2025-06-08 The Hidden Cost of Nixon's 1971 Decision: How Abandoning Gold Destroyed Fair Trade

2025-06-08 The Hidden Cost of Nixon's 1971 Decision: How Abandoning Gold Destroyed Fair Trade

Author: Dennis Tubbergen June 7, 2025 Duration: 43:30
The Hidden Cost of Nixon's 1971 Decision: How Abandoning Gold Destroyed Fair Trade and Made America the World's Chump This week on RLA radio your host Dennis Tubbergen talks with Jeffrey Tucker, founder of the Brownstone Institute, where reveals how President Nixon's 1971 decision to close the gold window fundamentally broke global trade and turned America into a permanent disadvantage against countries like China. In this eye-opening discussion, Tucker explains how the shift to fiat currency created "unfair competition" that has gutted American manufacturing for over 50 years, leading to our worst-ever trade deficits. He also dives into Trump's controversial tariff strategy, the pharmaceutical industry's price-gouging of American consumers (paying 5-10x more than other countries for the same drugs), and the revolutionary changes happening in public health under the MAHA movement. From removing COVID shots from childhood vaccine schedules to eliminating chemical dyes from food, Tucker argues we're witnessing the first real government progress he's seen in his entire adult career. Jeffrey A. Tucker is the Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently publisher of Blindsight in 2020. He is also the editor of The Best of Mises. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. For more information about our guest, Mr. Jeffrey A. Tucker, please visit https://brownstone.org. For more information about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit https://retirementlifestyleadvocates.com.

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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2021-07-04 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Jeffrey Tucker [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:51
American distrust of media, the government, and public health experts has never been lower. The lockdowns from 2020 are going to have lasting effects. You can’t just take away people’s freedom and expect everything to be…
2021-06-27 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Michael Pento [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:45
“…even Bloomberg (News) now is saying that (Federal Reserve Chairman) Mr. Powell is making stuff up,” as stated by our guest this week on Retirement Lifestyle Advocates radio, Mr. Michael Pento. Your host, Dennis Tubberg…
2021-06-20 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Michael Oliver [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:48
Silver to reach $200 per ounce… and more. Dennis Tubbergen welcomes back to Retirement Lifestyle Advocates radio, Mr. Michael Oliver. According to Oliver, since mid-2018, gold has gone from $1160 to $2000 and has done so…
2021-06-13 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ John Williams [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:01
Hyperinflation and a collapse of the US dollar now appear to be on the horizon. The FED continues to create dollars at unprecedented levels, up 75% in the last 12 months alone and with no signs of stopping. Our guest thi…
2021-06-06 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Karl Denninger [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:39
Rent moratoriums are coming to an end. What will this mean for the real estate market and the economy in general? According to this week’s guest, Mr. Karl Denninger; “it's going to be catastrophic and I don't see how the…
2021-05-30 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Alasdair MacLeod [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:57
After the great financial crisis in 2008, the Bank of International Settlement was given the task of coming up with new regulations that would prevent bank risk escalating throughout the entire banking system. These new…
2021-05-23 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ John Rubino [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:04
“It's easy to get wrapped up into the gloom and doomy side of the story, but it's actually a great time to invest. You can make a lot of money if you buy the right things at the right time. I think precious metals are a…
2021-05-16 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Simon Popple [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:33
“I think one of the things that is particularly uncomfortable for investors is that commercial real estate, personally, I viewed it as pretty bomb proof to be honest, but because of the pandemic, we're not sure what the…
2021-05-09 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Dr. Robert McHugh [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:12
“The Federal Reserve has increased its balance sheet by $4 trillion in the last 18 months. It’s absolutely crazy. It's insane, it's irresponsible! It’s a formula for hyperinflation, not just inflation but hyperinflation.…
2021-05-02 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Harry Dent [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:48
“It’s insane to think that every time you have a slowdown in the economy or the stock market, you can just print, infinitely more money and expect it to go away. This is a dead economy revived only by endless money print…