Me and the Money Printer

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Postcards: Here’s What Happens When I Ask Hard Questions

Postcards: Here’s What Happens When I Ask Hard Questions

It was late in the conference, and I only had one chance to ask the question. It's funny that this question NEVER gets brought up by the mainstream financial media... as it makes too much sense.

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Garrett Baldwin
Sep 29, 2023
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Dear Fellow Expat:

For the last two hours, I’d sat with a friend at the Baha Mar cigar bar in the Bahamas.

We’d attended – as media - the FTX SALT Conference, a posh cryptocurrency event that would reinforce the pomp and false truths about Sam Bankman-Fried months before his implosion.

Across the patio, a headline speaker chatted with high-profile money managers. Everyone at nearby tables turned to her, pointing in joy but too nervous to approach.

But me?

I had to ask her a question.

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