?EUR Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies joins Finance and Liberty / Reluctant Preppers to discuss his recently published article, "Playing Taps for the Middle Class." Michael also fields questions form viewers with his famously sharp-witted and no-nonsense style, helping us be better informed and warned, so we can be aware and prepared for what's ahead! Michael Pento is a specialist in Austrian economics and is the President of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Prior to starting Pento Portfolio Strategies he served as a senior economist and VP of the managed products division of another well known financial firm. Michael has also created ETFs and UITs that were sold throughout Wall Street. Earlier in his career, he worked on the floor of the NYSE. He is the author of The Coming Bond Market Collapse: How to Survive the Demise of the U.S. Debt Market.