Alex Krainer, Larry Johnson – Economic Turmoil; $dollar Collapse; Trump’s Plan; Central Banker Problems
by Counter Currents [9-19-2025] Larry C. Johnson(bio).
(RAD: This is an amazing discussion between Larry & Alex that is worth every minute to carefully study. They dig into what is behind the economic turmoil in the West that is not well understood by most, yet affects all of us. Alex points out the importance of the central bankers in London & New York and how they are the root of so many problems. After WW2 they made some deliberate decisions that have kept many countries poor. Some groups wanted to help uplift the living standards of many third-world countries, build nuclear power plants, and improve infrastructure, but they were shut down by these powerful central bankers & some of these people were even 'eliminated'.
On the other hand, China & Russia are helping others to improve their infrastructure and living standards. This is a win-win for both sides. Within China they have uplifted over 850 million people out of poverty in recent decades. Not only does this improve the lives of people, yet it allows them to buy more goods, which helps everyone. This is much more humane than the central bankers keeping large numbers of people in poverty.
The US debt can't be sustained. They discuss the banker's influence and how run-away inflation can take over. The $dollar is losing its reserve currency status. BRICS & SCO countries are moving away from the SWIFT $dollar trading system and trading in their own national currencies. There is a very real possibility that the value of the $dollar will drop to zero for a lot of reasons. During these tumultuous economic times, it is important to protect as much purchasing power as we can. I can't overemphasize how important this discussion really is. Not only does it help us understand what is happening, it also gives us some important ideas of how to survive. — RAD)
Alex Krainer (born in 1970) is co-founder of TrendCompass.net and founder of Krainer Analytics. He is a former hedge fund manager, commodities trader and author based in Monaco. Alex was born and raised in a socialist regime of former Yugoslavia, under one-party communist rule. As a 17-year old he joined a student exchange program and took up his university studies there, ultimately transferring to Switzerland on a scholarship where he completed a degree in Business and Economics. From Switzerland his path led him to Venezuela where he lived for a year and experienced his first banking crisis in 1994 when 9 of Venezuela’s 16 largest banks failed and brought the country’s economy to a grinding halt. The same year he returned to Croatia and joined the military where he served through 1995 during the last phases of Croatia’s war of independence. In 1996, upon discharge from the military, Alex took employment at an oil trading company in Monaco. In 1998 he became the head of risk and CEO in 2000. Alex had originated the firm’s research and development program in market analysis and application of neural networks and artificial intelligence in trading of financial and commodities markets. By 2007 Alex launched his own investment management business and was among the small minority of managers who generated positive investment returns (+27%) during the 2008 financial crisis. Over the following six years, his fund outperformed the Dow Jones Credit Suisse index of Blue Chip commodity futures trading funds. In 2011 Alex Joined Lee Robinson’s Altana Wealth to manage the firm’s inflation hedging strategy. In 2019 Alex created Altana Wealth’s systematic portfolio allocation strategy which is beginning to make its mark in bridging the gap between technology and finance. In more recent years, Alex also busied himself as an author. In 2015 he published his first book titled, “Mastering Uncertainty in Commodities Trading.”