E283 - What the Collapse of the Continental Currency Teaches About Gold and Inflation

In this episode of The Secret War on Cash, Dean Heskin and Chris Agelastos reflect on 250 years of American resilience and the financial lessons embedded in the nation’s founding. The conversation revisits the collapse of the Continental currency, the phrase “not worth a Continental,” and why the Founders later emphasized gold and silver as anchors of real value and safeguards against inflationary government overreach.
Dean and Chris connect those early lessons to the modern era, where runaway inflation, insurmountable debt, and the erosion of monetary discipline once again raise serious...