The Peter McCormack Show
#161 - Lyn Alden - Why Everything Feels Harder - Debt, Inflation & The System
Mar 31, 2026
· 1h 25m
<p>Why does everything feel more expensive even when the economy is supposedly "growing"? The truth is, the financial system isn't broken - it's functioning exactly as it was designed to</p> <p>In this episode, macroeconomist and author Lyn Alden joins the show to discuss the mechanical reality of the fiat ledger and the global debt trap. </p> <p>We explore how the system forces a silent extraction of wealth from the working class to subsidise sovereign debt, why we are re-entering a …