>> Rickards <<
Rickards has given out some very useful info over the years, especially concerning the SDR/Special Drawing Rights of the IMF and the SDR's future role as the world's reserve currency. He's had close interaction with high level 'elites' in finance and the US intelligence community.
Fwiw, my working hypothesis on Rickards is that in addition to making money for himself, he works for them (the NWO elites) as a conduit for disseminating info that they want to get out to the public, with varying degrees of spin that they require.
Floating out info is a technique that acclimates the public to what's coming, and improves the public's acceptance of it later ('predictive programming'). I think of Rickards as a designated disseminator working loosely for the NWO, and in return he's allowed to make money off the process -
>>> "Predictive programming is a subtle form of psychological conditioning provided by the media to acquaint the public with planned societal changes to be implemented by our leaders." <<<