76 - Inflation in 2021 | Lyn Alden
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🗓️ 2 August 2021
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
Lyn Alden returns to the podcast, this time to discuss Inflation. Founder of Lyn Alden Investments, we keep coming back to Lyn because of her sharp analysis and compelling macro takes.
We explore the three types of inflation, how they intersect and affect one another, and what this means for the global outlook of crypto and society.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
6:00 Lyn Alden & Overview
10:08 Fiscal Policies & COVID
19:02 3 Types of Inflation
27:22 Ordering & Measuring
32:50 The Long Arc of History
40:57 Transitory or Permanent?
49:22 Wages vs Assets
56:08 The Effects of Inflation
1:00:00 Winners and Losers
1:09:40 A Global Perspective
1:16:40 The Death of Dollar Dominance
1:23:03 Multi-Polar Reserve Currency
1:27:50 COVID Delta Variant
1:32:57 Where Crypto Comes In
1:39:12 Ethereum & The Bull Market
1:45:34 Advice for Listeners
1:48:34 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Lyn on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact?s=20
Lyn's Website & Newsletter:
https://www.lynalden.com/
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| 0:17.3 | This is Ryan Sean Adams. |
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| 0:23.6 | David, inflation episode, we booked Lynn Alden on this episode because we wanted to learn |
| 0:28.9 | more about inflation. |
| 0:29.9 | It's in the headlines as everywhere. |
| 0:32.1 | I feel like for the first time, maybe I'm experiencing it in everyday life. |
| 0:36.6 | What a fantastic conversation with Lynn. |
| 0:39.6 | Inflation in 2021, I think is a massive subject that we're all trying to wrap our heads |
| 0:44.5 | around. |
| 0:45.5 | And I'm actually really excited that I think the number one person to help answer this question |
| 0:51.7 | is a crypto person. |
| 0:52.7 | I mean, Lynn Alden, she isn't like exclusively a crypto person, but she really understands |
| 0:57.3 | crypto to a very deep degree, and talks about crypto when we talk about inflation. |
| 1:03.7 | Interestingly enough, however, Ryan, we obviously actually didn't get to the crypto conversation |
| 1:07.9 | until the very, very end of the podcast. |
| 1:10.3 | It was inflation for like the first two thirds of it, but this is a subject that I really |
| 1:14.0 | wanted to answer for my own benefit. |
| 1:16.5 | And we had to just go out to the leading expert on inflation and federal reserve policy, monetary |
| 1:23.0 | policy, macro markets, to help us understand what the heck is going on with inflation |
| 1:28.0 | in 2021. |
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