Luke Gromen joins me to discuss how money printing distorts the market process, how the US debt has spiraled out of control, the race between debasement and productivity, gold and the dollar endgame, Bitcoin and National security, and how to navigate the current macro environment. Luke Gromen is a macroeconomist and founder and president of Forest for the Trees, a research firm he started in 2014 specializing in global macroeconomic, thematic and sector trends.
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0:00 - WiM Intro
1:05 - Introducing Luke Gromen
13:47 - How Money Printing Distorts the Market Process
22:37 - How did the US Debt get so Out of Control?
30:42 - The Farm at Okefenokee
32:08 - Heart and Soil Supplements
33:09 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
34:01 - Government vs Business
54:19 - The Race Between Debasement and Productivity
1:05:28 - Historical Inflationary Examples
1:13:07 - Mind Lab Pro
1:14:17 - Emerge Dynamics
1:15:21 - Art of Alpha Retreat
1:16:33 - What does 125% Debt to GDP Mean?
1:24:45 - Gold and the Dollar Endgame
1:48:27 - Digital Gold (Bitcoin)
2:01:59 - Fiat and National Security
2:14:50 - USA vs BRICS
2:23:45 - How would Luke advise the USA regarding Bitcoin?
2:36:07 - NATO, Ukraine, and Russia
2:42:04 - The Rise of Globalism
2:46:55 - The Next Generation
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