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Why Gold Can Fall When the Next Crisis Begins | Steve Keen

Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 5m

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Professor Steve Keen says the AI bubble has less than a year to run, with revenue from serious users running at roughly one fifth of what these companies are spending. Speaking with Jeremy Szafron, Keen argues the debt that matters is private debt, not the $40 trillion everyone is watching, and explains why companies that have serviced their loans comfortably for 15 years could start defaulting. Keen was voted first by readers of the Real-World Economics Review in 2010 for having warned earl...