Fortune & Ruin

Financial autopsies of the empires, systems, and decisions that shaped the modern world.
The history books recorded the outcomes. We investigate the ledger.

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Most history books tell you what happened. We investigate why the ledger never balanced.
10 episodes. Every one an autopsy of empire, wealth, and ruin.
This is Fortune & Ruin. https://t.co/6SpkjKP70d

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@lisaabramowicz1 Crazy to think AI is crushing the beneficiaries of last technology boom

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@PeterSchiff For many decades technology was a deflationary force but that’s changing, seems like an uncharted territory

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@Karl_Schamotta Everyone wants to invest in the shining light

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@ekwufinance Market indicators are still flashing I’m not sure why

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@steve_hanke Curious What is the rest of 10%

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@DannyDayan5 True but a lot of people being worried about bulls is a good sign. True top comes when nobody is worried

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@PeterSchiff US govt has been printing like crazy since forever now, that doesn’t seem to make inflation sky rocket. Why is that?

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@steve_hanke 💯 massive bull mkt coming

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In 1720, Isaac Newton—fresh off publishing the law of universal gravitation—loses his entire £20,000 fortune on the South Sea Bubble, the market his new law seemed to predict would crash. 🧵

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Link to the full story: https://t.co/JsbQfgwCN5

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Every country on earth must hold US dollars just to buy oil. America built it that way on purpose, in a secret 1974 deal between Henry Kissinger and Saudi Arabia, right after the dollar lost all its backing in gold. This is how America turned paper into an empire

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The whole dollar empire rests on one promise: that oil is always bought in dollars. If that breaks, America loses the privilege that let it live beyond its means for 50 years. Full story on Fortune & Ruin, link in the replies. Does the dollar hold, or is its oil era over?