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1 week ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
International Man: Tensions between the US and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions are reaching a boiling point. How likely is it that this long-simmering standoff erupts into a full-scale war? Doug Casey: Iran has been an adversary of the US ever since the overthrow of the Shah in 1979 and the capture of the US Embassy. It’s unlikely to get better anytime soon, not least because the country is ruled by mullahs, Shia clergy. Iran is a theocracy. And that leads us to another problem. So is Israel.
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2 weeks ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
International Man: President Trump recently imposed sweeping tariffs on much of the world, dubbing it Liberation Day. Trump declared: “It will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America’s destiny was reclaimed, and the day we began to make America wealthy again.”What’s your take? Doug Casey: The left constantly calls Trump a liar. And frankly, things like this are why. It’s not that he lies more than a typical politician, or even lies intentionally.
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3 weeks ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
International Man: Under the previous administration, we saw an aggressive push against so-called “disinformation”—fact-checkers, censorship, and suppression of views outside the mainstream narrative. At the same time, there was a strong focus on social justice, gender ideology, and migrant protection. What’s your perspective on that era and its impact on free speech? Doug Casey: It’s no longer okay to have a difference of opinion in politics and academia.
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4 weeks ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
International Man: Why does the assassination of JFK still matter today? Doug Casey: Assassination has always been part and parcel of the political landscape since at least the days of the Egyptian pharaohs. Sometimes, assassinations can change the course of world history. Two outstanding examples are that of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, which precipitated Rome’s change from a republic to an empire, and that of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914, which ignited World War I. Assassins come in two main flavors.
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1 month ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
International Man: Since its inception in 2009, the US government has been largely hostile toward Bitcoin—but that changed dramatically with Trump’s victory in the 2024 election. For the first time, the leader of the world’s most powerful nation is openly pro-Bitcoin. What’s your take on this remarkable shift? Doug Casey: Maybe Trump was brought around to appreciating the merits of Bitcoin by his association with Silicon Valley tech guys and various Bitcoin bros.
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1 month ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
International Man: For decades, mainstream financial commentators have dismissed gold as a “barbarous relic.” Federal Reserve officials and policymakers routinely downplay its importance, insisting that fiat currency and central banking make gold obsolete. Yet, despite this public stance, the US government still holds one of the world’s largest gold reserves. So, what’s really going on here? If gold is truly irrelevant, why does the government still treat it as a strategic asset?
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1 month ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
International Man: After spending over $350 billion—half of which is reportedly unaccounted for—the US government is finally pulling the plug on supporting the Ukraine in its war with Russia. What do you make of this? Doug Casey: It was criminally insane for the US to involve itself in a border war between two countries on the other side of the world. Not many Americans know that “Ukraine,” which was previously always known as “the Ukraine,” means borderland.
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1 month ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
Everyone who devotes any attention to investing inevitably develops his own specialties, approaches, and methods. In other words a style. There are many paths up the mountain, and all intelligent methods have merit. But the degree of merit can vary tremendously with the times. A value investor, who attempts to find dollar bills selling for 50 cents, is going to have a tough time in a mildly inflationary environment when the stock market is booming.
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2 months ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
International Man: At $1.1 trillion, annualized interest on the US federal debt is now the second-largest budget item—and is on track to become the largest. Meanwhile, long-term interest rates are climbing, even as the Fed lowers short-term rates. Can the US government keep kicking the can down the road? Or will Trump have to reset the system? Doug Casey: Starting in the 1960s, a growing number of people noticed the size of the debt and annual deficits.
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2 months ago | 
internationalman.com | INTELLIGENCEFree Videos |CountryA Primer |Doug Casey |Nick Giambruno
International Man: Before the income tax, tariffs funded the US federal government. Was the country better off then? If tariffs were to replace the income tax today, would it be a net positive? Doug Casey: Most people have forgotten that the income tax was only imposed in 1913. Before then, the US government was funded almost entirely from tariffs and excise taxes. So, it’s possible to run the government solely on tariffs. But only if the size of the government is drastically cut.
