The Recovering Investment Banker Eric Knight, Chris Coffman

Chris explains the Federal Reserve and how it impacts the entire US economy. Eric asks questions to simplify what Chris is saying, because sometimes the massive dollar amounts get blurred together. In short, there could be good news on the horizon because the Federal Reserve is shrinking its balance sheet and reducing the amount of money in circulation.

Chris explains how Elon Musk acquired Twitter, based only on public information and his insight (guided by experience). It will be interesting to see what happens with it.

Chris and Eric talk to Kimberly Spencer, a professional life coach with an amazing talent for understanding human psychology. Her perspective hits home when talking about very high-performing people playing high-stakes games, and the consequences of being unaligned with your own values.

Chris makes the case that giant corporations in bed with Government snuff out free market capitalism, and dominate their markets as a result. It's crony capitalism, not free market capitalism. And it's destroying our freedom, our economic future, and our health.

Chris and Eric talk about a recent NY Times article, advising readers to invest in bonds as a way to help you sleep at night. But in an inflationary economy like ours today, Chris says the writer's advice is total garbage. What do YOU think?

Readers of Crisis Deluxe have asked Chris for clarification on the financial crisis the book is written about. So in this episode, Chris explains the liquidity crisis in the fictional bond trading operation, TransPac.