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Monetary Policy Is Finished and Macro Debates Are Boring, Feat. Raoul Pal
A wide-ranging conversation about the state of macro, why central banks can’t really do anything and why private markets are leading the future of money.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:57 a.m. Published Sep 17, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
A wide-ranging conversation about the state of macro, why central banks can’t really do anything and why private markets are leading the future of money.
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Raoul Pal is CEO and co-founder of Real Vision, a platform fundamentally disrupting macroeconomics and financial media.
In this wide-ranging conversation, he and NLW discuss:
- Hot takes on the most recent Jerome Powell/Federal Reserve press conference
- Why central banks can’t do anything more until they merge with treasury departments
- Why stablecoins are disrupting how we think about global reserve assets
- Why traditional financial media missed an entire generation of investors
- Why all macro debates are boring
See also: ‘Absolute Raging Mania’: Famed Investor Druckenmiller Thinks 10% Inflation Is Possible
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