Rick Rule Warns Inflation Could Ambush America Again

Recorded on May 12 2026Rick Rule joins Andy Millette to discuss inflation, the US dollar, gold, savings discipline, Battle Bank, small business survival, The Sovereign Individual, state migration, and natural resource investing. Rick argues that Americans were conditioned by 40 unusually benign economic years and are now underestimating the compounding effect of inflation, debt, unfunded promises, and currency volatility. He explains why he measures expenses and purchasing power in gold terms, why he believes saving only in US dollars ignores global alternatives, and why physical gold remains central to his personal savings framework. The interview also covers the Rule Symposium,…