FIAT Ponzi Creating “Government Doom Loop” with Lawrence Lepard

Interview recorded - 19th of June, 2023On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of speaking with Lawrence Lepard, Founder of Equity Management Associates and Sound Money Advocate. During our conversation we spoke about what sound money is, whether our current economy can adapt to sound money, Bretton Wood 3.0 or BRICS currency, which assets will benefit and more!0:00 - Introduction0:20 - What is sound money?6:20 - Can our current economy use sound money?10:10 - How long does the FIAT system have?17:35 - System will fight for as long as possible20:18 - Bretton Wood 3.0?22:55 - Could governments block the FIAT exits?26:20 - Assets to protect wealth during hyperinflation?27:42 - One message to take away from our conversation?30:25 - Blackrock ETF good or bad for Bitcoin?Larry founded Equity Management Associates, LLC (EMA) in 2006. EMA is an equity investment management firm that invests in growing private and public companies located around the world. Since 2008, EMA has focused on investing in companies which mine the monetary metals, gold and silver. Larry presently serves on the Board of Directors of two development-stage gold mining companies: Lavras Gold Corp. (Toronto/Brazil) and Rise Gold Corp. (California). He has been a frequent guest of many media outlets including Bloomberg Television for his expertise on the monetary metals market. Prior to founding EMA, he spent 13 years at Geocapital Partners (Geo) in Fort Lee, NJ. There, he was one of two Managing General Partners and was responsible for four venture capital funds, aggregating ~$500 million. At Geo, he invested and/or served on the boards of many successful deals including Autoweb, Jackson Hewitt, Netcom, and Realtor.com. Prior to Geo, Larry spent seven years at Summit Partners in Boston, MA and Newport Beach, CA, where he established Summit’s West Coast office. Larry was a General Partner in Summit I and Summit II and invested and/or served on the boards of Chips & Technologies and Software Spectrum, among other investments. Earlier in his career, Larry worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co.Lawrence Lepard - Website - https://www.ema2.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/LawrenceLepardWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas