Listen as James Rickards, former national security advisor for the Pentagon and the CIA, gives his insights and predictions for the following topics:
?-? What does the rising price of gold mean??-? Why is Buffett selling bank shares and buying Barrick gold??-? What's the difference between bonds and gold??-? Inflation vs. deflation; the velocity of money
Hosts Robert and Kim Kiyosaki and guest James Rickards discuss the current state of the global economy and why he believes we are headed for a major global financial crisis in the near future that will be greater than 2008.
Jim Rickards is a lawyer, investment banker and economist with over thirty years' experience in capital markets. He is currently Chief Global Strategist at Meraglim. He advises the Department of Defense, the U.S. intelligence community, and major hedge funds on global finance, and served as a facilitator of the first ever financial war games conducted by the Pentagon. A frequent guest on financial news programs, Rickards is also the author of The New York Times bestselling novels Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis and The Death of Money. His latest book is The New Great Depression: Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World.
Robert Kiyosaki is best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, the #1 personal finance book of all time. His book titles hold four of the top ten spots on Nielsen Bookscan List's Life-to-Date Sales from 2001-2008 alone. Robert is an educational Entrepreneur and real estate tycoon, co-creator of the CASHFLOW (R) board game, founder of the financial education-based Rich Dad Company and author of New York Times Bestsellers: Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich, and Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education. Robert Kiyosaki is among the first to have warned Americans of an impending collapse in the US real estate market, famously prophesizing, "Your home is not an investment," years before the Panic of 2008. His latest book is Who Stole My Pension? How You Can Stop the Looting.