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Palisades Gold Radio · Saturday, September 5, 2026

Debt Bubble and Gold: A Historical Perspective

Don Ledt posits that the current economic situation is a "debt bubble" that has been growing since the early 2000s and is following historical patterns. He cites Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises, stating that governments must either pay back debt or face a bubble burst, and that ignoring debt leads to "voodoo economics."

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I've been into gold and silver miners for only one reason, which is the debt bubble. It's like, at a certain point the debt bubble has to pop.
Don Ledt
Von Mises basically said, if governments borrow more money to generate stimulus, that creates a bubble, and you either have to pay back that debt or the bubble will burst. And those are the only two outcomes.
Don Ledt
When you live on debt, when you live on money expansion, that's dangerous. And eventually, it bites you.
Don Ledt
Heard on Palisades Gold Radio — “Don Durrett: Gold Miners ‘The Most Asymmetric Upside’ & The Point of No Return for Gold, published Saturday, September 5, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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