Episode Description
What if the financial system isn't broken, what if it's working exactly as designed, just not for you?
Paul Musson spent over 30 years in the finance and investment industry, managing billions of dollars before leaving to write Capital Offense — a book and blog dedicated to explaining what's really happening inside the money system, and why most people are falling further behind despite working harder than ever.
In this conversation, Paul breaks down the decisions made by central banks over the past two decades that deliberately drove asset prices higher — and why that choice, however well-intentioned, transferred enormous wealth from younger generations to those who already owned assets. The average age of a first-time homebuyer in America is now 40. That is not a coincidence.
We cover:
— Why Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke's policies sacrificed the real economy on the altar of higher asset prices
— How the government extracts your capital through taxation, borrowing and money printing — and why most people never see it happening
— The difference between money, capital and wealth — and why confusing them costs you
— Why US interest payments now exceed the entire national defence budget
— The K-shaped economy: the top 10% of Americans own 87% of all equities. The bottom 50% own 1%
— Why Social Security is projected to be insolvent by 2032 — and why no politician will touch it
— The role of education, empathy and grassroots demand in building a path forward
— Why Paul ends every episode the same way: Be free. Do no harm.
Paul is the author of Capital Offense and writes regularly at his blog of the same name. His work is essential reading for anyone trying to understand why the rules of the financial game seem to keep changing — and always in someone else's favour.
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