Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on first time guest, money manager and financial expert Ed Butowsky. Ed's full extensive and impressive bio can be found here: http://www.edbutowsky.com/. 

Ed has 25 years of experience working in the financial industry and he created the Chapwood Inflation Index http://www.chapwoodindex.com/ to better accurately measure inflation in the US compared to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI). 

During this 20+ minute interview, Jason asks Ed about the problems with the CPI and why it no longer measures inflation accurately. 

Ed talks about all the games with the inflation formula, substitution, hedonics, geometric weighting, and not counting the basic Core items we need to survive like food, etc in the index. 

Jason then asks Ed for the methodology how he calculates his Chapwood Inflation Index. 

Jason asks Ed if he views the real economy as stuck in a worsening stagflation? 

Ed thinks we have entered a new type of stagflation that will get much worse going forward. He says the real economy is bad. 

To wrap up the interview, Jason asks Ed about financial education among professional athletes and about why professional athletes go bankrupt despite their very high incomes?

Jason and Ed also discuss about beating inflation with your investments. 

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on first time guest, Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist of Smart Knowledge U https://www.smartknowledgeu.com/, JS Kim. JS lives in Singapore now.

During this 40+ minute interview, Jason asks JS Kim about unsound money and why in his 2010 book, The Golden Gift, he calls unsound money "the root of all economic discontent in the world."

Jason and JS talk about how the long the people in power have been able to kick the can down the road, if China will go onto a full gold standard, how much gold China really has and Asian gold demand. 

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on first time guest, technology analyst, investor and founder of Disruptive Tech Research http://www.disruptivetechresearch.com/, Louis Basenese. 

Louis' full bio can be found here: http://www.disruptivetechresearch.com...

During this 30+ minute interview, Jason asks Louis about the 3d printing industry and why despite the many cool news stories coming out about new uses for 3 printing how the 3d printing stocks continue to fall. 

Louis expects further consolidation in the industry along with M&A from larger tech giants like HP to look into buying 3d printing companies in the near future. 

Next, Jason and Louis discuss robotics and whether the world has entered the golden age of robotics. 

Jason and Louis talk about investing opportunities in robotics as well as what types of jobs the robotics industry could potentially replace quickly. 

After robotics, Jason asks Louis about cyber security. Louis says it's good news for cyber security companies with all the news stories of hacks and data breaches seemingly not stopping in the news. Louis thinks companies will have to keep increasing their budgets for cyber security protection and thinks there's a large bull market there will lots of good investments. 

Jason then asks Louis about virtual reality and the Oculus Rift VR headset that will be included in X Box One. 

Louis thinks VR headsets will be used for more than just next generation video games. 

Drones, Driver-less Cars, Bitcoin and the Block Chain technology are also discussed and Jason wraps up the interview by asking Louis what are some his his favorite most disruptive technologies for the next five years? 

Louis says we will be harnessing Nicola Tesla's technology to charge wirelessly from 10-30 feet away in as soon as 1-2 years. 

Jason Burack and Eric Dubin were back for another podcast of their new show covering markets, current events and political corruption. 

They have decided to name this new show, Welcome to Dystopia. Jason and Eric talk about Dystopia, what it means, its different scenarios, and how the title is mean to be funny and sarcastic. 

Jason and Eric discuss what they hope to do what the podcast, why the title makes sense and they have a new contest for creative and artistic listeners. 

Please create a new Welcome to Dystopia logo we can use for podcast backgrounds and possibly t shirts down the line. 

Maybe we can have the "Welcome to Dystopia" catch phrase become popular and used in everyday like like "Who is John Galt?" was used in the dystopian US in Atlas Shrugged. 

Jason and Eric answer a listener question about when the SHTF (shit will hit the fan) and what signs can we tell that something major is coming in the next 1-3 months?

Jason and Eric also discuss whether Greece will default or whether the banks holding Greece's debt or derivatives based on Greece will be bailed out instead?

Jason and Eric also discuss other topics including George Soros, Hillary Clinton and the Cyber Security breaches at the IRS and the federal government.

Wall St for Main St welcomed back Jeff Nielson, who is the editor of Bullion Bulls Canada. In this podcast, we discussed if the Federal Reserve have any ammo left if the economy crash again. Also, we talked about the gold/silver market and the ongoing manipulation by the central banks. Plus much more!

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on Jason Hamlin, editor of Gold Stock Bullhttp://goldstockbull.com/ to talk about precious metals, precious metal mining stocks and where else he sees good investments in the markets right now. 

Here's Jason Hamlin's full bio: Jason Hamlin is the founder of Gold Stock Bull. Mr. Hamlin has a background analyzing charts and trends for the world’s largest market research company, is versed in fundamental and technical analysis and has consulted to Fortune 500 companies around the globe. Jason is a cycles investor, student of Austrian economics and speaks regularly at investment conferences throughout North America. The Gold Stock Bull newsletter is focused on finding junior mining companies that are undervalued relative to their peers.

During this 20+ minute interview, Jason asks Jason about the long and painful correction in gold price and if he thinks the cyclical bear market is coming to an end based on his cycles research. 

Jason thinks gold has bottomed or is very close to bottoming and Jason discusses why he thinks gold stocks have bottomed. 

Jason asks Jason how long gold and silver miners can continue to produce at a loss when limited to no capital is available?

Jason Hamlin gives some gold stock picks along with some other interesting stock picks in other commodities sectors. 

Jason also discusses technology and why he likes cyber security stocks a lot long term. 

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on first time guest, editor of The Corbett Reporthttps://www.corbettreport.com/, James Corbett. James has lived in Japan for many years and James is also an editor/writer for The International Forecaster, which Bob Chapman used to write for many years before he passed away.

During this 40+ minute interview, Jason asks James about Japanese culture, Japan's economy, inflation in Japan (CPI is played with there too like everywhere else) and also what's really happening at the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. 

Jason and James discuss whether China really wants to 100% back its currency with gold and put the RMB on a gold standard or if China is merely content with accumulating more and more physical gold as insurance and savings to protect its other (paper) trade surplus investments.

James has great insights on Japanese culture and about China and Asia. 

To wrap up the interview, Jason asks James if he thinks China has a good relationship with the US government and Wall St bankers? 

Please subscribe with WS4MS at our web site at www.wallstformainst.com

Wall St for Main St welcomed back John Rubino! He is the editor of Dollarcollapse.com and co-authored The Money Bubble with James Turk. In this pdocast, we discussed the recent annoucement by G7 to include the Chinese Yuan in the SDR and implication it will have on the dollar and the gold market. Plus, we talked about the devaluation of the Yen and if it will bring deflation to the U.S. economy. Plus much more!

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on returning guest, Head of Research at Gold Moneyhttps://www.goldmoney.com/ Alasdair Macleod http://www.financeandeconomics.org/

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE AUDIO QUALITY AND PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OR SO OF THE INTERVIEW! WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH SKYPE CALLING ALASDAIR IN ENGLAND. 

During this 40+ minute interview, Jason asks Alasdair if he thinks China will announce a gold reserves update about its official public government gold holdings. 

Before Alasdair answers that question, he provides some background. Alasdair thinks the Chinese government/PBOC started accumulating massive tonnage of gold in the early to mid 1990s as it was getting ready to join the WTO. 

Alasdair does think China will update its official gold holdings soon but that China doesn't care very much if its currency gets into the SDR. 

Alasdair thinks China will eventually partially back its currency with gold (fractional gold standard?) and that China plans a separate SDR with other Asian economies. 

Jason and Alasdair also discuss where is the gold coming from, the financial struggles of gold miners, why deflation can't last for a long period of time and why it hasn't ever lasted in modern history for more than a few years and other interesting topics. 

They also discuss if the crack up boom has already started.

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on first time guest, Butcoin entrepreneur and investor, Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees http://moneyandstate.com/. 

Erik is currently CEO of ShapeShift.io and has ran or worked at other Bitcoin and block chain companies. Erik is also a Libertarian. 

During this 25+ minute conversation, Jason asks Eric how he became a Libertarian. 

Erik says he slowly noticed all the laws government was making about what people can and can't do and he became fed up. 

Jason then asks Erik how he found Bitcoin initially?

Erik found Bitcoin and learned all he can about the technology. Despite not being a computer programmer or coder, Erik was able to find jobs and management positions at Bitcoin companies because he excelled at marketing. 

Jason then asks Erik many questions about Bitcoin like what industries can the block chain technology disrupt, can governments kill Bitcoin, are regulators in the US already over-regulating Bitcoin and is he worried that Wall St and Silicon Valley are now both embracing Bitcoin?

Jason and Erik discuss the differences between Bitcoin and gold and whether they compete or compliment each other?

To wrap up the interview, Jason asks Erik about his entrepreneurial success and what skills he thinks entrepreneurs need to achieve success. 

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on returning guest Gordon T Long http://www.gordontlong.com/to talk about the emerging global cashless society and the war on cash and savings the economic and political elites have started. 

Jason and Gordon also discuss financial repression, asset bubbles, if financial repression can last 10 years or more going forward, China's QE and financial repression goals and whether global central banks are fighting a currency war or their actions are all coordinated in this 50+ minute discussion. 

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on returning guest, editor of The Hat Trick Letter found at Golden Jackass http://www.goldenjackass.com/, Jim Willie for another in depth interview. 

During this hour+ long interview, Jason asks Jim about major topics including: 

1) Why are the banks and politicians moving things towards a cashless society?
2) Why don't Keynesian economists consider asset prices going up a lot as evidence of inflation?
3) China QE coming and China Gold Reserves update- Will China announce a public update to its gold reserves in the next 12 months to join the SDR basket? Does China plan to take apart the IMF from the inside out by joining the SDR while it builds the AIIB?
4) Is there a global currency war or are governments & central banks coordinating things and taking turns with QE to devalue currency and prop up markets?
5)George Soros says WWIII is coming soon between the US and China. Do you agree with him?
6)Hillary Clinton scandals- Why do political elites like her get mostly a free pass from the mainstream media, justice department, etc?
7)New Technology- Is it causing massive amounts of damage to the global economy while also stripping us of all our privacy and civil liberties? 

For answers to these questions and other interesting topics please listen to the interview! 

Jason Burack and Eric Dubin are launching a new podcast they plan to do 1-2 times per week! Please help name the podcast and you could win 1 Silver Eagle for helping us out! 

This podcast will cover interesting news and market topics that we view as important that the mainstream media is either not covering at all, not covering accurately, or is misleading the public about. 

This week's episode Jason and Eric discuss:
1) Precious Metals Market Update

2) China QE/ China's RMB being added into the SDR/ China updating its official gold reserves

3) Greece Leaving the Euro

4) Analysis of the Oil Market

5) All the news items involving hacking and cyber security

Wall St for Main St welcome back Dr Mark Thornton! He is an Austrian Economist and a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. In this podcast, we followed up our discussion on the "Skyscraper Curse" from our previous podcast. We also talked about the 2008 financial crisis and if the economic would be different if the government and central banks did not intervene. Plus much more!

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed John Tamny who is the Political Economy editor at Forbes, editor of RealClearMarkets.com http://www.realclearmarkets.com/, plus a senior economic advisor to Toreador Research & Trading. 

John writes a weekly column for Forbes that is available here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/

John also has a new book out called, Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You about Economics, with outstanding reviews on Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1621...

During this 25+ minute interview, Jason asks John about conventional economics (Keynesian) and if it's overly complicated?

John thinks the current economics taught in most universities is far foo complicated and that real economics is much simpler. 

Jason and John talk about the Austrian School of Economics and how many people can easily read the introduction book to Austrian School Economics, Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt. 

Jason and John talk about Economics in One Lesson and John says how his goal with his new book, Popular Economics, was to make a more modern version of Economics in One Lesson, with modern stories. 

Jason and John discuss the Amtrak derailment and why does government even own trains in the first place? 

John says lower taxes on small business and less regulations will allow the private sector to create more jobs and allow the economy to fix itself. 

Jason and John also discuss the plight of Millennials, many of whom have 6 figures in student loan debt. 

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on former President of the Mises Institute, former banker and author Doug Frenchhttps://mises.org/profile/doug-french to discuss the Austrian School of Economics perspective/free market analysis on many recent current events including the Baltimore riots, the Amtrak derailment, Hillary Clinton scandals and many other interesting topics. 

Doug thinks big government, central banks and central planning are destroying society and the middle class in the US. 

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St welcomed back returning guest, former Wall St executive, whistle blower and author Nomi Prins http://www.nomiprins.com/

During this 40+ minute interview, Jason starts off by asking Nomi about her new book, All the Presidents' Bankers, and according to her research when did Wall St try to start buying off/controlling US presidents. 

Nomi talks about how she started her book in the late 19th century (1800s) and bankers like JP Morgan started cozying up up to bankers then and they ran in the same social and partying circles. 

Nomi talks about how money and political power enjoy each other's company. 

Jason and Nomi talk about the Creature from Jekyll Island and then about FDR and how FDR secretly met with lots of Wall St bankers according to Nomi's research for her book. 

Next, Jason and Nomi discuss corruption on Wall St and if it has increased since Nomi first began her career on Wall St in the 1980s. Nomi thinks corruption has increased massively because of the opaqueness of derivatives and financial products. 

Jason and Nomi discuss why corruption increased and Jason asks Nomi if the banks don't fear failure because of the Federal Reserve backstopping them.

Jason and Nomi discuss the role central banks like the Federal Reserve play in allowing bankers, hedge fund managers, etc to take enormous risk and not fear being fired, going to jail, etc. 

Next, Jason and Nomi discuss the global economy and why she thinks China is close to announcing a large QE program. Nomi thinks central bankers are coordinating their QE programs to help keep interest rates low and asset prices propped up. She thinks this can continue at least for awhile longer until interest rates go to zero in every major economy. 

Jason asks Nomi about why China, Russia and other G20 countries are creating the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, an alternative SWIFT system and doing enormous currency swaps and bilateral trade agreements. 

Nomi thinks many economic and political elites know the status quo is collapsing. 

To wrap up the interview, Jason and Nomi talk about the sickening amount of corruption in politics and if anything can be done to reduce the corruption. 

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on returning guest Craig Hemke aka Turd Ferguson of the TF Metals Report http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/ to talk about the gold market and China.

During this 20+ minute interview, Jason asks Craig if he thinks the Shanghai Gold Exchange will eventually replace the LBMA and COMEX for setting the global gold price. Craig thinks it's inevitable and a question of when and not if this happens.

Next, Jason asks Craig where he thinks all the gold the US exports is coming from?

Craig says the US and UK are both exporting way more gold than they mine per year.

Jason and Craig discuss the SDR, metals markets and the global financial system and what role China is going to play going forward.

Best selling author, Austrian School Economist and financial and political commentator Charles Goyette http://charlesgoyette.com/ returned for an interview about the Baltimore Riots, corrupt politicians like Hillary Clinton and potential conflict in the Ukraine.

Charles is the first person to get Ron Paul's endorsement for an official documentary about Ron Paul, his life and his views.  A recent Kick Starter campaign to raise money for the documentary is here if anyone wants to donate: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on returning guest, former top hedge fund manager and chairman of the Sprott group of companies http://www.sprott.com/, Eric Sprott.

During this 25+ minute interview Jason asks Eric about his expert opinion on many important topics including interest rates and financial repression, what's really going on in the US economy, Bitgold, production costs for gold and silver miners, and a review of the fundamentals of the gold and silver market.

Eric thinks anything can be manipulated now for awhile in markets and no major liquidations are allowed anymore.

Jason also asks Eric if he thinks China wants the SDR or if China plans to destroy the SDR from the inside?

Eric thinks China is only temporarily joining the SDR and eventually wants the world reserve currency itself.

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on returning guest, Dan Steffens of Energy Prospectus Group https://www.energyprospectus.com/

Dan has over 30 years of experience working in the oil & gas industry and has great contacts in the industry.

During this 30+ minute interview, Jason and Dan discuss the fundamentals of the oil market, how many acquisitions could take place in the oil market in the next 6-12 months and where Dan sees good value in the oil and natural gas markets including some stock picks!

Wall St for Main St interviewed personal finance guru,author, founder of FinishRich.com and Vice President of Edelman Financial, David Bach. In this podcast, David goes into depth about the reasons why couples fight about fight and how it fix it. We also discussed how couples can plan for retirement and the common mistakes they would make.

Be sure to check out David's web site at http://www.edelmanfinancial.com/ and www.finishrich.com

A nine-time New York Times best-selling author with eleven national bestsellers, David Bach has helped millions of people around the world take the actions necessary to live and finish rich. He is a regularly featured financial expert in the media and has contributed to and appeared on multiple shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and NBC’s Today Show. He has also been profiled for his expertise in major publications and has produced and hosted public television specials, including Smart Women Finish Rich and Start Late, Finish Rich, as well as was the former host of The FinishRich Minute and Finish Rich with David Bach.

Jason Burack of Wall st for Main St had on gold and silver mining and oil and energy expert, Steve St. Angelo of the SRSRocco Report http://srsroccoreport.com/ on for an in depth interview.

During this 50+ minute interview, Jason asks Steve about the costs to operate a modern primary gold and primary silver miner. Jason and Steve discuss how since ore grades have fallen so much over the decades how they have made it difficult for miners for have high margins.

Jason asks Steve how miners have survived in the past when gold and silver were below their all in production costs in the mid 90s. Steve cites one miner, Coeur D'Alene Mining, who sold hundreds of millions more shares diluting shareholders to survive.

Jason and Steve discuss whether miners can sell many more shares in this environment. Jason doesn't think that's likely considering what he hears from his contacts in Toronto and Vancouver where miners normally get financed how there's basically no debt or equity available anymore, except in small amounts at penalty/punitive rates.

Jason asks Steve about primary copper miners and what will happen to the gold and silver by-product when the hedges of copper miners come off line and copper miners go bankrupt or shut down mines.

Steve thinks this could cause a supply squeeze in the near future unless gold and silver prices rise.

Jason and Steve talk about the fundamentals of the market how demand for physical is rising, while the paper price is controlled and how miners are struggling mightily financially just to not go bankrupt soon.

To wrap up the interview, Jason and Steve discuss the oil and energy markets, peak oil and how the fracking boom is about to turn into a fracking bust because US shale oil companies are not making a profit without their hedges, they have too much debt and the energy returned on energy invested (EROEI) in shale oil is poor compared to other oil production.

Steve and Jason also talk about solar power and how it's probably not a panacea to replace oil and natural gas, at least not until the battery problem is solved. Most rare earths mining is done in China to produce solar panels, making them not as environmentally friendly as people think and silver industrial demand should grow the more solar panels are used.

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main st had on returning guest, Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspo.... Mish is a registered investment advisor representative for Sitka Pacific Capital Management and he has one of the top and most popular websites about the economy and investing online.

During this 40+ minute interview, Jason asks Mish about interest rates and financial repression and if he thinks the Federal Reserve is trapped and can they meaningfully raise interest rates?

Mish says the Fed would probably never admit they are trapped and is probably too stupid to know they are basically trapped.

Jason and Mish discuss financial repression in the US, Japan, etc.

Next, Jason asks Mish about his recent article about the pension plan crisis developing in the US.

Mish and Jason discuss if asset price inflation is intentionally being done to help generate higher returns for pension funds?

After this, Jason asks Mish about asset price inflation, bubbles and where Mish still sees value in markets. Mish likes gold, gold miners, Japanese stocks most.

Jason asks Mish about the oil market and they discuss job losses because of the US shale oil bust is happening now even though oil may have bottomed.

Jason and Mish then talk about inflation, currency wars, deflation and currency pegs.

Mish says Keynesian central bankers will do almost anything to fight deflation and that ultimately this will lead to a global currency crisis in the near future.

To end the interview, Jason asks Mish about the SDR and if CHina wants the World Reserve Currency?

Mish says China doesn't want the burden of the world reserve currency, at least not anytime soon.

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St had on Sprott http://www.sprott.com/ Executive VP of Corporate Development, Head of ETFs and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), John Ciampaglia.

During this 20+ minute interview, Jason asks John why ETFs have become popular versus mutual funds.

Jason asks John about the 2 new Sprott gold mining ETFs and their methodologies. Each ETF updates either quarterly or every 6 months.

Unlike many other ETFs, which are market cap weighted, Sprott's gold mining ETFs have a different qualitative methodology looking for better gold miners instead of just bigger gold miners.

Jason and John discuss whether mutual funds are dinosaurs since many mutual funds underperform their benchmark index due to management fees and other hidden fees.