A Monetary Jenga Game: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap Feb. 4, 2022
With little fanfare, the national debt crossed the $30 trillion threshold this week. That is an unfathomable number. And as host Mike Maharrey explains in this week’s Friday Gold Wrap podcast, it’s worse than that. Most people aren’t concerned. Maharrey argues that they should be, likening the federal government’s borrow and spend policy to a monetary Jenga game.
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Tune in to the Friday Gold Wrap each week for a recap of the week’s economic and political news as it relates to gold and silver, along with some insightful commentary.
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Fed’s Taper Struggle: Central Bank Adds Another $100 Billion to Balance Sheet
Peter Schiff: Consumers Are Concerned; Investors Are Clueless
Peter Schiff: The Dollar Is Monopoly Money Supported By a Ponzi Scheme
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