In Hindsight, Peter Schiff Had Incredible Foresight

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Andrew Price
Former Web Editor, GOOD.is

November 21, 2008 • 10:13 pm PST
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In retrospect, after a disaster, you'll always be able to find someone who saw it coming. And in the case of the financial crisis of 2008, that person is Peter Schiff, who predicted the exact mechanics of our present collapse years ago. This video compilation pulls together some of his more prescient interviews.

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By the way, if you have any money managed by Laffer Investments or Ben Stein you might want to rethink that.

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