Rudy Havenstein is an anonymous bank critic and internet personality who argues the middle class was destroyed by Wall Street and the Federal Reserve -- creating historic wealth inequality. He runs https://substack.com/@rudy

In this episode we discuss:
- The Federal Reserve's power and inflation
- The Cantillon Effect and wealth concentration
- Are we becoming a Banana Republic?
- The destruction of the Middle Class American Dream
- Are bankers ignorant or malicious?
- Forget economics, learn history

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🗒️ IN THIS EPISODE:

0:00 Swan Bitcoin, Bitcoin 2024 promos
1:50 Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Jay Powell
7:47 Disillusioned by political process; debt ceiling
17:45 "Financial education is abysmal."
26:18 Fold app and debit card, Coinkite Coldcard promos
27:52 Are Central Bankers evil?
31:43 Why remain anonymous?
32:57 "I have enough."
34:23 Who is Jay Powell?
40:00 Hyperinflation, USD currency collapse, "Janet Yellen .. is an idiot"
47:57 What can make it better?
54:26 CrowdHealth, Orange Pill App promos
55:57 Military Industrial Complex
1:01:51 Why does Rudy have hope?
1:09:50 Importance of the Middle Class
1:16:39 How can average family accumulate wealth?

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