Stefan Rust – YouTube, Released on 3/11/25

In this episode, host Stefan Rust (CEO & Founder of Laguna Labs, ex-Bitcoin.com CEO) chats with Danielle DiMartino Booth (CEO & Chief Strategist for QI Research) about inflation trends, economic challenges, and why Truflation data shows relief ahead despite BLS numbers. From bankruptcy cycles to gold’s rise, discover what’s next for the US economy.

00:00 – Intro
01:50 – Inflation Surprise: Eggs and Aberrations
04:05 – The Retail Apocalypse: 2,500 Stores Gone in Six Weeks
12:03 – Inside Trump’s DOGE: Efficiency vs. Deflationary Impact
12:27 – Tariffs Paradox: Hidden Growth Killers?
22:29 – America’s Infrastructure Crisis: Trillions Behind
25:18 – Healthcare Revolution: AI’s Promise for Aging Populations
28:18 – Addressing the $2 Trillion Deficit: Creative Accounting?
30:29 – Gold’s Comeback: Safe Haven in a Hostile World
38:39 – The New Cold War: US vs China Economic Battlefield
43:49 – Banking’s Silent Crisis: Why Cash Isn’t Flowing
50:51 – Investment Trends: The Search for Cash Flow
52:57 – Truflation’s Optimistic Outlook

Danielle DiMartino Booth is Founder & CEO of QI Research, a research and analytics firm. She spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm and launched a weekly economic newsletter She is the author of Fed Up: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Credit Suisse, where she worked fixed income and the public and private equity markets. Danielle earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.

  economy, gold, inflation