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Sovereign Finance
Connect the dots between personal finance, global finance trends, and deep human history. Tune in every week to demystify the money puzzle, and protect your interests in a turbulent world.
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Episodes
Sovereign FinanceEnd-of-Empire Brinkmanship
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. It’s been a few weeks since we’ve done a roundup of current affairs. A lot can…
Sovereign FinanceRe-thinking Energy - Additional Thoughts
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We talked about the role of energy in the economy. If you missed last week’s…
Sovereign FinanceThe Insanity of Importing Energy from Bloody Miles Away
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re returning to one of our core topics today: the role of energy in economic…
Sovereign FinanceFalse Flags Everywhere!
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Another month’s worth of developments seems to have happened within seven days…
Sovereign FinanceIs an economic dislocation now inevitable?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re taking another stab at current affairs today. We’ve done quite a few of…
Sovereign FinanceThings Mainstream Media “Forgot” to Tell You in September
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Editor’s note: the audio/video version contains two conversations held a day…
Sovereign FinanceBond Market Insanity and the End of Empire
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Editor’s note: the following conversation happened a few weeks back on Monday…
Sovereign FinanceUnravelling The Money Puzzle: How Rich Are You?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. On last week’s show, we were talking about how to get rich. (If that sounds like…
Sovereign FinanceUnravelling The Money Puzzle: How To Get Rich
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Our topic today is “How to get rich!” Where do we need to start with this one?…
Sovereign FinanceUnravelling The Money Puzzle: How is Wealth Lost?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Today’s topic is how wealth is lost. Both of us probably have plenty of…
Sovereign FinanceUnravelling The Money Puzzle: How is Wealth Created
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We are continuing our discussion this week about the topics for our forthcoming…
Sovereign FinanceUnravelling The Money Puzzle: What is Wealth?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Wealth is one of those terms we all think we know. When you dig into it, it’s…
Sovereign FinanceWhat is Money, and What's In It For You?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. As we said last time, over the next series of episodes, we’ll discuss chapters…
Sovereign FinanceSleep With One Eye Open!
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We thought we’d do a bit of a roundup of recent goings-on today. What do people…
Sovereign FinanceBook Review: Jeremy Lent's 'Ecocivilization'
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re going to chat today about a book you’ve been reading - Ecocivilization…
Sovereign FinanceUpdated Thoughts on AI
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Derek and I know each other through an American consultant called Perry…
Sovereign FinanceGoing to Tehran
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. You were telling me before we hit record that you’ve been reading a book called…
Sovereign FinanceSome Things The BBC et al Aren't Telling You
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Today is the first of May — the Celtic festival of Beltane. We’re at the halfway…
Sovereign FinanceTime to Stock Up?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. It’s been about 10 days since we last spoke on the show. We thought we’d do a…
Sovereign FinanceKeep Standing In The Light
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. It’s the 27th of March as we record. We’re going to discuss what’s going on and…
Sovereign FinanceRevolutions Always Seem Impossible Before They Happen...
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Today is the 20th of March — the spring equinox, halfway between the shortest…
Sovereign FinanceHow Many Tomahawk Missiles Would It Energetically Take To Run Your Car?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We were talking last week about the outbreak of war in Iran. There’s going to be…
Sovereign FinanceThoughts on War in Iran
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Today, as we record, is the 6th of March. The war in Iran that has long been…
Sovereign FinanceA Critique of Bitcoin
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. You were just about to launch into a long spiel about Bitcoin and some…
Sovereign FinanceThe (Quite Serious) Shortcomings of Economics
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. As we record it’s Monday, 23rd of February. I want to comment on what seems to…
Sovereign FinanceThe Great Global Transformation
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re talking about a book you’ve been reading today. What is it, and what do we…
Sovereign FinanceWhy We Do What We Do
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We were talking last time about marketing and sales for sovereign entrepreneurs…
Sovereign FinanceGlobalists vs Localists: Are Things Unravelling?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’ve had the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos recently and various other…
Sovereign FinanceMarketing & Sales for Sovereign Entrepreneurs
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re going to talk about marketing today, which is my wheelhouse and probably…
Sovereign Finance5 Current Affairs Events Worthy Of Your Attention
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We were originally going to cover entrepreneurship, sales and marketing in this…
Sovereign FinanceA 2026 Review of US Debt & The Future Prospects of the Dollar
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. I’ve come across some numbers regarding the United States’ current financial…
Sovereign FinanceIs the United States an Empire in Violent Decline?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Editor’s note: this episode contains two discussions covering current affairs…
Sovereign FinanceThe Essential Nature of Money
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re going to get back to a core topic today: the nature of money. At some…
Sovereign FinanceIs Productivity The High Altar of Humanity?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. The UK budget was announced on 26th November 2025, which we broadly regard as a…
Sovereign FinanceInterest Rates and Government Bonds - a Broken Relationship?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re going to talk about interest rates on bonds today. What’s going on that…
Sovereign FinanceThoughts on the "28-point plan" for Ukraine
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We thought we’d do a bit of a roundup of current affairs and goings-on today…
Sovereign FinanceA Looming Energy Crisis? (Part 2 - Possible Solutions)
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We were talking in the conversation last time about energy and how energy is…
Sovereign FinanceA Looming Energy Crisis? (Part 1)
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re going to talk about energy today. Where do we need to start with energy?…
Sovereign FinanceWealth, Power, and Fossil Fuels
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. Today, we’re going to talk about how wealth is seemingly represented by weaponry…
Sovereign FinanceHow Much Would Your Weekly Aldi Shop Cost You in Gold - or In Time?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’re talking about inflation today. I was talking with my wife Linzi the other…
Sovereign FinanceDigital ID and Other Geopolitical Escalations
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. So we thought we would pass comment on current events today. What’s going on…
Sovereign FinanceA Round-up of Increasingly Crazy Current Events!
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We thought we'd comment on the state of the world and some goings on today that…
Sovereign FinanceThe 2025 SCO Summit: What Do You Need To Know?
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We’ve got some thoughts to share on the SCO Summit, which before this call, I…
Sovereign FinanceWhat an IMF Bailout of the UK Would Really Mean for Regular People!
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We're talking about debt today. Last time out, we were talking about how debt…
Sovereign FinanceGood and Bad Debt: at Personal, Business, and National Level
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We're going to revisit a topic today that we've been talking about quite a bit…
Sovereign FinanceBig Numbers Revisited: Millions, Billions, and Trillions
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We're discussing big numbers today, a topic we've explored before in how…
Sovereign FinanceThe "Mighty Micro" and the Accelerating Pace of Change
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We're going to talk a little bit about a book called the Mighty Micro? This is a…
Sovereign FinanceEpstein, Trump, and Historical Parallels to 1914
A quick announcement: We’re holding a free live Sovereign Finance discussion on Sunday 20th July, at 7.30PM on Zoom. We’ll discuss global trends, things you…
Sovereign FinanceThe Lunar Cycle, Complex Systems, and the Decline of the American Empire
A quick announcement: We’re holding a free live Sovereign Finance discussion on Sunday 20th July, at 7.30PM on Zoom. We’ll discuss global trends, things you…
Sovereign FinanceComments on the BRICS Annual Summit
A quick announcement: We’re holding a free live Sovereign Finance discussion on Sunday 20th July, at 7.30PM on Zoom. We’ll discuss global trends, things you…
Sovereign FinanceWarfare and Finance
Rob’s comments below are in italics.Derek’s comments below are in normal font. We're talking about warfare today, which is definitely a relevant topic, given…
Sovereign FinanceIs It Time To Localise Wealth Creation?
Reminder: We’re holding a free live Sovereign Finance discussion on Sunday 22nd June, at 7.30PM on Zoom. We’ll discuss global trends, things you might do, and…
Sovereign FinanceHow Interest Rates Are Supposed To Work!
Reminder: We’re holding a free live Sovereign Finance discussion on Sunday 22nd June, at 7.30PM on Zoom. We’ll discuss global trends, things you might do, and…
Sovereign FinanceThe Impact of Warfare on Wealth
A quick announcement: We’re holding a free live Sovereign Finance discussion on Sunday 22nd June, at 7.30PM on Zoom. We’ll discuss global trends, things you…
Sovereign FinanceWho Is Really Pulling The Strings?
A quick announcement: We’re holding a free live Sovereign Finance discussion on Sunday 22nd June, at 7.30PM on Zoom. We’ll discuss global trends, things you…
Sovereign FinanceHow Finance Has Changed!
Rob’s comments are in italics.Derek’s comments are in normal font. We're going to reminisce about your past today and explore some of the lessons from working…
Sovereign FinanceGeopolitics and Inflation
Rob’s comments are in italics.Derek’s comments are in normal font. We're going to take a swipe at current events, current goings on, because as usual, things…
Sovereign FinanceThe Escalation of Chaos
Rob’s comments are in italics.Derek’s comments are in normal font. Things on every front appear to be getting more chaotic. Nearly everything I am going to run…
Sovereign FinanceTariffs!
Rob’s comments are in italics.Derek’s comments are in normal font. Thanks for reading Sovereign Finance! Subscribe for free to receive new posts. Well, it's…
Sovereign FinanceThe True Nature of an Enterprise
Rob’s comments are in italics.Derek’s comments are in normal font. Subscribe free to be notified of new episodes: We're going to continue today with our tour…