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Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

2/1/24 Mike Swanson on the Troubling State of the American Economy

Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

Scott Horton

News, Politics

4.8989 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Scott talks with Mike Swanson about where things stand with the economy and where current trends are heading. They discuss Fed policy, the boom-bust cycle, the national debt and more. Discussed on the show: The War State by Michael Swanson Why The Vietnam War? by Michael Swanson Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio Wall Street Window Mike Swanson provides investment advice at wallstreetwindow.com and is the author of The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite. He also works with the Neopolis Media Group, a group of historians, educators, authors, researchers, and free speech advocates who endeavor to provide original and engaging content, including The Ochelli Effect, and The Lone Gunman Podcast. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.

0:02.0

I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.

0:09.0

I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,

0:14.8

editorial director of anti-war.com.

0:17.6

Author of the book, Pools Arren,

0:19.6

time to end the war in Afghanistan,

0:21.6

and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on

0:24.8

terrorism and I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003 almost all on

0:31.3

foreign policy and all available for you at

0:34.3

Scott Horton.org you can sign up the podcast feed there and the full

0:38.6

interview archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0:45.0

You guys on the line, I got my friend Mike Swanson.

0:48.0

Well, first of all, he's a brilliant genius economist type and secondly, a very successful investor and also a great

0:55.6

revisionist historian of course author of the war state which you guys have all

0:59.6

read by now and why Vietnam which I just punched myself in the leg is I haven't

1:07.8

read it yet because I've been so busy but I know is probably the best history of

1:12.2

the origins of the Vietnam War from the

1:14.4

inside scoop from all of the papers that Mike got his hands on showing the

1:20.3

internal communications inside the Pentagon is there deciding the policy and all of that

1:24.6

welcome back to the show Mike how are you dude oh great great that really hurt by the way

1:29.7

I gave myself a dead leg and I'm gonna have a bruise.

1:35.7

One day I'm gonna read that thing.

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