[38] Gonzalo Lira on hyperinflation and Cullen Roche on economic myths

Cullen Roche is the founding president of Orcam Financial Group and the brains behind noted financial blog “Pragmatic Capitalism.” He is also a co-founder of a new school of economics called “Monetary Realism.” Cullen has made it his mission to demystify the modern monetary system and deliver it to the public in layman’s terms. In a recent blog post, he wrote about what he calls, “The Biggest Myths in Economics. And we speak with him about just that!

Boom Bust’s Erin and Edward talk about many of the top Wall Street bankers whose firms were largely responsible for the recent financial crisis. In 2008, the US government began to step in, pumping $700 billion in bailout funds into the market in order to prevent catastrophe and save the companies. But many of the top bankers are now unemployed… yet apparently they are all still living a” Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.”

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