Podcasts History This Day in Esoteric Political History Silver Shenanigans (1980) w/ Bijan Stephen

Silver Shenanigans (1980) w/ Bijan Stephen

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 12:40 p.m.

It\u2019s January 18th. This day in 1980, a group of Texas oil billionaires were in the middle of a scheme to drive up the worldwide price of silver. This would culminate in a few months later on what came to be known as \u201cSilver Thursday,\u201d when their speculation collapsed and sent worldwide markets into chaos.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Bijan Stephen, host of the podcast \u201cEclipsed,\u201d which is currently running a four-part series on the Hunt brothers and Silver Thursday.

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