296-The Collapse of MF Global, Breakdown of Trust in the Financial Systems, the Prospect of Global War, and What It's Like to Be a Tax Protester on the Lam: Interview with Ann Barnhardt

Radical Personal Finance

Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, RHU, REBC, CAP

Finance, Retirement, Insurance, Business, Money, Education, Self-improvement, Financial, Independence, Growth, Advice, Investing, Family, Personal, Radical, Christian, Faith

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🗓️ 18 February 2016

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Ann Barnhardt. I first became aware of Ann in late 2011 after she published a letter detailing the closure of her firm, Barnhardt Capital Management.

At the time, this letter troubled me. Many people make strong statements and publish strongly worded essays. But when someone follows through on their word to the point of closing a functioning firm, I pay attention.

I never could quite wrap my head around what happened at MF Global in 2011. Frankly, I still can't.

But I thought it would be awesome to invite Ann on the show to hear her first-hand experience.

She obliged.

During the course of our interview we discussed:

her professional background in the trading and commodities business
what actually happened in 2011 in the markets
what has happened since then
her predictions for future world events
what led her to become a tax protester

Enjoy the show!

Joshua

Ann's website: www.barnhardt.biz
https://twitter.com/AnnBarnhardt
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0:00.0	Today in Radical Personal Finance, we're going to dig into the more radical side of life.
0:06.2	We're going to talk about financial fraud in the mainstream financial systems, allegations by somebody who's been on the inside.
0:15.0	Also we're going to talk about economic collapse, global war, and tax protesting.
0:22.0	If those are topics that sound interesting to you, you will enjoy today's show.
0:27.0	If those are topics that sound weird to you,
0:30.0	this will be a good show for you to skip. Welcome to the Radical Personal Finance Podcast. My name is Joshua Sheets and I'm your host. Thank you for
0:53.6	move with me today. This is the show where we work hard to talk about all aspects of
0:58.1	living a rich life today while building a plan for financial freedom in 10 years or less.
1:04.0	One aspect of building that plan is having a sense of certainty,
1:10.0	an understanding about what's going on.
1:12.0	And today, we're going to challenge... an understanding about what's going on.
1:13.0	And today, we're going to challenge
1:15.0	that sense of certainty just a little bit.
1:17.0	My guest today is probably one of the most controversial figures, certainly one of the most strongly opinionated figures that I've ever had on the show.
1:29.0	Her name is Anne Barnhart, I'll give a little bit of background on her in a minute.
1:32.0	And I do sincerely mean on her in a minute.
1:32.8	And I do sincerely mean this may be a show that some of you will want to skip,
1:36.5	but it's also a show that some of you will thoroughly enjoy.
1:39.6	And I'm going to take just a couple minutes before I play the interview
1:42.4	and share with you a little bit about my personal
1:44.5	philosophy regarding show content and interviews and the reason why I sometimes dig into these types of
1:51.2	subjects. I've had a number of comments, recent comments, both public
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