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In this edition of Anarchast Jeff Berwick, in Acapulco, Mexico, talks with James Turk, the CEO of Goldmoney.com in London.     Topics include:    

• How James became an Anarchist
• Atlas Shrugged was instrumental in shaping his views
• Jeff mentions the inspiration for his project in Chile, “Galt’s Gulch“, is from Atlas Shrugged
• James spends most of his time in the UK because they have an attractive immigration policy of “non-domiciliation”
• Jeff mentions that he to avoids becoming a resident of any place that he is living
• James talks about his experience starting Goldmoney.com and his parents warning him not to quit his “secure”job with Chase Manhattan Bank
• He says you are not secure working for a big institution but rather working for yourself
• Jeff says that he had a similar experience working at a bank and starting stockhouse.com
• They talk about the major corporations taking over the economy of the US
• James talks about his book “The Collapse of the Dollar”
• We are living through a “currency bubble” where people are acting irrationally and James sees it popping in the next five years
• Politicians only have two options, to stop paying out entitlements or to hyper-inflate the currency
• The best outcome would be for us to return to real money backed by gold and/or silver
• It is also important to have private property respected in order for the free market to work correctly
• It is important to keep yourself internationally diversify yourself much like was mentioned by Harry Shultz in the book “PT”
• A good way to diversify yourself is by getting a second passport through http://tdvpassports.com/
• James thinks that Bitcoin is an interesting option but does not see it as a tangible asset
• Goldmoney now has the ability to hold physical metal in five different countries
• James sees Gold as being very undervalued and that the fair market price should be around $11,000
• He recommends a dollar cost averaging strategy of buying small amounts of metal on a regular basis
• Gold is money but should not be looked at as a wealth creating or cash-flowing asset
• James thinks that governments may try gold confiscation in the future
• He is skeptical that governments have all the gold that they claim to have