#238 Larry McDonald: Why Trump Needs a Recession to Fix the Economy

New York Times’ bestselling author Larry McDonald, founder of The Bear Traps Report, returns to The Julia La Roche Show for episode 238 to discuss the markets and the economy. New York Times’ bestselling author Larry McDonald, founder of The Bear Traps Report, returns to The Julia La Roche Show for episode 238 to discuss the markets and the economy. McDonald explains why we're facing an engineered economic slowdown as the new administration tackles persistent inflation and massive debt issues. McDonald reveals how the top 10% now drives 60% of consumption, why hard assets like copper will outperform technology in our new stagflationary environment, and how "financial repression" may be the only viable strategy to manage our $37 trillion debt burden. Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by Monetary Metals. https://monetary-metals.com/julia Links: How To Listen When Markets Speak: https://www.amazon.com/Listen-When-Markets-Speak-Opportunities-ebook/dp/B0C4DFVFNR Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Convertbond Bear Traps Report: https://www.thebeartrapsreport.com/0:00 Introduction and welcome 1:25 Overview of fiscal stimulus and inflationary forces 3:50 Top 10% of consumers responsible for 60% of consumption 7:16 Treasury debt strategy and need to get rates down 9:16 Discussion of engineering recession to kill inflation 13:39 Market signals pointing to recession risk 15:42 Copper as a contrarian investment opportunity 19:50 Effects of job reshoring and war rebuilds on inflation 22:15 Hard assets outperforming in stagflationary environment 25:05 Issues with rapidly cutting government spending 26:38 New portfolio construction for inflationary regime 29:08 Bear Traps Report approach and financial repression strategy