In this episode, Farzin Irani sits down with Dr. Marc Faber — legendary contrarian investor, author of The Gloom Boom & Doom Report, and one of the most outspoken macro thinkers of the last four decades.Marc doesn't mince words. He argues that the AI investment boom is the largest capital spending cycle since the railroads in the nineteenth century — and when it bursts, on top of record global debt, it will cause a depression. That governments lie about everything including inflation. That the conditions for a major global conflict are better right now than at any point since World War Two. And that the only way out of the current system is through a crisis that collapses it.From gold confiscation risks to geographical diversification of wealth, to why democracy forces politicians to lie to get elected — this is one of the most direct and unfiltered conversations we've had on Connecting the Dots.In this episode we cover:✅ What investors are getting most wrong about the world today✅ How government interventions distort markets and misallocate capital✅ Why subsidies and tariffs are inflationary taxes in disguise✅ Why the CPI grossly understates the real cost of living✅ Labour income as a share of GDP at the lowest level since 1947✅ Why 35-year-olds today are less wealthy than their parents were✅ Why government spending above 50% of GDP kills economic growth✅ Bond vigilantes — are they back and what does it mean?✅ The AI bubble — bigger than dot-com and comparable to the railroads✅ Why the collapse of AI investment will cause a global depression✅ War cycles — why conditions for conflict are the best since WW2✅ Why the system can only be fixed through a crisis, not voluntarily✅ Gold — the bullish case and the confiscation risk✅ Why diversification across assets and geographies is essentialAbout Marc FaberDr. Marc Faber is a Swiss investor, author, and publisher of The Gloom Boom & Doom Report — a monthly investment newsletter read by sophisticated investors worldwide. He is known for his contrarian macro views, his early warnings on asset bubbles, and his advocacy for hard assets and geographical diversification. He is based in Thailand and has been a fixture on global financial media for over four decades.🌐 https://www.gloomboomdoom.com/about/biography/🌐 Connect with Farzin → https://linktr.ee/farzinirani🌐 Business website → https://www.sovereignty.capital/🌐 Free Wealth Diagnostic → https://www.sovereignty.capital/the-diagnosticMarcFaber, GloomBoomDoom, Gold, GoldInvesting, GoldConfiscation, Diversification, WealthPreservation, ConnectingTheDots, Inflation, CPI, GovernmentDebt, AIBubble, Depression, MacroInvesting, WarCycles, Geopolitics, HardAssets, Bitcoin, RealEstate, CentralBanks, BondVigilantes, Democracy, GlobalMacro, FinancialCrisis, SovereignWealth, GovernmentLies, AssetBubbles, FreeMarket, Tariffs, Subsidies