Ep. 162 - The Truth About Nixon’s Closure of the Gold Window

Few obscure, unilateral presidential actions have had more wide-ranging impacts on the United States than Nixon's decision to terminate the Bretton Woods agreement.
In this episode, we walk through a brief history lesson on money, banking and currency in the United States and then examine the impact of Nixon’s fateful and negligent decision that has led the U.S. down a road toward national bankruptcy ever since.
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Episode #27 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve - An Intro
Episode #28 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve - The Results
Episode #87 - The Truth About Secession - Part I
Episode #88 - The Truth About Secession - Part II
Episode #128 - The Truth About Opposition to Secession
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Ep. 154 - The Truth About Modern Monetary Theory

You have probably heard the term Modern Monetary Theory or MMT thrown around recently. It is all the rage with our overlords in Washington, D.C. But what is it?
In this episode we examine the destructiveness of MMT and learn that there is nothing modern about debasing your currency by printing worthless pieces of paper backed by nothing. We also learn that MMT is not a theory but more political propaganda backed by nothing resembling real economics or public policy.
Politicians who endorse it or do not oppose it vigorously are willfully negligent!
Show Notes
The Bob Murphy Show #18: Warren Mosler Defends MMT
The Bob Murphy Show #24 - Murphy Dissects His Discussion with Warrn Mosler
Human Action Podcast with Bob Murphy November 2020: MMT Explained
Ghana Becomes First Country to Officially End MMT Experiment
MMT: Not Modern. Not Monetary. Not a Theory - Jeff Deist
MMT History and Overview
Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory
Upside Down World MMT
MMT: Fake Economics
Doug Casey Why Modern Monetary Theory will Destroy Money
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Ep. 109 - The Truth About July 2020

Another eventful month with Supreme Court opinions, lots of wokeness and virtue signaling on display, some news on the George Floyd front, the controversy over reopening schools and, of course, Covid, Covid, Covid!
Show Notes
Episode #34 - The Truth About the Electoral College
Episode #39 - The Truth About Student Loans and the Cost of College
Episode #62 - The Truth About the Gold Standard and Sound Money
Episode #73 - The Truth About Trump Derangement Syndrome
Episode #104 - The Truth About Vote by Mail
Episode #107 - The Truth About the Death of George Floyd
Episode #108 - The Truth About Reopening Schools
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Ep. 100 - The Truth About the First 100 Episodes

We covered a lot of ground in the first 100 episodes - the Constitution, economics, abortion, social issues, healthcare, socialism and Christian apologetics to name a few. In this episode, I take a brief look at some of the myths we busted and review lessons learned.
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Ep. 96 - The Truth About Socialism in America

In America, we do not have definitional socialism where the government owns the means of production BUT we sure as hell have a bunch of socialistic tendencies, leanings, agencies and programs. In this episode, we examine the question, "Just how far toward socialism does America currently lean?"
Show Notes
The Future of Freedom Foundation
The Big Con of Social Security and Medicare
Only One Way Out of the Coronavirus Crisis
Fear of Healthcare Freedom and Free Markets
Is it Time for a New Direction
Mises.org
Bernie's Socialism vs. Trump's Socialism
Central Banking is Socialism
Will the Fed Buy Stocks? Here's What It Would Take to Do It
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes
Episode #8 - The Truth About Social Security
Episode #9 - The Truth About Healthcare in America
Episode #27 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve – An Intro
Episode #28 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve – The Results
Episode #31 - The Truth About Socialism – Part I
Episode #32 – The Truth About Socialism – Part II
Episode #57 - The Truth About Free Stuff
Episode #62 - The Truth About the Gold Standard and Sound Money
Episode #80 - The Truth About Democracies
Episode #83 - The Truth About Capitalism
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Ep. 95 - The Truth About the Coronavirus Crisis: Lessons Learned - Part II

In the last episode, we covered some of the lighter side issues like the importance of slowing down, enjoying our families, nature and the simple things in life. We also discussed the impact the crisis will have on future attendance at traditional four-year colleges and the continued failings of socialized medical systems.
Today we are going to look at this topic more from a public policy and economics’ perspective. We examine why the United States' federal government and all centralized political bodies are too big to succeed. In the shadow of the Coronavirus crisis, we look at the dramatic need for deregulation at all levels of government.
We end the episode with an examination of the crisis from a constitutional and economic angle: fiat currency, the importance of savings, and the stock market bubble pricked by the Coronavirus.
Show Notes:
Timeline: The Regulations—and Regulators—That Delayed Coronavirus Testing 
U.S. Needs Billions of New Masks to Combat Coronavirus. Feds Say It'll Take Up To 90 Days to Approve New Mask-Making Facilities. 
Critical Medical Supply Shortage: The Moment US Woke Up To Disaster Of Always Outsourcing To China 
The 4 Key Reasons the U.S. Is So Behind on Coronavirus Testing 
Small Regulatory Reforms That Can Help People During the COVID Pandemic 
COVID-19 Exposes Americans' Financial Irresponsibility 
Only One Way Out of the Coronavirus Crisis 
Republicans Want You to Be Terrified of Ebola—So You'll Vote for Them
Daniel J. Mitchell:
Coronavirus and Big Government 
Coronavirus and Big Government - Part II 
Coronavirus and Big Government - Part III 
Coronavirus Lessons from Europe 
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Episode #62 – The Truth About Gold and Sound Money
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Ep. 62 - The Truth About Gold and Sound Money

Most people are aware of inflation. They expect the cost of products and services to go up every year. What these same people may not be aware of is the fact that this perpetual inflation is completely unnecessary.
If the United States had a sound money policy, meaning the U.S. Dollar was pegged to gold (on a gold standard) most of the angst around monetary policy, interest rates, the national debt, out of control government spending, inverted yield curve, negative interest rates, and cryptocurrencies would be nothing but noise.
In this episode we examine the history of a gold standard. We scrutinize actions taken by FDR, Nixon, the Federal Reserve and their impact on the worldwide economy. The bottom line is, because the gold standard constrains the spending of our overlords in Washington, D.C., they will never willingly revert back to that standard. Unfortunately the United States is in for a rude awakening as other countries have started accumulating gold reserves as a way to diversify away from the U.S. Dollar's reserve currency status.
Show Notes:
Think Bitcoin is the New Gold 2.0 - Think Again
The Gold Standard 
Your Move Gold Critics, Please Explain What Money Is
In Dismissing the Gold Standard, John Cochrane Channels Tina Fey
Central Banks of Gold Buying Spree Over Dollar Worries
Central Banks are Buying Gold Fastest Pace in Six Years
Russia, China Continue Massive Substitution of Dollar Assets into Gold
In Money We Trust: Documentary
Funding the Monster State: FDR, Nixon versus the Gold Standard
Alan Greenspan: Ron Paul Was Right About the Gold Standard
Ron Paul's Appearance on Judge Napolitano's Fox Show 
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Episode #27- The Truth About the Federal Reserve: An Introduction
Episode #28 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve: The Results
Episode #56 - The Truth About Libra - Facebook's Cryptocurrency
APMEX: Buy Gold and Siver
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Ep. 59 - The Truth About What We Agree On

I don't know about you but sometimes I get tired of discussing all the areas where we disagree politically or on public policy issues. In this episode I attempt to focus on things that most of us agree on such as government spending, right-to-try laws, the surveillance state, sound money, war, tort reform, term limits, the War on Drugs and the War on Poverty.
Does it not make sense to first focus on the few things in which we agree and then circle back to the numerous head-butting issues that divide us?
Show Notes:
Little Public Support for Reductions in Federal Spending
Will Trump's Backing Revive Moribund Term Limits Movement?
Study Shows Police Lying about Asset Forfeiture
Poverty in the U.S. Was Plummeting—Until Lyndon Johnson Declared War On It
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Episode #2 - The Truth About Abortion - What About the Baby?
Episode #19 - The Truth About Elections and Washington, D.C.
Episode #33 - The Truth About Abortion - Part II - Mental Gymnastics
Episode #46 - The Truth About Roe v. Wade - Sick and Twisted
Episode #47 - The Truth About Roe v. Wade - What They Don't Tell You
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Ep. 56 - The Truth About Libra - Facebook's Cryptocurrency

Facebook’s recent congressional testimony before the House Financial Services Committee regarding their proposed cryptocurrency, Libra, caught my attention. It got me wondering: where in the Constitution does it grant the federal government the power to regulate a cryptocurrency or a social media platform? I posed that question on the Truth Quest Facebook Fan Page and immediately started researching this episode.
The truth is that cryptocurrencies in general and the Libra specifically pose a threat to many entities - central banks, power hungry government officials, and too-big-to-fail banks.
In this episode I explain what Libra is and examine the threat posed by it and other cryptocurrencies. Along the way we discuss the benefits of cryptocurrencies, congressional overreach, sound money, central banks and the concept of private money.
Show Notes:
Libra White Paper
Libra House Hearing
G7 Urges Strict Libra Regime, Eyes Minimum Tax
Alternative Currencies Such as Bitcoin are a Valuable Insurance Policy Against Feckless Government
Does Libra Threaten Monetary Sovereignty?
Fee.org
Why This Economist is Skeptical of Facebook's Grandiose Claims About the Libra
Why Facebook's New Cryptocurrency is No Threat to Bitcoin
Mises.org
Libra: Competitor to Inflationary Central Banks
Facebook's Fake Money
It's No Bitcoin: Facebook's Libra Currency Tied to Government Currencies
https://mises.org/wire/idea-alternative-currencies-going-mainstream
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Ep. 28 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve - The Results

In the previous episode, #27 The Truth About the Federal Reserve – An Introduction, I laid the groundwork for this episode. So now that you know what the Fed is, why it was created and how it creates money, let’s look at the results of the last 100+ years since this monstrosity was created.
We will discuss the constitutionality of the Fed, how it creates inflation, its impact on savers and people on fixed incomes, malinvestment, bailouts, how it funds the welfare and warfare state, the gold standard, and I conclude the episode with a side-by-side comparison of the current monetary system dominated by the Fed with one without it.
Show Notes:
Creature from Jekyll Island, Edward Griffin
Numerous writings and podcast from the likes of Ron Paul, John Tamny, Tom Woods, Fee.org and Mises.org.
ContraKrugman Episode 185 - Economist's Love Letter to the Fed
A Century of Failure: Why It's Time to Consider Replacing the Fed - Mises
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