Weekly Recap
'The Preparation' Book Is Out, What Young Men in Your Life Need Today, Doug and Matt on the Ideas Behind 'The Preparation,' Your Invite to a Live Talk with Tom Dyson, College Is Now a Wealth Destroyer
The Preparation
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We’ve been talking about it for ages and the day has finally arrived. The book that Doug Casey, my son Maxim, and I wrote is finally published and ready for release.
What The Young Men in Your Life Need
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Doug Casey had been asking me to write a book about becoming a renaissance man, for more than a decade. I had no interest, frankly, in writing a book of any kind for any reason. But Doug wouldn’t let…
Doug Casey: About Our New Book
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In today’s podcast, Doug and I laid out the philosophy behind our new book, The Preparation.
College Has Become a Wealth Destroyer
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Earlier this week, Doug Casey and Matt Smith's revolutionary vision for what young men should do instead of going to college finally came out in "The Preparation."
College kept me out of the Vietnam war, as of 1967 I was a free man. BA, MA, 1 yr toward Phd. I went into construction. I agree with your thesis. Big, long term fan of Doug.
Matt, I have a question for you and Doug. Many commentators are advising to leave the dollar based system, which appears ready to collapse. I understand that this means pulling cash deposits out of banks, selling US Treasuries and other dollar denominated debt instruments, and redeploying the cash to real assets, like gold. But what about dollar denominated investments in gold mining stocks, and other commodity based stocks held in a brokerage account with Schwab for example? I would think that those types of investments would do fine in a monetary/trade restructuring, such as suggested by Miran (provided The Great Taking doesnt’ occur). Your thoughts?