36:02 New technologies, blessing or curse?45:02 Musk, Trump and Epstein49:42 Why Catherine remains hopeful

Paul Buitink talks to economic researcher and futurist Chris Martenson of advisory Peak Prosperity.They talk about the unsustainable monetary system that's based on unlimited growth with finite resources. Chris expects the Fed balance sheet to triple to $20 trillion. Someone will have to eat the losses and it won't be politicians or bankers. The people will pay through higher inflation, which is already visible in for example insurance premiums.The world will deglobalize and different parts of the world will break up. We are reaching peak oil. Europe especially has shot itself in the feet when it comes to resources, having allowed the destruction of Nord Stream.The monetary system is broken and corrupt notes Chris. It's time for more decentralization and resilience and people can start now. Hard assets like gold and silver will flourish.More info about Chris Martenson:https://peakprosperity.com/https://x.com/chrismartensonFollow Paul Buitink on X:https://x.com/paulbuitinkTimestamps:0:00 Intro2:07 Why our debt based money system will fail3:42 How close are we to another crisis7:28 Next crisis? sovereign credit event9:18 Who is going to eat the losses11:21 High inflation on the horizon13:12 Eurozone, EU prospects and gold15:52 Stable coins and CBDC17:38 The resource story, world breaking up in regions19:18 Sensible strategy for Europe24:23 What are trigger points people oversee28:13 How to build resilience31:25 Concrete advice from Chris34:16 Outro

Paul Buitink talks to trend forecaster Gerald Celente of Trends Research International and Trends Journal. Gerald doesn't hold back and remains skeptical of Western media and politicians in general. All the military expenditures he disagrees with. People who want war should put on a suit and go themselves. NATO should be dismantled he says and the euro too. Ukraine needs to accept their defeat and the West should pull out he says. About the Middle-East he sees Trump not making peace, nor is he positive about Israel's and Netanyahu's policies. For the near future he expects all sort of wild cards.The Big Beautiful Bill goes against Trump's election promises. It will further accelerate the death of the dollar and BRICS countries using their own currencies. He also gives his opinion on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), gold, Bitcoin, share and a potential market crash.He ends with a positive note and advises people to get in shape.More info about Gerald Celente. Sign up for his journal using code REINVENTMONEY and get 10% discount:https://trendsjournal.com/subscribe/Follow Paul Buitink on X at:https://x.com/paulbuitinkTimestamps:0:00 Intro1:40 Role of the media6:32 NATO summit and NATO’s future12:56 Ukraine and the need for a deal19:23 Can Trump secure peace in the Middle-East23:28 Future Middle-East full of wild cards25:23 Impact of Big Beautiful Bill28:20 A golden 2024: rise of gold price29:29 Gambling with Bitcoin30:07 World going Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)30:28 Stocks, Dotcom 2.0 and Office Bubble Crash33:29 Final and positive remarks

Paul Buitink talks to Brent Johnson, founder of Santiago Capital and inventor of the Dollar Milkshake Theory.Brent first gives his opinion on the euro in the light of the NATO summit and higher defense expenses in the eurozone, which would lead to more deficits and higher debt levels. He laughs about Lagarde saying the euro would play a more important role in the future. On the contrary, he expects the eurozone to go back to easy money and yield curve control.He explains why central banks hold gold and why they most likely won't do a full revaluation.Brent also talks about Trump's dollar policy and whether he wants a strong or weak dollar. It's also a timing issue because while he re-industrializes the US he first needs an expensive and afterwards a weak dollar. For now there is also no need for a Plaza or Mar-A-Lago accord given the current price.Is the dollar still king? Will there come a new gold standard? Does the US have all the gold they claim, or maybe even more? And what's the role of stable coins? All these things are addressed by Brent Johnson. At the end he also gives his expectation of what could trigger a new sovereign debt crisis and the manifestation of his dollar milkshake theory.Brent Johnson: "Central bankers aren't STUPID, want to keep the gold for themselves."More info about Brent:https://x.com/SantiagoAuFundhttps://santiagocapital.com/Follow Paul Buitink on X:https://x.com/paulbuitinkTimestamps:0:00 Intro1:47 Eurozone troubles5:47 Milkshake Theory and role of gold7:25 Central banks appetite for gold11:54 Trump's dollar policy17:10 When does a high dollar break things?21:06 Plaza and Mar-A-Lago accord22:45 New Gold Standard?24:41 Gold revaluation29:00 Fort Knox and US gold reserves31:54 Stable coins and eurodollar system36:04 US vs BRICS38:30 Triggers for new sovereign debt crisis42:33 Santiago Capital

Paul Buitink talks to market analyst, author and former hedge fund manager Alex Krainer about the war between Israel and Iran. He explains what the nuclear positions are of both Israel and Iran.Alex believes the situation in Iran is a classic Western regime change operation according to the playbook to promote corporate and especially banking interests of the West. It can be compared to the 1953 Operation AJAX in Iran or the 2003 Iraq invasion. He's not sure yet whether the US will step in too with direct involvement but he wouldn't be surprised.Trump is either playing the neocons and Israel or is threatened by them to play ball. Is his family at stake here?Russia may be the winner in all of this now the spotlights are not on them anymore and oil prices could rise, benefiting Russia's revenues.He also explains how the Western banking elites and intelligence agencies like MI6 operate, for example through the use of NGOs.Alex finishes the podcast with some investment advice on crude oil and natural gas.Follow Alex Krainer here:https://x.com/NakedHedgiehttps://substack.com/@alexkrainerhttps://trendcompass.substack.com/Follow Paul Buitink on X:https://x.com/paulbuitinkTimestamps:0:00 Intro1:31 Does Iran want a nuclear weapon?4:20 Why do they enrich uranium that high?7:16 Operation AJAX12:32 Do regime changes ever work?16:37 WOII regime change17:20 How strong is Iran?19:53 When will the US get involved directly?22:50 The role of Turkey and Syria24:48 How strong is Israel?28:58 The role of BRICS31:08 The Samson option33:40 MAGA's future40:36 Impact on Russia43:44 Who is in control in the West53:47 Oil as an investment opportunity?

Paul Buitink talks to former Greek Minister of Finance (2015) and author of several books like 'Technofeudalism, What Killed Capitalism' about the risks of modern technofeudalism in which cloud capitalists extract rents from the public and distort public discourse. He says we need to tax big tech to the hilt since privatizing wouldn't work. Also he proposes how cities should create their own tech alternatives.The gentlemen also talk about the euro, why Bulgaria shouldn't join and Greece should exit. The Netherlands should perhaps try to reform it or join a union with other hard currency countries. Yanis would like to federalize the EU but realizes it's maybe time to dismantle it. Also he laments Europe's military Keynesianism and thinks it's not wise to spend all that money on defense. The EU has taken the wrong turn and each path since 2014 when it comes to the war in Ukraine Yanis believes.More info about Yanis here:https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/https://x.com/yanisvaroufakisFollow Paul Buitink on X at @paulbuitink:https://x.com/paulbuitinkTimestamps:0:00 Intro1:52 Can people escape technofeudalism?6:07 Dangers of cloud capitalism and big tech7:25 Why technofeudalism leads to crises12:24 New cold war between US and China13:55 Alternatives like open source18:00 Greek referendum 2015 and EU’s democratic deficit19:30 Greece should leave the eurozone21:55 Can the euro be reformed and if so how23:21 Can Europe still be united?29:47 Military Keynesianism

Paul Buitink talks to Colonel Douglas Macgregor.In this gripping episode of Reinvent Money, Paul Buitink welcomes back Colonel Douglas Macgregor for an unfiltered deep dive into the geopolitical chaos unfolding across the globe. Macgregor argues that despite Trump’s rhetoric, he has little control over U.S. foreign policy, with the CIA and entrenched war lobbies pulling the real strings. As Ukraine’s front lines falter and Europe ramps up aggression, Macgregor claims the war is already lost for Kyiv—and warns of a coming migration crisis that European leaders seem unwilling to confront.The conversation takes a dark turn as Macgregor discusses the Middle East, accusing Israel of pushing toward a wider war with Iran to maintain power, while U.S. support remains blindly unconditional. Meanwhile, Trump’s about-face on Ukraine, silence on Gaza, and unwillingness to tackle America’s unsustainable debt signal deeper systemic paralysis in Washington. According to Macgregor, even bold promises won’t matter if the machinery behind the scenes keeps operating unchecked.But the most urgent battle, he warns, isn’t happening overseas—it’s happening within national borders. If nations want to survive, he says, they must rediscover sovereignty, identity, and order at home. Provocative, raw, and thought-provoking, this is a conversation that demands to be seen—regardless of where you stand.Follow Douglas Macgregor on X at https://x.com/DougAMacgregorFollow Paul Buitink on X at https://x.com/paulbuitinkTimestamps:00:58 - Start of the interview01:42 - Who really runs America?02:50 - Russia targeting civilians?04:06 - Russia’s endgame revealed05:06 - No public support in Europe09:29 - U.S. debt collapse coming13:13 - Ukraine draft resistance grows15:42 - “Ukraine is finished”19:56 - Missiles on German soil?24:29 - Israel’s real agenda27:42 - Will Iran strike back?31:22 - Can Bitcoin save us?31:27 - Multipolar world deconstructed32:57 - Europe needs to wake up37:59 - Outro

Paul Buitink talks to forecaster Martin Armstrong of Armstrong Economics, who developed the Economic Confidence Model.He explains how central banks are trapped and interest rates will keep on rising with war. He talks about the impact of Moody's rating downgrade of the US and the origins of the Fed. Armstrong explains the bond markets and why the Fed is not the problem, but Treasury is.States will go after CBDC for total control, but in the US it's unconstitutional. He laments the weaponization of the dollar and how it accelerates dedollarization. The socialistic system inherited from FDR will eventually collapse. We need a new political system not based on a debt Ponzi scheme. We also discuss the unlucky fate of the EU and its failing leadership. He hints that confiscation of asset can happen in the Union of Ursula von der Leyen to fund the war in Ukraine. He expects US to withdraw from NATO and Ukraine to be broken up amongst ethnic lines. At the end Martin talks about The Great Taking, how gold will rise with war and defaults and why young people should leave Europe because they risk being drafted.More info about Martin Armstrong:https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/Follow Paul Buitink on X at @paulbuitinkTimestamps:0:00 Intro1:35 US rating downgrade and ramifications3:09 Importance of Treasuries as collateral5:28 The bond market6:06 Origins of the Fed and role in world wars9:17 Central banks in trouble12:53 CBDC and total control15:02 Monetization of US debt18:46 Western vs BRICS currency blocs22:27 How do we establish a new political system24:44 Outlook for the European Union30:18 Triggers for a sovereign debt crisis32:33 Ukraine42:03 Trump's foreign policy44:30 Confiscation of assets to fund the war45:43 China49:20 The Great Taking50:17 Advice for young Europeans53:37 Gold price forecast

Paul Buitink talks to Matthew Piepenburg, partner at  @GoldSwitzerland , about Trump, the tariff war between China and the US and whether Trump is showing the art of the deal or whether he caved in.He understands Trump though when it comes to protecting certain industries. And China has major problems too, including debt and real estate and too much reliance on key imports.Piepenburg thinks the US debt ($37 trillion) and unfunded liabilities ($100 trillion) are unsustainable regardless of the steps Trump is taking. They are at World War II levels in peace time. Not even Santa, Einstein or Mother Teresa can solve the debt crisis.The world order is changing and the US should create allies, not conflicts, says Piepenburg. There are cycles of debt and hegemonic decline. The bond markets are not allowing it anymore.Worldwide there is too much debt too and he believes they will try a global IMF CBDC desperate reset as a solution. Gold as Tier 1 asset may play a role too Piepenburg says.Follow Paul Buitink here:https://x.com/paulbuitinkhttps://www.hollandgold.nl/en/Follow Matthew Piepenburg here:https://vongreyerz.gold/author/matthew-piepenburghttps://x.com/GoldSwitzerlandTimestamps:0:00 Intro1:38 Tariff war VS and China, who won?12:20 What would be the right MAGA policy?16:05 Trump trying to reduce deficit21:12 Weak dollar hegemony and Mar-a-Lago accord25:57 Are QE and inflation the only outcome left?31:23 Global CBDC38:28 How sustainable is the European Union42:40 Gold as Tier 1 asset47:17 Do commercial banks buy gold?50:28 Outro