{"id":16377,"date":"2021-08-26T13:57:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=16377"},"modified":"2021-09-09T21:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T01:25:18","slug":"bashing-nixon-and-the-war-on-cash-on-stansberry-research-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/26\/bashing-nixon-and-the-war-on-cash-on-stansberry-research-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Bashing Nixon and the War on Cash on Stansberry Research YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Here is the c<strong>orrected <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MjZo0KEU_NI\"><strong>Youtube link\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MjZo0KEU_NI<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MjZo0KEU_NI\">The War on Cash Is Here, Gold Will Be the Only Road to Freedom Says Renowned Columnist<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nStansberry Research [351K YouTube subscribers]<br \/>\nThe war on cash will have disastrous consequences with loss of privacy the greatest risk, says James Bovard, a best selling author and columnist for USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview with our <strong>Daniela Cambone<\/strong>, he outlines why gold will be one of the few assets to turn to, as the financial war heats up.<\/p>\n<p>[The interview also discussed my piece on how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aier.org\/article\/nixons-gold-treachery-made-me-a-cynic\/\">Nixon&#8217;s 1971 default<\/a> on gold helped make me a cynic]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The War on Cash Is Here, Gold Will Be the Only Road to Freedom Says Renowned Columnist\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjZo0KEU_NI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;What investments would you recommend at this time?&quot; asked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stansberry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Stansberry<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielaCambone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanielaCambone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Never take financial advice from a college dropout,&quot; I replied.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GTEh2IwfxG\">https:\/\/t.co\/GTEh2IwfxG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1430952207487221767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Now, you are a self-proclaimed libertarian&#8230;&quot; said  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stansberry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Stansberry<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielaCambone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanielaCambone<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> &quot;&#39;Self-proclaimed libertarian&#39;?!? 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