About this episode
Doug and Matt discuss various political and economic issues, including airline bailouts, drug policy, and healthcare abroad.
Find us at www.crisisinvesting.com Matt promotes the Crisis Investing newsletter and VIP private placements, citing past returns and highlighting Midnight Sun's gains and the free Experts Roundtable featuring Arizona Eagle Mining. Doug and Matt discuss Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy and criticize a proposed government bailout as state capitalism, then argue the FAA and TSA should be abolished or privatized. They question Trump's claims about saving eight Iranian girls from execution, debate marijuana reclassification, and emphasize personal responsibility and cultural causes of drug use. In listener Q&A, they cover the importance of economics and psychology, skepticism about modern psychiatry, the value of intrapreneurship, risks of invading Iran, defining the deep state, best healthcare abroad (Switzerland, Thailand, Argentina), where private gold is concentrated (China), property vs self-investment, Roth IRA asset choice, private placement minimums, border interrogation, shareholder voting, helium investing limits, tungsten's strategic value, skepticism on South Africa REITs, and the film Barnum World's critique of political rhetoric. 00:00 Newsletter Pitch and Returns 01:21…
People in this episode
Host: Matthew Smith
Guest: Doug Casey
Topics covered
- government bailout
- personal responsibility
- drug use
- economics
- healthcare
- politics
Keywords
- Crisis Investing
- Spirit Airlines
- FAA
- TSA
- Iran
- marijuana
- healthcare
- economics
- personal responsibility
Sponsors
Crisis Investing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Spirit Airlines, Arizona Eagle Mining, FAA, TSA
Books & works: Barnum World's
Places: Iran, Switzerland, Thailand, Argentina, South Africa
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