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Roberto Rios aka Peruvian Bull, is a macro analyst and author of the highly acclaimed "Dollar Endgame" series. Reporting on Japan as the canary in the coal mine for the global economy.
› https://www.youtube.com/@peruvian_bull
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Japan's aging population and debt problem
02:25 Central bank interventions and their diminishing effects
03:31 The structural decline of Japan's economy
12:11 Japan's lack of innovation and entrepreneurial base
20:08 Japan's monetary experiments and their consequences
27:01 Zombie companies and economic stagnation
30:15 The role of debt and risk aversion in Japan
34:19 The flawed Keynesian economic paradigm
37:25 The impact of inflation and CPI manipulation
42:31 The potential of AI and technological disruption
50:30 US debt, trust in currencies, and systemic risks
01:00:26 Bitcoin as a global liquidity and inflation hedge
01:09:34 A post-fiat future and economic reorganization
ℹ️ EPISODE SUMMARY
Bram Kanstein and Roberto Rios discuss why Japan is the canary in the coal mine for a debt based fiat system. BOJ yen intervention, the yen carry trade, and zombie companies reveal how markets stop believing central banks. They connect Japan’s slow bleed to US Treasuries, global liquidity, and Bitcoin as a 24/7 liquidity sponge. They challenge GDP and CPI as “nominal theater,” then lay out why AI could be inflationary via layoffs and deficits. They end with yield curve control as a last tool, and a Bitcoin standard white pill.
