Simon Mikhailovich, lead manager of the Tocqueville Bullion Reserve, stops by Grant's world headquarters to discuss doing business in the modern administrative state.
4:17 The "menacing" language of compliance9:30 Gold, negative-yielding bonds and safety16:53 Jim's reading list
James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the author , most recently, of The Forgotten Depression: 1921: The Crash That Cured Itself. Grant's television appearances include "60 Minutes," "The Charlie Rose Show," Bloomberg TV, CNBC and other well-known financial news sources. His journalism has appeared in a variety of periodicals, including the "Financial Times", "The Wall Street Journal" and "Foreign Affairs."