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A macro economic and geopolitics show. Each episode we will discuss topics of the day in an entertaining way. Freedom, populism, socialism, sound money, gold and bitcoin are all big topics for us.

AK Global Ansel Lindner

    • Economia

A macro economic and geopolitics show. Each episode we will discuss topics of the day in an entertaining way. Freedom, populism, socialism, sound money, gold and bitcoin are all big topics for us.

    Outtakes: Gold Bug Rants - AK6.3

    Outtakes: Gold Bug Rants - AK6.3

    Very simple episode where we candidly share our frustrations with gold bugs and Austrian economists. While we are frustrated we share their core views of the world and think they have it right except for bitcoin. Enjoy.

    • 17 min
    Communications, Transportation and Education - AK6.2

    Communications, Transportation and Education - AK6.2

    Source material: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch02.htm
    Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State. Radio communication unregulated until The Radio Act of 1912 formally known as "An Act to Regulate Radio Communication" (37 Stat. 302), is a United States federal law which was the first legislation to require licenses for radio stations The Radio Act of 1927 (United States Public Law 632, 69th Congress) replaced the Radio Act of 1912 increased the federal government's regulatory powers over radio communication oversight vested in a newly created body, the Federal Radio Commission (FCC) first legislation to mandate stations show they were "in the public interest, convenience, or necessity" in order to receive a license Communications Act of 1934 “The act established a legal basis for regulating wired and wireless communications on a nationwide and worldwide basis. The Federal Communication Commission was founded because of the act; it replaced the Federal Radio Commission. Because of the act, the U.S. government could regulate new media technologies such as television and mobile phones. Moreover, the act permitted the regulation of commercial communication corporations such as private radio and television companies.” 6 companies control all US media https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6 List of administrations in control of transportation by creation date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Transportation The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulates all aspects of civil aviation Its powers include the construction and operation of airports, air traffic management, the certification of personnel and aircraft, and the protection of U.S. assets during the launch or re-entry of commercial space vehicles. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.  Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.  Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.  Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c, &c.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States By state law, education is compulsory over an age range starting between five and eight and ending somewhere between ages sixteen and eighteen, depending on the state. This requirement can be satisfied in public schools, state-certified private schools, or an approved home school program. Description:
    In the current zeitgeist we are told that “capitalism” is failing us as well as being responsible for the increasing wealth gap between the “haves and the have nots.”  In this episode we focus on the US primarily. We will use the 10 planks of Karl Marx’ Communist Manifesto (1848) to try and ascertain if the US truly is a capitalist nation or if it is far more Marxist in character than people are often lead to believe.
    Topics include:
    Communication
    Transportation
    Education
    Bitcoin

    • 35 min
    Discussions on the Communist Manifesto - AK6.1

    Discussions on the Communist Manifesto - AK6.1

    Source material: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch02.htm
    Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.  A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.  https://files.taxfoundation.org/20170804133536/Average-Effective-Tax-Rate-on-the-Top-1-Percent-of-U.S.-Households.png; effective tax on the 1% reached a plateau just before 1950 of about 45%; however, rates have remained elevated since that time https://files.taxfoundation.org/legacy/docs/fed_individual_rate_history_nominal.pdf; list of marginal tax rates  https://qz.com/74271/income-tax-rates-since-1913/ effective tax rates based on income, use 56,516 household income average US Abolition of all rights of inheritance.  https://taxna.wolterskluwer.com/whole-ball-of-tax-2018/historical-estate-gift-tax use inflation adjuster by picking a number by decade Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.  Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.  https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/ichtci/04.htm “What, then, is the significance of nationalisation of the banks?... Only by nationalising the banks can the state put itself in a position to know where and how, whence and when, millions and billions of rubles flow. And only control over the banks, over the centre, over the pivot and chief mechanism of capitalist circulation, would make it possible to organise real and not fictitious control over all economic life, over the production and distribution of staple goods, and organise that "regulation of economic life" which otherwise is inevitably doomed to remain a ministerial phrase designed to fool the common people. Only control over banking operations, provided they were concentrated in a single state bank, would make it possible, if certain other easily-practicable measures were adopted, to organise the effective collection of income tax in such a way as to prevent the concealment of property and incomes (ostensibly due to the ability of the national bank to keep track of who receives the money); for at present the income tax is very largely a fiction.” Precursor to cashless society Federal Reserve chartered in 1913

    • 41 min
    The Financial Wildfire is Coming - AK5.3

    The Financial Wildfire is Coming - AK5.3

    News regarding the repo market has seemingly died down as of late; however, things have become far more interesting despite the lack of headlines.  In this episode we give you an update on the current state of the repo market with special attention to the Fed’s extension of term and overnight purchases.  In addition, we briefly discuss the reigniting of QE (quantitative easing) in the form of treasury purchases by the Fed. At the end we dive into just how and why the Fed's policies are dangerous, and describe how bitcoin and gold are better to build a financial system on.
    Links:
    Fed links
    https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/domestic-market-operations/monetary-policy-implementation/repo-reverse-repo-agreements/repurchase-agreement-operational-details
    https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/opolicy/operating_policy_190920
    https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/opolicy/operating_policy_191004
    https://apps.newyorkfed.org/markets/autorates/tomo-results-display?SHOWMORE=TRUE&startDate=01/01/2000&enddate=01/01/2000
    Why this is QE
    https://www.seeitmarket.com/qe-by-any-other-name/
    Balance sheet
    https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL
     

    • 17 min
    Repos, Dollars, Gold, and Demographics - AK5.2

    Repos, Dollars, Gold, and Demographics - AK5.2

    In this second part of AK5 Kent and Ansel finish up the discussion about the Repo market and dive into related topics regarding the future.
    Topics include:
    USTs becoming toxic
    Wealth effect of dollars
    Bitcoin flipping gold
    Expat choices
    Investing in Russia
    Population and demographic trends
    Links:
    https://www.thestreet.com/investing/fixed-income/fed-extends-repos-until-nov-4-dealers-brace-for-193-billion-in-treasury-sales-15116925
    https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/opolicy/operating_policy_191004
    https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL
    https://www.seeitmarket.com/qe-by-any-other-name/
    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/08/powell-says-the-fed-will-start-expanding-its-balance-sheet-soon.html

    • 31 min
    The Sad State of the Repo Market - AK5 part 1

    The Sad State of the Repo Market - AK5 part 1

    The repo market has been in the news lately with the Fed intervening for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis to shore up liquidity problems.  We explain how the repo market works, go over the timeline of events in the market thus far, and discuss its wider implications.
    Topics include:
    What a repo is and why it’s important
    The role of the Fed
    Timeline of events
    Future projections
    Links:
    https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/repurchaseagreement.asp
    https://realinvestmentadvice.com/who-could-have-known-what-the-repo-fiasco-entails/
    https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/opolicy/operating_policy_190920

    • 35 min

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