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Aug 2025
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Episode #227 -- Brent Johnson and Who's...

TOM LUONGO
About this episode
Brent Johnson of  "Dollar Milkshake" fame and CEO of Santiago Capital joins me for a talk about the past, present, and future of the so-called Rules Based Order and how that intersects with our worldviews on markets and potential investments.

Brent describes his education and training in the post-WWII institutional framework and his evolution into the realist approach he takes to these subjects today.

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