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Podcast: ITM Trading Podcast
Episode: Cash Frozen, Power Cut: Spain’s Blackout Was the Warning Shot
Description: “Gold and dollars would have saved you definitely,” says IE Business School professor Daniel Lacalle, referring to the widespread power outage in Spain that also crippled communications and access to water recently. In today’s interview, he tells Daniela Cambone that in a crisis like that, electronic fiat money doesn’t work. “You go to a store and you have to use this gold ring and you get food. That's for sure.” He also points out that the blackout was caused by politically driven energy policies that overly rely on volatile renewable sources without sufficient backup from...