1538: The Coming Financial Crisis & Crisis by Design by John Truman Wolfe

7 Dec 2025 · 37 min
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7 Dec 2025 · 37 min

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Podcast episode (Aug 27, 2020) of Creating Wealth with Jason Hartman featuring John Truman Wolfe. They discuss systemic financial risks — especially the huge derivatives market (claims: ~$1.2 quadrillion global, major US banks holding ~$227 trillion, ~75% tied to interest-rate bets) — and policy responses such as bail-in rules (conversion of deposits to equity) and central bank digital currencies. Wolfe recommends keeping primary deposits at banks under the $50 billion asset threshold to avoid bail-in risk and promotes his Strategic Financial Intelligence newsletter.

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August 27, 2020

$1.2 quadrillion

$227 trillion

About 75%

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