00:00 - Intro

00:50 - Revisiting Chris's 2021 prediction about bonds and inflation

02:34 - What is the Federal Reserve?

04:21 - What has happened to the US economy since COVID?

06:20 - The monetary base

07:12 - Three ways the Government can throw money around

09:02 - Interest rates and inflation

10:35 - The Fed has grown massively

12:03 - How the Fed buys and sells debt

13:41 - Quantitative easing and tightening

15:05 - What value does the Fed provide to the world?

17:30 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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00:32 - Elon Musk, like very few people in the world, has the personal capital to buy Twitter, a publicly-traded company, and take it private. He filed a Schedule 13D with the SEC and made moves.

04:10 - Musk bought 9.2% of the company and the board had to recognize him as the largest shareholder, and they offered him a seat on the board. Musk declined because of the handcuffs they would have put on him.

08:50 - At no point so far has the board made mention of free speech, censorship, and the other reasons Musk has publicly stated he is buying the company to change.

12:40 - The Washington Post has published over 75 articles and op-eds to date that are against Musk's move to buy Twitter, claiming a centa-billionaire owning such valuable public utility/public square is dangerous. And yet they are owned by centa-billionaire themselves; Jeff Bezos.

15:18 - Twitter's board is mostly foreigners from places that do NOT have a first amendment like we do. Their values are not in line with freedom of speech.

17:22 - The government/media/political establishment attacking Musk is reminiscent of another man who challenged the power structure in our financial system, Michael Milken.

21:18 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

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00:23 - Our guest, Kimberly Spencer, is joining us from Australia

01:48 - Kimberly's background

07:13 - Chris gives an example of investment bankers taking advantage of companies and treasuries, and yet everyone (including the companies) were rewarded for it.

14:08 - Kimberly elaborates on her concept of "different levels, same devils".

17:34 - Money doesn't usually change you. Money is an amplifier of who you are.

17:46 - What is Kimberly's advice for bridging the authenticity gap? First, know your values. Second, own your results.

22:36 - The etymology of the word "decide". It's to cut down and kill other possibilites.

25:45 - Feelings only last about 90 seconds, and emotions stack up like jenga blocks.

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