The Julia La Roche Show, Released on 7/20/24 (Recorded on 7/18/24)

Jim Rickards returns to the podcast to discuss the macro environment and political turmoil in the U.S., including the attempted assassination of former President Trump.

00:00 Introduction and Overview
05:46 The current political landscape and global events
16:49 Trump’s path to victory
22:27 Internal dynamics within the Democratic Party
26:26 Discussions of a virtual roll call for Biden’s nomination
31:03 Biden withdrawing and Harris becoming the nominee
35:11 The landmine of Congress certification in 2025
50:47 The path towards a recession
56:34 The stock market bubble and concentration risk
59:33 AI

Jim Rickards is a lawyer, investment banker and economist with over thirty years’ experience in capital markets. He is currently Chief Global Strategist at Meraglim. He advises the Department of Defense, the U.S. intelligence community, and major hedge funds on global finance, and served as a facilitator of the first ever financial war games conducted by the Pentagon. A frequent guest on financial news programs, Rickards is also the author of The New York Times bestselling novels Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis and The Death of Money. His latest book is Sold Out: How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy.

  civil war, trump assassination