Peter left us with an ominous warning. 2022 will be worse than 2021 as inflation continues to mount.

The first question posed to Peter was have Americans' prospects for prosperity become less likely? Peter said he thinks they've diminished dramatically and will get even worse as the decade progresses. He pointed out that in the 50s, Americans had much more economic freedom. The government was much smaller. The US was a large industrial nation with big trade surpluses. We had a sounder economy and more savings.

We're the mirror image of that now. We're the world's biggest debtor nation — record trade deficits. We've got no savings. We have a complete bubble economy based on artificially low interest rates, excess consumption financed by debt and money printing. And we're about to pay the piper for that."

Peter said we're just now seeing the tip of an inflationary iceberg. And despite pulling back a little bit, the Federal Reserve is still pursuing a highly accommodative monetary policy.

He is throwing more gasoline on the inflationary fire that the Fed lit. So Americans, I think, are going to be dealing with a dramatically diminished standard of living as this decade unfolds. I think the dollar goes down a lot. The cost of living goes up dramatically."

Quelch sounded a more optimistic tone. He said Americans' propensity to innovate and competition with China will help drive the US economy forward. He said the US has always done a tremendous job of innovating itself out of difficulty.