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The Economist has projected that rising waters will displace hundreds of millions of people in this century.

Whether or not we agree, sea level rise is a phenomenon. We must prepare for a different future, or our grandkids will be in trouble.

But how? And how will the rising sea level affect your property values?

My guest has been studying the melting of the glaciers for over 20 years.

John Englander is an oceanographer, author, and international speaker on climate change and sea level rise (SLR). His expeditions to Greenland and Antarctica have given John a unique perspective on the danger we face from melting ice, climate change, and unstoppable sea level rise. His new book, Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward, explores the forces driving sea level rise. 

John joins me on this episode of The Wiggin Sessions to discuss what the melting of the glaciers means on both an environmental and economic level, including the sinking of entire countries, if something isn't done.

We discuss the evidence that shows how humanity's extraordinary technological advancements have broken us out of the cooling cycle, raised the planet's temperature, and changed the atmosphere, leading to the possibility that 30 nations could be completely underwater in the future.

Listen in as John shares his insight into the disturbing way both sides of the political spectrum are wrong on this issue. Plus, how the free market can address this global scientific crisis economically to keep the planet livable.

Key Takeaways John shares his insight into how the world is going to look different in 10 or 20 years

Why flooding at the Naval Academy has increased in the last 40 years

How humans have broken us out of the cooling cycle and raised the temperature of the planet

How less than 12 inches of sea level rise will sink most of Vietnam

What happens if we do nothing to slow the raising the temperature of the oceans

Why even all the right environmental steps right now won’t mitigate the melting of the ice

The disturbing way both sides of the political spectrum are wrong on this issue

The growth and overplay of the ESG (environmental, social and governance) movement in corporate environments

What we can do economically about this global crisis to keep the planet livable

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Miami’s Submarine Future in The Economist

How ESG Investing Came to a Reckoning in the Financial Times

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"Bureaucracies don't like unknowns." — Jeffrey Tucker

In March 2020, COVID-19 started its wildfire spread across America, ushering in lockdowns, mask mandates, social distancing, and the closure of everything from restaurants to churches. At the same time, the Fed's balance sheet blew up and people started having 'free' money flood their bank accounts.

By and large unelected officials made these decisions, opening the door for more loss of our liberties and more unified control over the states in the future.

Eighteen months later, we're left with mammoth grocery store and gasoline prices and inflation that is out of control, with rate hikes doing little to stop the runaway recession train.

It's pure chaos.

But the real question is, how will we get out of this? What will get us back on a growth path? And how do we take back our freedom before the United States of America is forever changed?

My guest has a few ideas.

Jeffrey Tucker is an author, speaker, and the Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Founded in May 2021 the Brownstone Institute in on a mission to come to terms with what happened during the pandemic, understand why, and seek reforms to prevent a reoccurrence through accountability. His most recent book is "Liberty or Lockdown." He also writes a daily column on economics at The Epoch Times.

Jeffrey joins me on this episode of The Wiggin Sessions to walk us through why he created the Brownstone Institute and how they are researching the response to the pandemic and the after-effects of lockdowns to keep it from happening in the future.

Listen in as Jeffrey shares his thoughts on the power grab of legislative agencies that is fertilizing the growth of the government Leviathan and some tough love solutions to the economic struggles we're currently facing.  

Key Takeaways

How Homeland security interpreted legislation to grab power and have complete control over ALL social media

Why the CDC vs. The Health Freedom Foundation case is so critical to limiting the power of executive agencies

Why legislative acts trampling our constitutional rights are fertilizing the growth of the government Leviathan

How the 2009 financial crisis caused institutions to reject the quantity theory of money and created a 'free money' institutional arrogance

How the early 80s friendliness to a spirit of enterprise combined with tax cuts helped us leave the 70s malaise behind

How the tech wreck influenced what is going on with blockchain and the crypto craze now

Why the dystopian concept of one form of crypto becoming THE international remittance could lead to complete government control over money

The #1 biggest concern about programmable money as the central bank currency and demonetization

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Liberty or Lockdown

Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise

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What happens to you and me if our power grid goes out coast to coast and is out for an extended period?

Our country is currently experiencing major upheaval in many areas. We have the highest level of inflation in 40 years, skyrocketing prices at the pump, supply chain issues, and food shortages.

What else could go wrong?

Plenty, according to today’s guest.

David Tice has been an investor in energy. He founded the Prudent Bear Fund to give individual investors the chance to protect themselves against a declining stock market and currently serves as the president of the Tice capital fund. David is also the executive producer of the major motion picture "Soul Surfer." His most recent project is "Grid Down, Power Up," a documentary about the vulnerability of the nation's power grid and how he plans to rally the troops.

David joins me on this episode of The Wiggin Sessions to share how he went from executive producing the "Soul Surfer" feature film to becoming a defense hawk for the grid.

He shares insider information on the dichotomy between our dependence on and the complacency about the safety of our electrical grid.

From adversarial attacks to Mother Nature, we'll discuss the vulnerability, the threats, and the Armageddon-esque scenario in terms of loss of life and cost to the economy if the grid goes offline for an extended period.

Listen in to get all the details about "Grid Down, Power Up," the Hollywood elite involved in the project, and the quick keystroke, copy and paste way you can become a grid warrior and get involved in the choose power up, not grid down movement.

Key Takeaways

How David became a defense hawk for our nation's electrical grid

From Mother Nature to adversaries, the 4 key things that could take down our grid

The critical difference in loss of life between a grid interruption and a grid being down

The finger-pointing players involved (FERC, NERC, and Homeland Security) and who is responsible for improving and protecting the grid

Why protecting the grid needs to begin with advocacy at the local level

How we're vulnerable to the cutthroat approach of our adversaries' planning an attack

What the military has in place through zero ground blockers, relay stations, and more to help protect us from a cyber attack

The supply chain problem we face with permanently damaged transformers

How you can watch and share the film at "Grid Down, Power Up," beginning on August 1

How you become a part of the movement and can reach out to your local legislators with just a few keystrokes on the website

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"Our economy is going to reorganize itself so severely, and in ways that will be unrecognizable to people who expect… Disney World, trucking, interstate highways, suburban commuting… all the things that are features of our life."— James Howard Kunstler

The world is ‌rearranging how we do everything, from how we work to how we purchase things and transport them to how we heat and cool our homes. As my guest says, "we're living in a gigantic, epic, historic train wreck of economy, culture, politics, and expectations."

So how do we go on from here?

James Howard Kunstler is a prolific author, public speaker, blogger, podcaster, and painter. He's the author of "Living in the Long Emergency" about the "converging catastrophes of the 21st century." You can hear more of his ideas and insights on his Clusterfuck Nation blog, which has fresh content on Mondays and Fridays, and his monthly podcast, the KunstlerCast.

James joins me on this episode of The Wiggin Sessions to share his insight into the post-pandemic United States, the end of the techno-industrial age ‌our parents grew up in, and what living in the long emergency means to us as a society.

He shares his insight into which areas of the country are headed for disaster and which places will be favorable to make a life in the coming reorganization. Plus, he predicts which industries will flourish and which will see the bottom fall out.

Listen in to understand why James says, "the dynamics of failure is underway, and we are going to be in the heart of this thing I call the long emergency," and why "the average person needs to think very clearly about where they're going to plant their flag."

James' take on what living in the long emergency means to society as we know it

Why smaller, more agile companies are prime to survive the great reorganization 

Why the population in places like Los Angeles and New York will face depletion 

The #1 reason people will migrate from their homes to the inland waterway areas of America

Why James thinks suburbia the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world

James shares his insight into why we're seeing such a rapid decline in American influence

How the great financial crash of 2008 perpetuated the coming ‘great reckoning’

James offers his new theory of history

How the promotion of largely useless vaccines has led to mass formation psychosis

What the ferocious French Revolution has in common with what's going on in the left today

Why the dishonoring and disgracing in Ivy League institutions is the beginning of the collapse of higher education

James shares his insight into why we're becoming a broken nation without a common culture

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"Living in the Long Emergency"

“The Psychology of Totalitarianism” by Mattias Desmet

If you think the world will end because of carbon, you must do everything you can to decarbonize the electrical grid.

Environmentalists agree that clean energy nuclear power might be the best way for the U.S. to replace fossil fuels.

Nuclear is the safest form of energy ever conceived - but it’s been greatly maligned due to accidents at Chernobyl and the more recent Fukushima nuclear disaster. The development of small modular nuclear power plants has reduced the risk by making giant reactors obsolete, causing the once negative sentiment to shift to the positive, including for some invested in the Green New Deal.

So, what are the prospects for investors in nuclear energy?

Justin Huhn is an expert in the Uranium markets and investing in uranium and uranium stocks. He is passionate and committed to bringing information to those taking their first look at the uranium sector. Through his newsletters at Uranium Insider, Justin offers investors monthly news and analysis of selections in the Uranium space.

On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, Justin joins me to share his insight into the resurgence of interest in the vital but tiny nuclear industry and the steps being taken by developers and investors such as Bill Gates and Elon Musk.

He shares how he evaluates a company based on technology development, mining, and uranium production. Plus, he predicts what will happen in the nuclear space over the next 5 years.

Listen in to understand why nuclear is vital to an electric future and how investors can get into this exciting space.

Key Takeaways

Why Justin founded uranium insider pro and became an advocate for nuclear technology

Justin’s take on why nuclear power is getting a new push in the U.S.

How Justin evaluates companies their technology and mining and production of uranium

How Germany is now in an energy tight spot because of their phasing out of nuclear energy

How the war with Ukraine is stifling the most significant player in the enrichment market

Why nuclear advocate Bill Gates is building a nuclear reactor in Wyoming

How Advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) could help fight climate change without the risk

How California’s nuclear pivot might open the door to NuScale Power construction

The Silicon Valley investors who are investing in nuclear

The ‘big player’ risk that is keeping investors out of the nuclear space

Why Justin believes the opportunity in uranium and nuclear is huge for individual investors looking to increase their piles of money

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Currently, all signs indicate we're teetering into bear market territory, and uncertainty is at an unprecedented level for individual investors.

Wall Street is set up to take your money. But you must be in the market unless you want to only be in cash, right?

So how can you use insider datapoint information to predict where the different economic sectors are headed, and determine if the world's largest companies are doing well or not to hang onto more of your money?

Andrew Zatlin is a trained economist and top-ranked financial forecaster. Recently Andrew ranked #1 for Jobs Forecasting by Bloomberg, putting him ahead of analysts at J.P. Morgan and Bank of America. Through Moneyball Economics, he's created a system to leverage today's data to offer investors real-world trading help so they can knock it out of the park in any economy.

On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, Andrew joins me to share his insight into how to break out of the old-world style of measuring the economy.

Andrew shares his 4 key datapoint indicators that will help you determine the big-picture health of a company prior to investing. He shares examples of how he's used the data to make money, the companies, and industries where he's done well, and some of his missteps.

Plus, why 'vice spending' analysis is the real barometer for consumer confidence and his prediction for when things take a turn for the worse.

Listen in to understand how to use Moneyball Economic data to take advantage of the great opportunities when the bear market bottoms.

Key Takeaways

How the benchmarks for insight into the economy have changed in a digital era

Why hiring is a CORE piece of the puzzle all investors should pay attention to

How to sniff out problems at a company long before they're made public

The 4 datapoint indicators to look at prior to investing in a company

The #1 thing to look for to determine if it's the right time to jump back into a previously sagging industry

How to keep from missing the real opportunities in the market by staying in sync with Wall Street

What economic factors trigger the hiring button in larger enterprises

Why predictability of business is causing both B2B and B2C companies to adopt the subscription model

How to determine if lower hiring is market or company specific

How Andrew uses vice and social spending as the true barometer for consumer confidence

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"Crashflation" — A Profit Opportunity Arch Resources

We've got war, we've got inflation. We've got food shortages and an impending recession.

Many of the things we read about in history books are all happening right now.

But what's really going on here?

Nomi Prins is a former banker at Goldman Sachs, a Wall Street insider, and a leading authority on how the widespread impact of financial systems continues to impact our daily lives through her decades of analyzing and investigating economic and financial events. She is the author of Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World, in which she examines how the 2007-2008 financial crisis triggered a massive shift in the global order.

On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, Nomi joins me to offer her perspective on what's happening in the inner workings of the Fed, the banks, the financial markets, and the general economy.

Listen in to understand what Nomi calls the great financial distortion and how the central banks rigged the world so that money is now replicating itself like a virus. Plus, Nomi shared what Wall Street doesn't want you to know about growing and protecting your wealth during the impending financial Armageddon.

Nomi shares her insight on how larger institutions and investors pivot communication and money toward a crisis like the current energy shortage

What happened in the financial crisis of 2008 through quantitative easing

Why Wall Street and other financial players like us to stay in the cheap money

Nomi shares what's at the heart of what she calls distortion when money replicates itself.

Why the permanent distortion—the four and a half trillion-dollar book of assets accumulated during the pandemic—will never be undone

Why the Feds delayed, and off-kilter focus got us to where we are, and what needs to happen now

How does the slowdown in economic growth in other countries translate into what happens in the US

Which sectors will benefit from these games being played by the Fed and the banks

Why Nomi thinks you should stay the course with your 401k

Where can investors find opportunities now in this distortion cycle

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Nomi Prins—The Consummate Wall Street Insider Exposing the Real Money Flow - EP08

Christopher Leonard—Are the Federal Reserve's Interest Rate Increases Too Little, Too Late? EP51

Food shortages are coming to the US, or are they?

At the G7 meeting last month, President Biden warned that food shortages are coming, but could we really experience a scarcity like we see in other countries here at home, and if so, how do we prepare?

Mark Rossano is a financial industry veteran and renowned expert on global financial markets and supply-chain analysis. As Founder and CEO of C6 Capital Holdings LLC, he provides investment and consulting services to clients across multiple sectors with a pronounced focus on global product flows.

On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, Mark joins me to discuss the underlying factors that are at play that are causing the food shortages. We’ll look at climate change and the cumulative effects of bad infrastructure decisions. Plus, we’ll peek behind the curtain at what’s really happening with the accidents and fires at food production facilities.

Listen in to understand how to survive and thrive through the upcoming food supply shortages from the broken supply chains. Mark also offers us some ideas for the ‌companies to invest in that are at the forefront of repairing supply chain issues as we rebuild the economy.

Mark offers us a look at the supply chain and the natural path from the hydrocarbon from the wellhead to the end-user

How climate change is causing shortages and disruption in supply chains worldwide

Why food might be ‘the last straw’ that will bring about uprisings like the Peasants’ Revolt

How the droughts, shrinking yields, and geopolitical supply chain problems are knocking down almost 28% of the global wheat market

How the new 20s will be an amalgamation of the worst parts of the 30s and the 70s

How the food shortage here in the US will come down to putting aside our wants to focus on our needs

Mark offers his insight into how the US views a food shortage and what that means in the rest of the world

What comes to the surface when we have to struggle to pay for food

Why a stressed infrastructure combined with a labor shortage is a recipe for disaster

Why Mark thinks the lack of and poor solutions to the fragile ecosystem and the other crises are being caused by epic political stupidity across the board and not some more significant underlying theme

The key places to invest in right now while food shortages, and supply chain and energy issues are a big deal

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Peasants’ Revolt

Mark Rossano's Report on Investments During A Food Shortage

Byron King—The Danger in Weaponizing the US Dollar EP48

February 27, 2022 will probably‌ go down as a major turning point in the global economic system.

That is the day that the Western countries levied the strongest sanctions against Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, pushing them away from using the dollar as their reserve currency and forcing other countries to also question the dollar.

So, what new monetary system are we moving towards? What role will the dollar play? And what about gold?

Matthew Piepenburg is the Commercial Director of Matterhorn Asset Management AG and the author of Rigged to Fail: Blunt-Spoken Investment Solutions for Unsuspecting Investors. A graduate of Brown (BA), Harvard (MA), and the University of Michigan (JD), he is the author of numerous international white papers on macro conditions, asset classes, and global risk management strategies at SignalsMatter.com.

On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, Matt joins me to share his insight on the erosion of trust and confidence in the US dollar and why money created with a mouse click is a system that's rigged to fail.

Matt discusses how the economic war happening now is due to years and years of 'drunk driving' by the central banks, policymakers, the Fed, etc.

Listen in to understand why the changing out of the US dollar as the world reserve currency is inevitable. Matt will give his insight into the manipulation of the price of gold, what new monetary system we might be moving toward, and his advice on risk management for individual investors now.

How Matt's experiences informed his views of policy, markets, currencies, and risk assets

Matt’s take on what the great reset is and why were basically in Bretton Woods 2.0

Matt's insight into a new monetary system and what role the US dollar and gold will play

Why pinning the need for another great reset on the war on COVID is disingenuous

Why Matt thinks the great reset will be very disorderly and preceded by more social unrest, political polarization, and wayward monetary policies

How countries like China and Russia are getting the last laugh in preparation for the great reset

What's happening in Switzerland

Matt shares his opinion of Bitcoin as the speculative asset of all times

Why it's time for an anchor in the monetary system

What Matt thinks is the most dangerous allocation investors are making with their IRAs and 401k's

3 places Matt recommends investing your money in right now

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Rigged to Fail: Blunt-Spoken Investment Solutions for Unsuspecting Investors

Gold’s Prosecutors, Defenders & Bitcoin by Matthew Piepenburg on Goldbroker.com

The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy

Christopher Leonard—Are the Federal Reserve's Interest Rate Increases Too Little, Too Late? EP51

James West—Global Commodities in a Time of War, Broken Supply Chains and Epic Inflation EP53

Bretton Woods system

What makes a billionaire different from you and me?

We all have the same 24-hour day, so how have people like Claude Shannon, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk created this explosion of innovation in information technology, leading us into an era of increased global connection and prosperity?

My guest today is Jimmy Soni, a tech world historian. He is the author of the recently released, The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley. His previous book, A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age, won the 2017 Neumann Prize awarded by the British Society for the History of Mathematics.

On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, Jimmy joins me to discuss his insight into the unique characteristics of the founders of PayPal and the three common traits that turned them into billionaires. We discuss their beginnings and backgrounds and the advantageous way they've used inexperience to infiltrate other industries, including space logistics, internet video, and even the film industry, with much success.

Listen to understand why the shadowy narratives aren't always what they seem and why what makes the headlines isn't the most interesting part about these "Mount Rushmore style figures."

We'll look at the most important thing to come out of the PayPal experience. Plus, we’ll discuss the surprise investor interest causing the resurgence of old technology and how studying the investments of these blue check titans might lead us to the future of technological innovations.

Jimmy shares his insight into Elon Musk’s brash approach to risk-taking and his desire to change finance from the ground up

How the shotgun wedding between X.com and Confinity birthed PayPal and spawned a whole industry of people innovating their way into billions

The 3 common traits in this group of tech billionaires

How the PayPal alumni infiltrated the space logistics, big data, microfinance, internet video, and even the film industry successfully

How Claude Shannon's ideas from 1948 saved business communication during the pandemic

How Peter Thiel’s ‘no orange jumpsuits’ rule led to innovations right up to the line of the law

The most important thing to know about the PayPal experience for your own investments

Jimmy shares his ‘glass half full’ thoughts on technology as a force for good in the world

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The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

The little-known story about Elon Musk’s first post-grad internship an excerpt by Jimmy Soni on FORTUNE

Dr. Peter Nicholson

Brady Bonds

Cedric Ritchie

Seven Samurai

Occam’s razor|Ockham’s razor

Halt and Catch Fire

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