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282: Are We Heading Towards World War III? – Ron Paul Feb 07, 2024

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I am thrilled to welcome back Dr. Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is a former U.S. Congressman, ran for President three times, and is an accomplished author and speaker. Dr. Paul always has valuable insights to share from his perspective, both as an Austrian economist and a former U.S. politician and with everything going on in the world, I wanted to invite him back to get his perspective on the trends going into 2024, including the march toward a possible World War 3.

TODAY’S CONVERSATION WITH DR. RON PAUL

Listen in to Dr. Paul’s perspective on why Austrian economics can predict trends but not specifics. This is an important distinction!
Does Dr. Paul believe we will see a new world reserve currency? Dr. Paul breaks down why the end of the dollar is inevitable but not necessarily imminent
Find out how Dr. Paul views the current escalations in tensions with China. Will this lead to a hot war in Asia?
Could there be a reinstatement of the draft in the United States? Dr. Paul and I discuss the possibility that many U.S. clients of mine have expressed concerns about.
Hear Dr. Paul’s opinion on where in the world would be a safe place to go if a World War III scenario were to play out.
You won’t want to miss Ron’s epic rant about why the real isolationists are the governments and politicians causing wars and interfering in the economy. Dr. Paul really got fired up here!
Finally, you’ll get Ron Paul’s predictions for 2024. How does he see the U.S. election playing out? What will unfold in regard to the march towards World War 3? And where does he find hope?

WHERE TO FIND DR. RON PAUL’S WORK

Website: https://ronpaulinstitute.org/ Podcast: http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/

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CONCLUSION

As longtime listeners know, I have been a longtime admirer of Dr. Ron Paul and his commitment to spreading the ideas of liberty. But what I also love about him is his ability to see beyond the theoretical and apply the ideas of Austrian economics and human action to the current real-world scenarios we see playing out. While we can’t predict the specifics, the trends are clear, and the doors to many countries will likely be closing, especially if a world war scenario plays out. This is why I always encourage everyone to act now when it comes to crafting your Plan B scenario. I hope you enjoyed hearing Dr. Paul’s perspective as much as I always do. I’ll see you next Wednesday!

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281: Plan-B Insights: Evaluating Hungary’s Residency Potential – Laszlo Kiss Jan 31, 2024

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I invited Laszlo back to the show to discuss the various new immigration programs that have recently come out of his home country of Hungary. Who better than a Hungarian to help break it all down? Today’s guest is Laszlo Kiss, who is making his return to the Expat Money Show after first appearing way back on episode 99. He has more than 30 years of experience in the offshore space since his first citizenship sale in 1997. Laszlo is a personal friend of mine and has been a mentor to me for a number of years.

TODAY'S CONVERSATION WITH LASZLO KISS

Listen to hear why, despite conducting his business in the expat world, Laszlo has decided to remain in his home country of Hungary.
Find out how the interesting influx into Hungary of students from both Iran and Israel are getting along together.
Hear why Hungary has had to become more strict in recent years when it comes to its immigration policies.
Learn the details of the different investment options available to pursue Hungarian residency.
Listen to Laszlo and I break down the important distinction between having a residency in Europe vs. citizenship in regards to which countries you can actually live in.
Hear the fascinating story about the Hungarian man who acquired five different citizenships - without even leaving his village!
What’s it like living next door to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine? Laszlo delivers his account from the ground.
Listen to Laszlo’s first-hand breakdown of everything you need to know about life in Hungary, from safety to health care to cost of living and, of course, the food (always important to me!)

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HOW TO FIND LASZLO KISS

Email: expat@discusholdings.com Website: https://www.discusholdings.com/

CONCLUSION

I have known Lazslo for many years, and I always have a blast talking to him. Hungary is a country many don’t often think about when it comes to an expat Plan B, but it certainly has a number of interesting advantages worth exploring. As always, I try to provide as complete a picture as possible when breaking down a country, and there is quite literally no better expert in the world when it comes to gaining residency and citizenship in Hungary than Laszlo Kiss. If you’re interested in pursuing Hungarian residency or citizenship, do not hesitate to contact him at expat@discussholdings.com. See you all next Wednesday!

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280: Bulletproof Your Future: Comprehensive Plan-B Strategies For Global Citizens Jan 24, 2024

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This is one of the most important webinars I have put together, so I wanted to make sure all of my listeners got a chance to check it out if you didn’t catch the live webinar. In today’s episode, I wanted to share a recent special webinar I hosted this past Thursday entitled “Bulletproof Your Future: Comprehensive Plan B Strategies For Global Citizens.” The presentation was focused on all the strategies you can employ to build a "Plan B” lifestyle overseas, and the feedback so far has been incredible! Plus, there’s a HUGE announcement awaiting for you in this one, one you are NOT going to want to miss. Enjoy!

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CONCLUSION

The entire reason I do this show is to share the strategies that actually work - the strategies that I actually employ in my own life - and to motivate others to seek shelter from what’s to come by diversifying offshore. This webinar is one of the most important I have done, and I hope it really helped drive home how you can take action now to get your Plan B in place before it’s too late. I'll see you all next Wednesday!

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279: Doug Casey's Crystal Ball: Predictions for 2024 Unveiled Jan 17, 2024

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This interview is with my friend and mentor, the great Doug Casey. In this conversation, Doug polishes his crystal ball and gives his thoughts on what we can expect to see in 2024 when it comes to the economy, geopolitics, and the prospect of World War Three. This is an absolute can’t-miss discussion!

TODAY'S CONVERSATION WITH DOUG CASEY

Listen in to hear why Doug believes the chance of a return to the “pre-Covid hysteria” normal is “close to zero.”
Learn why Doug believes we have already embarked on what he refers to as the “Greater Depression.”
Find out what Doug sees unfolding with the BRICS nations. Will they successfully create their own non-dollarized currency?
Learn why Doug believes that, ultimately, only a gold-backed currency can replace the dollar.
Hear Doug’s take on CBDCs and whether governments will attempt to use them in their own quest to replace the dollar.
Discover what other commodities Doug is bullish on going into 2024. You do NOT want to miss Doug’s expert insights here!
Listen to Doug’s bone-chilling thoughts on how new types of warfare - be they cyber or biowarfare - may become more commonplace than conventional warfare.
Doug and I discuss the concept of evil in the world and why we both no longer believe that most of our global issues unfold out of pure ignorance and stupidity.
Where is Doug Casey putting his own money? Find out what Doug is doing within his own portfolio heading into 2024.
Lastly, Doug shares his thoughts on what areas of the world he believes will be safest in the event of World War Three.

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CONCLUSION

It was a pure pleasure conducting this interview with Doug Casey, someone I have looked up to for a long time and, in recent years, have grown to know even better as a friend and mentor. Doug is as real as it gets and pulls no punches when it comes to his predictions. As we discussed in the episode, many of Doug’s predictions from our first conversation six years ago have, in fact, come true, and we would all be wise to listen to what he foresees in 2024 and beyond.

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278: What's It Like To Live In A Free Private City? - Alex Ugorji Jan 10, 2024

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Alex Ugorji is an entrepreneur and educator interested in prosperity zones, breakaway civilizations, and disruptive technologies. He started the Crypto Frontier, an intentional crypto community in Saipan, and co-founded a blockchain software company RaiPay. He is also the co-founder of Nakamoto Financial, a consulting and financial technology company. After realizing that his dreams of disruption could not be realized in the United States, he moved to Ciudad Morazán in Honduras to become one of the first-ever residents of this free private city, where he currently works as a consultant, community manager, and fellow Free Cities Ambassador.

TODAY'S CONVERSATION WITH ALEX UGORJI

Listen in to Alex’s backstory of how his interest in cryptocurrencies and the ‘frontier of money” led him to first to Saipan and now to Ciudad Morazán in Honduras.
Discover what it was like to live in the remote U.S. Pacific territory of Saipan and why Alex believes it to be the “freest place in America” and “America’s hidden gem.”
Find out how the U.S. government’s increasing interest in cryptocurrency saw the Crypto Frontier projects ultimately getting shelved in Saipan.
Learn about the unique law passed in Honduras that has allowed for three distinct “free private cities” to develop, including Ciudad Morazán, where Alex lives.
Hear why Alex chose to live in Ciudad Morazán, which is more catered towards locals, over Prospera, which more caters more to foreigners and expats.
Discover how Alex helped build a crypto ecosystem for payments which allows anyone who lives in Ciudad Morazán, aka “Bootstrap City,” to live entirely on crypto.
You’ll be floored when you hear how simple and easy it was to open a gym in Ciudad Morazán with so many needless rules and regulations stripped away.
Learn about the friendly competition between the two very differently structured ZEDEs of Prospera and Ciudad Morazán.
Get the latest updates on the issues the ZEDEs have had with the Marxist Honduran government and how it will affect these projects down the road.
Find out what it’s really like to live inside a private city on a day-to-day basis from someone who literally has boots on the ground.

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CONCLUSION

It was a blast talking to Alex after having dinner with him at the Liberty In Our Lifetime conference in Prague last year. Ciudad Morazán and the prospects of future cities like it present a huge potential opportunity for expats to begin a new life under a totally different model of private governance. This is a huge reason why I am a Free Cities ambassador along with Alex. I hope you enjoyed this conversation as much as I did. I’ll see you all next Wednesday!

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277: Mikkel Unleashed: A Raw Take on Today’s Tumultuous World Jan 03, 2024

Show notes

2023 saw me interviewing a ton of huge guests like Rick Rule and Peter Schiff, but what I don’t often highlight are my own little side rants, and I sure had a lot of them this year! So enjoy this look back at some of my best rants from 2023.

TODAY'S EPISODE ABOUT MY BEST RANTS OF THE PAST YEAR

Hear me lay out my thoughts about forgiveness, particularly when it comes to people’s shifting political beliefs.
Discover how I break down the concept of libertarianism to others and how I choose to focus on applying the concepts in my own life.
Learn some of my most important tips for keeping yourself and your family safe while travelling.
Listen in to get a glimpse into my perspective on the proper role of ethics & morality and how they influence my actions.
Tune in to my rant about the role of personal responsibility in the face of all the very real problems in the world. Professional doom-scrollers, this one is for you!
Hear me go off about the complicity of the mainstream media in the warmongering that has led us to a scenario on the brink of World War Three.
I drive home why it’s so important to act NOW in my rant about recent changes in some citizenship-by-investment programs.
Find out why it drives me nuts when people make excuses not to learn a foreign language.
Listen to a well-earned rant about the globalists and technocrats that have caused so much misery in the world. This one is an all-timer!
Lastly, you'll hear the end of one of the wildest travel experiences I’ve ever had as I dealt with Cuban immigration on what was supposed to be a simple layover to acquire some cigars. It was still worth it!

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CONCLUSION

Well, that does it for this little wrap-up of my best rants of 2023. I hope you all enjoyed the last two weeks of looking back on some of the highlights of the past year of the Expat Money Show. Expect many rants more rants from both myself and my guests in the year to come, and I’ll see you all back here for a brand-new interview next Wednesday.

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276: Mikkel’s Travel Chronicles – Unforgettable Adventures Dec 27, 2023

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This past year has been full of great opportunities to visit a bunch of new countries. Longtime listeners know how much I love travelling and exploring the world, so I thought we would give you a bit of a highlight reel of some of the places that I got to see and some of the insights that I learned from the past year of travels. As you all know, I don’t pull punches or mince words - so this episode features stories of all varieties - the good, the bad and yes, even the ugly. Enjoy!

TODAY'S EPISODE ABOUT MY TRAVEL CHRONICLES IN 2023

Find out how I first got the travel bug well over twenty years ago and haven’t stopped travelling since.
Learn an important lesson about travel safety and situational awareness from a recent trip to Turkey.
Hear some stories from my trip to Georgia, including my interesting conversation with a baseball-bat-wielding cabbie.
Listen in to my initial impressions of Armenia upon arriving in its capital city of Yerevan.
Discover the crazy roundabout way I had to get from Armenia to Azerbaijan due to the border between the two neighbouring rival countries being closed.
Find out how I had to navigate some of the wildest airline snafus I have ever experienced on my journey back from the “Liberty In Our Lifetime” conference in Prague.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at what my Expat Exploration & Investment Tours are like as I provide a glimpse into our recent Uruguay tour.
Hear about my very first trip to Paraguay and the great potential I see for investment opportunities in that country.

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CONCLUSION

This year has been one of the most active travel years I’ve had in recent memory, and certainly the most travel I’ve done since the ‘scamdemic.’ And I got to inch closer to my goal of visiting every country in the world with first-time visits to places like Armenia, Azerbaijan and Paraguay. I am just beginning to make plans for various exploratory trips and client tours for 2024, and you can rest assured you’ll hear about all of them right here on the Expat Money Show. See you all next Wednesday!

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275: Gold, Inflation and the Banking Crisis: The Outlook for 2024 – Peter Schiff Dec 20, 2023

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Peter Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc. This is a conversation that I was originally a part of this year’s Expat Money Summit, and I wanted to share it with you today to give you a taste of the sort of exclusive content I bring to the Summit every year. Peter Schiff is someone who I have followed for years, and I think he brought tremendous value to the Summit with this conversation. Enjoy!

TODAY'S CONVERSATION WITH PETER SCHIFF

Listen to Peter’s take on the most recent trends in the price of gold and how it’s affected by inflation and government deficit spending.
Hear Peter’s early 2024 election predictions and what it will mean for the U.S. and global economy.
Find out why Peter fears what I have been saying all along - that when the crisis hits, the government will make it very difficult for Americans to escape. This is why I always emphasize acting now!
Listen to Peter detail why failing prices, aka deflation, can lead to companies making more money, contrary to the popular opinion of many ‘mainstream’ economists.
If you think the headlines showing 20% inflation looks bad, wait until you hear Peter’s breakdown of what sort of inflation we’ve really experienced in the last few years.
Find out why Peter believes the banks are currently in worse shape than they were during the 2008 crisis.
Will the Federal Reserve continue to attempt to fight inflation or just let the banks fail? Hear Peter break down this no-win situation.
Hear Peter’s thoughts on why he didn’t get any mention in the film The Big Short for predicting the 2008 crisis. I had never heard him talk about this before!
Find out Peter's thoughts on some important topics like CBDCs, and a potential gold-backed BRICS currency.
Lastly, you won't want to miss Peter's predictions on what's to come in 2024 - and how you can best prepare.

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CONCLUSION

It was so great to finally speak to Peter Schiff and have him as a speaker at the Expat Money Summit. I have been following his work for years, and I’m so glad I was able to share this important discussion with everyone who attended the Summit and now with you all here today if you missed it then. Peter’s message echoes what I have been saying for years - the time to act to protect your wealth from the financial crisis that is unfolding is yesterday. Whether it’s getting your money into offshore investments or starting the process of acquiring a second passport, it’s essential to stop waiting around and take action. Those who do so will certainly be in a better position in the years ahead than those who sit around doom-scrolling all day. Until next time, I’ll see you all back here next Wednesday!

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274: From Zero To Fluency: How To Master A Foreign Language – Benny Lewis Dec 13, 2023

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Benny has been a nomadic polyglot for over 20 years. He speaks over ten languages, several at the fluency level. He runs the largest language blog in the world called Fluent In 3 Months, which receives more than 1 to 2 million unique visitors every month. He is the author of multiple books, has given a number of TED talks, and is a National Geographic Traveller of the World. In today’s conversation, Benny shares his insights from decades of language learning and world travelling experience.

TODAY'S CONVERSATION WITH BENNY LEWIS

Hear the inside story of how Benny found himself going from a degree in engineering to becoming a language expert.
Learn how Benny was able to learn Spanish by refusing to speak anything else for months!
Find out which of the most commonly promoted language learning methods don’t really work well at all.
Listen to Benny I dig deeper into some of the “dirty dozen” excuses people use for not learning a foreign language.
Hear why you “have to feel like an idiot” in order to truly become fluent in a new language.
Learn about the unique ways that Benny has turned “killing time” on social media and technology tools for learning multiple languages.
Find out why I believe there is a concerted effort to make access to the Russian language difficult for political reasons.
Hear about how Benny switches between two different “modes” when it comes to learning languages.
Uncover Benny’s top strategies expats can use to learn the language of a country they are preparing to move to.
Lastly, find out Benny’s favourite countries he’s travelled to - we have a few in common!

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CONCLUSION

I was so glad to have Benny Lewis on the show. Believe it or not, I’ve been wanting to get him on since I first started this podcast over five years ago! As you can see Benny’s approach to learning a new language is vastly different from that of many of the language apps and programs you’ll typically find out there. At the end of the day, there is simply nothing that can replace just getting in there and speaking the language, and the sooner you can start doing that regularly, the faster you’ll become a fluent communicator. Heck, if you start now, you could be well on your way to mastering a new language by next Wednesday's episode!

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273: Paraguay Tour Breakdown Dec 06, 2023

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Paraguay is a new country for me and is the latest stop on my quest to try to tick off all of the countries in Central and South America. I saw all of Central America over 20 years ago, but there are still some South American countries that are on my bucket list. Today, you’ll not only learn about my time in Paraguay and my overall perspective on the country but also get a sense of the kind of things I look for when I am touring a new country for the first time, always with my listeners and clients in mind.

TODAY'S EPISODE ABOUT PARAGUAY

Learn about my “hub and spoke” model for touring a country for the first time.
Hear about a little mishap with our room upon arriving in Villa Rica and how I turned that into an excuse to have an incredible meal.
Listen to me describe our tour of a timber plantation, which included seeing a Guinness World Record-holding marvel!
I describe my visit to an exclusive German-speaking community (you read that right) in the middle of Paraguay!
Hear another of my tales of travel mishaps - this one involving my attempts to pay a Paraguayan cabbie.
Learn how Paraguay has leveraged its hydroelectric power, not just to provide electricity for its own people but also by selling power to neighbouring Brazil. Brilliant!
I explain how the cheap electricity available in Paraguay has led to a boom in Bitcoin mining in the country - a unique potential area of investment to keep an eye on.
Listen to me break down several of the exciting real estate investment opportunities I got to check out there. While I can’t advise anyone to act just yet, there are definitely some projects to keep an eye on.

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CONCLUSION

That wraps up my recap of my first time in Paraguay. As you can see, when I visit a country like this, I am there as much more than simply a tourist. Rather, I see myself as the first boots on the ground for any of my listeners or clients who might have an interest in pursuing residency or investments in that particular country. I really enjoyed the country and saw a lot of potential investment opportunities there. Be sure to bookmark our website, ExpatMoney.com and sign up for our newsletter to get a ton of content about Paraguay in the coming months.

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