Bill Bonner: Empire of Debt

Tags: The Fed, Financial Markets, Global Economy, U.S. Economy

09/25/2015 Bill Bonner Jeff Deist

Bill Bonner, founder of Agora Financial, joins the show to discuss the hysteria preceding Janet Yellen’s announcement last week that the Fed would not raise interest rates. We also consider various ugly endgames for the US dollar, and whether federal debt will all come crashing down with a bang or a whimper.

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