Summary:
In just the past week, Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as Prime Minister of the UK, Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been forced to resign, Italy’s Mario Draghi narrowly avoided an early election, French president Emmanuel Macron came under fire for his dealings with Uber as economic minister, and former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated. Gold, Goats, and Guns host Tom Luongo joins Tom to offer his analysis of these geopolitical shock waves and what it means for U.S. financial markets.
Guest Bio:
Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur dairy goat farmer, anarcho-libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economists. He now publishes the Gold Goats, and Guns newsletter and podcast and contributes to a variety of publications, including, but not limited to Seeking Alpha, Russia Insider Halsey News and Newsmax media.  
Links:
https://tomluongo.me/ (Gold, Goats, and Guns)
https://www.patreon.com/GoldGoatsNGuns (https://www.patreon.com/GoldGoatsNGuns)
Additional Reading/Listening:
https://tomluongo.me/2022/07/09/the-great-awakening-continues-ve-vil-not-eet-ze-bugz-klaus/ (The Great Awakening Continues – Ve Vil Not Eet Ze Bugz, Klaus)
https://tomluongo.me/2022/04/07/sofr-v-libor-missing-something-fed-policy-error/ (SOFR v. LIBOR: Have We Been Missing Something About the Fed’s Upcoming “Policy Error?”)
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RRPTTLD (Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Total Securities Sold by the Federal Reserve in the Temporary Open Market Operations)
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