Turning Hard Times Into Good Times

David Franklin will help us understand whether we might do well to question some of the mainstream promises of folks like Bernanke, Geithner, Obama and their Wall Street cronies. As Ian McAvity recently pointed out, “From one side of the valley to the other (Jun’10 vs. Jun’08), GDP added $103 billion but Federal State & Local Governments added $3.5 trillion in debt, equal to $23k per member of the civilian labor force, working or not, lifting their share of debt to $72k/person.” From the post Lehman Brothers collapse of 2008, the equity markets have roared back, causing a rising tide of optimism in the markets once again. The risk trade is back. It feels once again like you can’t lose money in stocks. But what about that debt Mr. McAvity is talking about? What will that mean for the economy and ultimately the equity markets? We will ask our guest for some ideas along those lines as well as where he and the folks at Sprott are telling their clients to put their money.