About this episode
Dominic Frisby is a British author, comedian, and financial commentator known for blending economic insight with satirical wit. Follow Dominic's work: Website/Newsletter - https://www.theflyingfrisby.com/ Book - The Secret History of Gold - https://amzn.to/4fAk6MT Triggernometry is proudly independent. Thanks to the sponsors below for making that possible: - Protect your wealth with The Pure Gold Company. Get your free investor guide at https://pure-gold.co/trigger - Superpower: Test 100+ biomarkers. Detect early signs of 1,000+ conditions. Click https://superpower.com Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Shop Merch here - https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 - Introduction 08:48 - What Is The Gold Standard? 18:22 - Why Did We Leave The Gold Standard? 27:04 - Why Did The US Come Off The Gold Standard? 31:17 - What If America Doesn't Have The Gold It Says It Does? 34:30 - China Has More Gold Than It Is Declaring 44:41 - Why Did Gordon Brown Sell Our Gold Reserves? 46:50 - What Happens To The US And UK If The Dollar Stops Being The Reserve Currency? 48:46 - What Is The Real Rate Of Inflation? 57:04 - Nigel Farage and Reform Won't Do Anything Different To Labour And The Conservatives 01:04:15 - Life Is Becoming Unaffordable For The Ordinary Person 01:06:55 - What's The One Thing We're Not Talking About That We Really Should Be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices