WHO KNEW the crash was coming? Lots of people have been reverse engineering the causes of the financial crisis. It’s easy(er) to be smart when operating from hindsight. But when someone gets it right for the right reasons BEFORE the event occurs…well, that’s just impressive.
Peter Schiff is one of the few guys who called it way in advance. Not only that, but he put it in writing in his 2006 book Crash Proof (the updated version Crash Proof 2.0 is now on our recommended reading list).
Even more impressive is that Schiff appeared on a whole host of TV shows sounding the warning. But people literally LAUGHED at him, as you’ll see in the 10 minute video below. And there are many other videos of Peter aggressively debating all kinds of people – including next week’s guest on The Real Estate Guys™ Radio Show, Steve Forbes.
Featured on this week’s episode:
- Your host, Robert Helms
- Co-host, Russell Gray
- Fund manager, economist, author and outspoken commentator, Peter Schiff
Politics aside (Schiff is running for the Republican nomination for Senate in Connecticut – with the endorsement of Steve Forbes!), considering what Peter predicted and what actually happened, how can you not be at least curious? It was that curiosity that had us go to Las Vegas for Freedom Fest in July, where we were exposed to many economists who follow the Austrian school of thought. There isn’t any way in a blog post to explain all we learned, but a recommended homework assignment is to review the major tenets of the Austrian viewpoint versus Keynesian. We think you’ll find it very interesting, if not highly enlightening!
What we’re really interested in is being able to best anticipate macroeconomic influences that are likely to impact the value of our real estate, the strength of the jobs market, the growth of wages (which fuels growth in rents); and the cost and availability of loans. We don’t care if you’re Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, fans of rap or a drinker of light beer (okay, we find the last one a little offensive) -if you have something to say that proves true and makes sense, we’re interested. Peter Schiff is a guy that has proven true and seems to makes sense.
So for this entire show, we ask Peter to tell us to our face how he knew the crisis was coming and what’s going to happen next. Based on his track record, we think he’s a guy worth listening to. Check it out and let us know what YOU think!
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