2024-12-26T09:08:35+0000

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. // GUEST // Twitter: twitter.com/lukegromen Website: https://fftt-llc.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LukeGromenFFTTLLC // SPONSORS // The Farm at Okefenokee: https://okefarm.com/ Heart and Soil Supplements (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://heartandsoil.co/ In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/ Mindlab Pro: https://www.mindlabpro.com/breedlove Emerge Dynamics: https://emergedynamics.com/breedlove Art of Alpha Retreat: https://www.breedloveevents.com/ // PRODUCTS I ENDORSE // Protect your mobile phone from SIM swap attacks: https://www.efani.com/breedlove Noble Protein (discount code BREEDLOVE for 15% off): https://nobleorigins.com/ Lineage Provisions (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://lineageprovisions.com/?ref=breedlove_22 Colorado Craft Beef (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://coloradocraftbeef.com/ // SUBSCRIBE TO THE CLIPS CHANNEL // https://www.youtube.com/@robertbreedloveclips2996/videos // OUTLINE // 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 // PODCAST // Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove Dollars via Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/Robert-Breedlove-2 // SOCIAL // Breedlove X: https://x.com/Breedlove22 WiM? X: https://x.com/WhatisMoneyShow Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22 Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/robertbreedlove Is the Dollar Doomed? Bitcoin, Gold, and the Dollar Debt Spiral with Luke Gromen (WiM538)