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Get the edge with Hidden Forces where media entrepreneur and financial analyst Demetri Kofinas gives you access to the people and ideas that matter, so you can build financial security and always stay ahead of the curve.
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Lead with heart. Think with Courage. Act with Purpose. The Conscious LeadHERS Podcast, hosted by the unstoppable Carmen Murray, is where bold ideas meet fearless leadership. From boardrooms to living rooms, this podcast redefines what it means to lead audaciously from the inside out. It’s raw, it’s real, and it’s rewriting the playbook on how self-mastery, critical thinking, and authentic leadership can spark movements — not just in organisations, but across society. In a world desperate for ...
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Self-Pay Stream was developed to address the state of transformation that healthcare is experiencing in terms of financial responsibility. The increase in patient financial responsibility is turning patients into healthcare consumers and changing the way they pursue medical care. This podcast will focus on the new challenges being faced by healthcare organizations in this self-pay environment; from maintaining patient loyalty to optimizing recovery, we will bring together industry experts an ...
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Detroit, 1980s. First time party planners Kenn and Ron are on a mission to throw the ultimate bachelor party for Ron’s brother, Randy—but their search for adult entertainment on the infamous 8 Mile Road spins out of control. From sketchy peep shows to bizarre novelty shops, the duo stumble through a neon-lit maze of mischief—complete with two furio…
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The “Boomer Blues” and a Return to Faith | Roger Mitchell
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3:08Episode 445 is the ninth installment in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with Roger Mitchell, an entrepreneur and writer whose essay “The Answer Was Here All the Time,” published in Grant Williams’s 2025 compendium, explores faith, meaning, and the search for moral grounding in a contemporary We…
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Step into the smoky twilight of the 1960s as Kenn, Craig, and Ron relive their childhood memories of Halloween mischief. From homemade costumes and pillowcase candy hauls to devilish pranks that may have crossed the line, this nostalgic episode explores the thrills and chills of All Hallows’ Eve in a bygone era. Was it innocent fun—or did the shado…
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China’s Quest to Engineer the Future | Dan Wang
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50:19In Episode 444 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Dan Wang, author of Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, about his pioneering new framework that compares the U.S. and China not along ideological lines or modes of governance, but by state capacity and the propensity to build. According to Dan Wang, China is an “engineering s…
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The End of Neoliberalism and the Coming Storm | Viktor Shvets
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54:34In Episode 443 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with former investment banker turned global strategist Viktor Shvets, whose books The Great Rupture and The Twilight Before the Storm provide an audaciously comprehensive and compelling framework for understanding the forces shaping our world. These include technology and finance, amplified by…
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Why America Needs a New China Strategy | Kurt Campbell & Rush Doshi
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53:58In Episode 442 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi. Kurt is the chairman and co-founder of The Asia Group and served as the United States Deputy Secretary of State in the Joe Biden administration and as the Indo-Pacific Coordinator from 2021 to 2024. Rush also served under the previous administration in his ca…
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Who Profits in a Post-American World? | Adam Posen
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57:15In Episode 441 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about the profound transformations underway in the global economy driven by America’s transition away from being the world’s primary insurance provider for international security to its exploiter-in-chief. In a r…
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Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity | Paul Kingsnorth
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53:35In Episode 440 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Paul Kingsnorth, a novelist, essayist, and former environmental activist who first came on many people’s radars during the Covid-19 pandemic with the publication of his viral three-part series “The Vaccine Moment.” His current work explores the intersection of technology, culture, and the…
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How the Internet Went From Counterculture to Technofeudalism | Douglas Rushkoff
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56:51In Episode 439 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Douglas Rushkoff, a pioneering media theorist, best-selling author, and leading voice on how digital technologies shape societies, economies, and cultures. Rushkoff and Kofinas spend the first hour of their conversation tracing the arc of Douglas’ career, from his upbringing in a communal…
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How Stablecoins Will Transform Banking | Charles Calomiris
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50:03In Episode 438 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Charles Calomiris, former Chief Economist at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, about his forthcoming paper “How Stablecoins Will Transform Banking,” which is based on a presentation he delivered at the Hoover Institution’s annual monetary policy conference this past May. Deme…
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Thematic Investing in an Age of Global Entropy | Marvin Barth
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50:43In Episode 437 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Marvin Barth, founder of Thematic Markets and former Chief Economist for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury, who previously served at the Federal Reserve and the Bank for International Settlements and has led global macro and FX strategy on both the sell side and the buy side. Mar…
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S03 #155 The Unwritten Rules of why Women Struggle to Reach the Top | Jingjin Liu
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58:21In this episode of the Conscious LeadHERS Podcast, Carmen Murray sits down with global women’s empowerment advocate Jingjin Liu to explore how power truly works for women. From negotiating at home to navigating the boardroom, they unpack ambition, the emotional tax on women of colour, the myth of 'kumbaya sisterhood', and why personal branding is n…
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S03 #154 Drive ROI by Unlocking your Organisation's Creative Leadership | Barry van Zyl
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55:50Amplify creativity and resonance, and witness the profit in uncertain times. In this episode, Carmen Murray sits down with Barry van Zyl — MBA Lead at Henley Business School Africa and former long-time drummer for Johnny Clegg — to explore how creativity can be measured, cultivated, and scaled inside organisations. Barry shares how his journey from…
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S03 #153 Status Update: Women in STEM - Africa | Rakeshnie Ramoutar-Prieschl and Nyari Samushonga
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1:18:22Leave HER out of Tech & Innovation and see a decline in economic welfare. In this powerful edition of Status Update, host Carmen Murray, founder of Conscious LeadHERS, dives into the urgent state of women in STEM across Africa. This is not just about diversity — it’s about innovation, infrastructure, and the future of the continent. Nyari Samushong…
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S03 #152 Status Update: The State of PR | Larry Khumalo-MacArthur, Bridget von Holdt, and Karena Crerar
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1:47:48Africa is the next growth market - let's talk about it. In this powerful episode, Carmen Murray hosts a dynamic briefing session with Larry Khumalo-MacArthur (MD, Weber Shandwick Africa), Bridget von Holdt (CEO, Inzalo Consulting), and Karena Crerar (CEO, Edelman Africa) to explore the evolving role of PR across the continent in an era marked by AI…
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S03 #151 Status Update: Gender Based Violence - Africa | Bianca de Beer, Leo Mqulwana, and Pretty Lehong
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57:11We are making progress, but we are not out of the woods. In this episode of The State of GBV, 1st for Women takes us through the sobering reality of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa. We are joined by partners from Action Break Silence, who share their insights into the ongoing efforts on the ground to combat this epidemic. This conversat…
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The Great Rebalancing: Why Debt, Demographics, and Politics Will Crush Forward Returns | Sony Kapoor
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58:06In Episode 436 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with economist, policy adviser, and investor Sony Kapoor about why developed world demographics, debt, and political sclerosis will crush forward returns for investors who fail to rebalance their portfolios for the new investment paradigm. Kapoor and Kofinas spend the first hour of their conve…
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America Under Occupation: Truth, Power, & Imperial Decline | Jonathan Kirshner
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1:48:47Episode 435 is the eighth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with leading realist scholar Jonathan Kirshner about how eroding cultural norms, weakened political guardrails, deepening polarization, and the collapse of shared narratives and belief structures are leading to a break-down in…
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God Mode: The Technological Battle for Global Domination | Bruno Maçães
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1:00:52In Episode 434 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Bruno Maçães, a geopolitical strategist and the former Minister of European Affairs for Portugal, whose latest book titled "World Builders" explores the intersection of technology and geopolitics. In the first hour, Bruno puts forward a radical new theory of geopolitics and technology tha…
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Failed State: Inside Britain’s Governance Crisis | Sam Freedman
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55:05In Episode 433 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Sam Freedman, a former senior policy advisor in the UK's Department for Education, political analyst, and the author of "Failed State," a timely exploration of the deep-rooted dysfunction within British governance and how to fix it. In their conversation, Sam Freedman examines the origins…
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Investing in a World of Permanent Stimulus | Vincent Deluard
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58:19In Episode 432 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Vincent Deluard, Director of Global Macro Strategy at StoneX Group, where he advises large institutional investors on asset allocation, economic forecasting, and quantitative modeling informed by historical patterns and structural economic analysis. Vincent Deluard and Demetri spend the f…
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The Final Phase of the Debt Supercycle | Edward Chancellor
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1:26:05Episode 431 is the seventh episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with Edward Chancellor, a financial historian, award-winning journalist, and the author of “Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation." Eddie, Grant, and Demetri discuss how excessively interventionist monet…
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Stablecoins are Fueling a New Era of Dollar Dominance | Vance Spencer & Michael Anderson
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46:11In Episode 430 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson. Mike and Vance are the founders of Framework Ventures, one of the largest venture capital firms in crypto and one of the earliest and biggest investors in Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Kofinas, Spencer, and Anderson spend the first hour surveying the cu…
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Why Japan’s Elections Could Blow Up Global Bond Markets | Weston Nakamura
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54:29In Episode 429 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Weston Nakamura, a Tokyo-based financial analyst and the creator of “Across the Spread,” a market analysis and information service that identifies key market developments from the Asia-Pacific trading session, exploring their impact on equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities across g…
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Capital Flight, Trade Policy, and the Fate of the Dollar | Joseph Wang
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49:28In Episode 428 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joseph Wang, Chief Investment Officer at Monetary Macro and the founder of Fed Guy, an educational media platform that provides financial market analysis to investors and policymakers informed by a deep understanding of monetary mechanics and public policy. Joseph and Demetri spend the fi…
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Investing in the Chaos: Macro Signals in a Bot-Filled World | Le Shrub
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50:13In Episode 427 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Le Shrub, the author of the Shrubstack Substack who in his previous life was part of a famous team known for putting on “The Big Short” during the 2008 Great Financial Crisis. This recording is the result of a phone call Demetri made to Le Shrub to catch up on markets and life after retur…
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Trump Doctrine: A New Era of Gunboat Diplomacy | Stephen Walt
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48:54In Episode 426 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Stephen Walt, Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, about American grand strategy, the Trump Doctrine of Coercive Primacy, and the implications of Washington’s new Gunboat Diplomacy in the Middle East. Stephen is a prominent membe…
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Tehran to Taipei: the Risks of Strategic Overreach | Dmitri Alperovitch
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50:41In Episode 425 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with geopolitical and intelligence analyst Dmitri Alperovitch about the new security dynamics and economic opportunities that arise from America’s and Israel’s attacks on Iran, the risks of strategic overreach, and whether U.S. actions do more to compel or deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. I…
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Israel-Iran War: Economic and Strategic Consequences | Kamran Bokhari
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1:03:02In Episode 424 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kamran Bokhari, Senior Director at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy, who has served in the U.S. State Department and as a Senior Consultant with the World Bank. Bokhari first appeared on the podcast shortly after the October 7th attacks to discuss the violence ignited by Hama…
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The Party Comes First: Power & Politics in Xi's China | Joseph Torigian
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53:01In Episode 423 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joseph Torigian, an expert on the politics of authoritarian regimes and the Chinese Communist Party, with a particular focus on elite power struggles, civil-military relations, and grand strategy. Torigian is also the author of a widely discussed new book titled “The Party’s Interests Com…
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Trump vs. Musk: One Big Beautiful Blowup | Lawrence Fossi
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1:43:01Episode 422 is the sixth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with Lawrence Fossi, about the recent fallout between President Donald Trump and his biggest political booster, Elon Musk. This is a critical and sober exploration of the political and budgetary challenges facing the country. I…
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The Case for a New U.S. Industrial Policy | Ian Fletcher
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1:10:57In Episode 421 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Ian Fletcher, one of America’s foremost experts on industrial policy, about the problems with free trade and how to revitalize the U.S. economy. Ian and Demetri spend the first hour of the episode laying the foundation for the argument Fletcher and his co-author, Marc Fasteau, present in …
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In The Future China Will Be Dominant & the US Irrelevant | Kyle Chan
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46:49In Episode 420 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kyle Chan—an expert on the Chinese economy and China’s industrial policy—about why he believes China is poised to dominate high-end technology and manufacturing, and why factories worldwide will reorganize their supply chains with China at the center, as the world’s preeminent technologic…
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S03 #150 Citizen Perspectives | Kalnisha Singh
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20:04A global shake-up, dollar disruptions, and what it means for us. How a WhatsApp voice note turned into a crash course on economics, consumerism, and sustainability. website · podcast studioBy Carmen Murray
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S03 #149 AI and Africa in Focus | Mushambi Mutuma
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57:31Unleashing the Power of Human Potential. In this episode, I sit down with tech thought leader and author Mushambi Mutuma to explore one of my deepest passions — AI and Human Potential. We unpack how we, as humans, must evolve, build intentional relationships with AI, and learn to dance with it as an army of critical thinkers. If you're breathing, t…
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S03 #148 Marketing and Creativity as a Force for Change | Khensi Nobanda
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59:46In this episode of The Conscious LeadHERS Podcast, I sit down with the inspiring Khensi Nobanda for a powerful heart-to-heart on creativity, leadership, and living out loud — unapologetically. She unpacks her non-negotiables, the true essence of allyship, and how marketing can be a force for good. For Khensi, sustainability isn’t a CSI initiative —…
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The Path Through Financial Repression | Charles Calomiris
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1:25:35Episode 419 is the fifth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with fmr. Chief Economist for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Dr. Charles Calomiris about America’s economic emergency and what our response to it should be once conditions push the country into a full-blown poli…
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Empire of AI: Inside OpenAI’s Race to Conquer the Future | Karen Hao
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1:07:23In Episode 418 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas sits down with award-winning journalist Karen Hao to discuss Empire of AI — her inside account of how OpenAI evolved from an idealistic, safety-first nonprofit into one of the world’s most valuable private companies in its race to conquer the future. This conversation takes you inside that transforma…
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Narrative Collapse & the Search for New Theories | Pippa Malmgren
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1:47:05Episode 417 is the fourth episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with some of the smartest and most plugged-in people they know to help them navigate the once-in-a-century economic, political, and geopolitical reordering that is currently underway. In this episode Kofinas and Williams speak…
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Dangerous Dependency: Apple & the Rise of China | Patrick McGee
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54:11In Episode 416 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Financial Times correspondent Patrick McGee about the integral role Apple played in helping to build China’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem—and the geopolitical interdependencies and national security risks now baked into that relationship. McGee’s book “Apple in China” tells two storie…
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S03 #147 Unmasking Generations | FROM BABY BOOMERS TO GEN BETA
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59:43Global Trends in Business, Culture, and Society. As generational shifts continue to shape the global landscape, understanding the unique characteristics and influences of each generation is key to navigating changes in business, culture, and social norms. While workplace dynamics with Gen Z currently dominate discussions, emerging insights suggest …
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Wealth Preservation During a Fourth Turning | Russell Napier
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1:28:37Episode 415 is the third episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with some of the smartest and most plugged-in people they know to help them navigate the once-in-a-century economic, political, and geopolitical reordering that is currently underway. In this episode Kofinas and Williams speak …
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How To Monetize Government Policy | Mark Spindel
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1:00:43In Episode 414 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Mark Spindel about monetizing government policies and how an improved understanding of their effect on markets can enhance the value and performance of your portfolio. Demetri and Mark spend the episode's first hour evaluating Trump’s first 100 days in office, assessing his policy objecti…
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Trump’s First 100 Days and What Comes After | Neil Howe
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1:42:08Episode 413 is the second episode in the Hundred Year Pivot podcast series. In it, Demetri Kofinas and Grant Williams speak with some of the smartest and most plugged-in people they know to help them navigate the once-in-a-century economic, political, and geopolitical reordering that is currently underway. In this episode Kofinas and Williams speak…
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Will the U.S. Dollar Survive the Breakdown of the International System? | Paul Blustein
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44:08In Episode 412 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with financial journalist and economic historian, Paul Blustein about the U.S. Dollar’s historical resiliency in the face of international shocks and crises, and whether Dollar hegemony can survive the breakdown of the international capital and trading system. In the first hour, Kofinas and Bl…
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The Economic Fallout from Trump’s China Tariffs | Shehzad Qazi
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42:14In Episode 411 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Shehzad Qazi of China Beige Book about the impact Trump’s China tariffs are having on the U.S. and Chinese economies and prospects for a grand bargain. Demetri and Shehzad discuss: The material impact that the trade war has had thus far on both economies The companies and sectors most lik…
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