#116 Lyn Alden On Broken Money, Higher Inflation, Gold, And Bitcoin

Investment researcher and macroeconomic analyst Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, joins Julia La Roche on episode 116 to discuss her new book, “"Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better.”  Links:  https://www.lynalden.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Money-Financial-System-Failing/dp/B0CG83QBJ6 https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact The Julia La Roche Show is produced by Marlinski Media: https://www.marlinskimedia.com/ 0:00 Welcome Lyn Alden to the show  1:11 Macro picture  4:18 1940s comparison  9:04 Fiscal spiral  12:49 Inflation in Egypt  20:00 Expectations of a recession, higher inflation  23:20 Stagflationary outlook  25:30 Why is money broken?  28:44 160 currency bubbles  30:33 Why is the system so antiquated?  34:45 Self publishing  36:40 Role of the U.S. Dollar as the global reserve currency  45:00 Gold  47:41 Bitcoin  51:30 Could Bitcoin ever be a bubble?  55:18 Role of central banks with the rise of Bitcoin  57:43 Parting thoughts