Peter Earle—director of Economics and Economic Freedom at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)—joined the Econ Americas podcast to discuss gold’s role in today’s economy. Earle contends in his new book, Gold in Uncertain Times, that gold remains one of the most reliable hedges against inflation and economic shocks.
He notes that emerging assets like bitcoin may reduce certain regulatory or inflation-related risks, but gold has a different price trajectory and a record like nothing else. Earle warns that the US dollar is suffering from declining confidence and that inflation is hitting US households harder than official metrics suggest. Citing AIER’s Everyday Price Index, he says day-to-day prices are rising faster than the Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicates. That sustained inflation can be devastating: “Even a 10-percent, 20-percent inflation would ruin your life over time.”
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