War, Inflation & the Collapse of Currency: How Hemingway Exposed the System Decades Ago Matthew Piepenberg
As the world once again finds itself navigating the fog of war alongside the distortions of a deeply imbalanced financial system, it is worth stepping back from the noise and focusing on the underlying realities.
History, as well as honest voices from outside the financial establishment, often offer greater clarity than the shifting narratives of policymakers. More than 80 years ago, Ernest Hemingway captured a timeless truth about the dangerous interplay between politics, inflation and war – one that remains strikingly relevant today.
In this short clip, Matthew Piepenburg, Partner at VON GREYERZ, revisits that perspective and connects it to the modern era of unchecked debt, currency debasement and recurring conflict. The result is a powerful reminder that what we are witnessing today is not new, but part of a long-standing pattern.
For investors seeking to understand the deeper forces shaping markets – and, in particular, the enduring role of physical gold – this perspective is worth considering.
Watch the full clip to understand why inflation, war and currency decline are more connected than most realise.
Matthew Piepenburg, Commercial Director at Matterhorn Asset Management and co-founder of SignalsMatter.com, has extensive experience in alternative investments, law, and finance, with particular expertise in managed futures, credit and equity investing. He also has years of experience researching, evaluating and investing in alternative investments: hedge funds, private equity vehicles, VC and real estate. Matthew Piepenburg's skills include asset allocation, portfolio management and macro economic analysis. He has written numerous white papers on the long-term distortions of central bank policies here and abroad. He has guest lectured at numerous family office forums, law firms and universities, including Georgetown, Brown, Harvard and Cal State. Matthew Piepenburg is also a published author and regular contributor to The Good Men Project and the author of the Amazon No1 New Release “Rigged to Fail,” which bluntly details the systemic and structural flaws behind central-bank distorted capital markets.
All of these combined monetary distortions are directly responsible for the staggering level of currency debasement ignored in plain sight by a majority of policy makers and investors, which is why Matthew is committed to informing of, as well as addressing solutions to, these systemic fault-lines in the global system. Toward this end, all rivers flow toward precious metals as currency insurance (hence Matterhorn role in Zurich) as well as sober yet actively managed portfolio construction (hence the SignalsMatter service).
