This is Macro Voices with hedge fund manager Eric Townsend, the free weekly financial

podcast targeting professional finance, high net worth individuals, family offices, and

other sophisticated investors. Macro Voices is all about the brightest minds in the world

of finance and macroeconomics telling it like it is. Bullish your bearish, no holds

barred. Now here are your hosts, Eric Townsend and Patrick Sarrezna.

Macro Voices episode 240 was recorded on October 8, 2020. I'm Eric Townsend. This episode

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With the presidential election now less than a month away, it's time to bring back former

U.S. presidential advisor and best selling author Dr. Pippa Melmgren is this week's

feature interview guest. Pippa and I will discuss everything from the outlook for markets

and various election scenarios to the risk of an increase in civil unrest after the

election. To Pippa's prediction that President Trump will aspire to create his own television

news empire after leaving the White House regardless of whether that happens in 2021 or

after four more years as president. Patrick Sarrezna is off this week, so Kevin Muir, author

of the popular macro tourist blog, joins me as this week's co-host. So be sure to stay

tuned for our post game segment after the feature interview when Kevin and I will discuss

the U.S. dollar inflation and why Kevin thinks a curve steepener trade is the best way to

play these macro trends. And I'm Kevin Muir, filling in for Patrick

Sarrezna. Eric, we certainly got a little excitement with Trump's Tuesday afternoon tweet

that he was instructing his representatives to stop negotiating on the fiscal deal, drew

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