He describes British anti-Napoleonic war finance as Ponzi-like because once a war began, investors and the state had to keep fighting or lose everything.
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He describes British anti-Napoleonic war finance as Ponzi-like because once a war began, investors and the state had to keep fighting or lose everything.
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"...you lose all your money, right? So it's almost like a Ponzi scheme. And so that's what led to the Napoleonic wars. And again,..."
"...create a demand for it. You basically have to create a Ponzi scheme. And so, Nixon did two things to resolve this issue and..."
"...to buy more US dollars okay in order to support the Ponzi scheme so this is a system that"
"...based purely on the US dollar, the petrodollar, which is a Ponzi scheme. If it did not invade Iran, then people would choose not..."
"...monetary system is fraudulent. So if it doesn't grow like a Ponzi scheme. It mathematically collapses, it's a mathematical certainty. So in order for..."
"...that this would basically bankrupt America because America is a financial Ponzi scheme. It's $39 trillion in debt. And if people stop buying US..."
"...real estate scams. These entrepreneurs, these billionaires, were basically creating financial Ponzi schemes. And so there was a commitment among Chinese regulators to crack..."
"...to buy U.S. Treasuries, it's not a problem. Okay? It's a Ponzi scheme. Okay. So let's look at this. Who are the biggest holders..."
"...heavily in debt. The American economy is too much of a Ponzi scheme. So there's this great fear that Europe and Asia would move..."
"...the entire world is dependent on North America for resources. The Ponzi scheme can keep on going. So again, Donald Trump is an idiot,..."
"...idea is that America is a house of cards. It's a Ponzi scheme. It's corrupt. It's unequal. It's lazy. It's in decline. So, it's..."
"...to purchase U.S. dollars because the U.S. dollars is this great Ponzi scheme. And if China switched to gold or tries to nationalize the..."
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