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Physical gold offshore as US debt hedge
The guest argued that in a potential dollar crisis or debt restructuring, the only way to protect against US government seizure of assets (as in 1933) is to hold physical gold offshore.
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The bull case for gold was framed as a hedge against the inevitable devaluation of the US dollar, which the guest argued is the only politically feasible way to manage the nation's massive on- and off-balance-sheet liabilities.
The guest argued that in a potential dollar crisis or debt restructuring, the only way to protect against US government seizure of assets (as in 1933) is to hold physical gold offshore.