It's a self-sustaining con game.

这是一个自给自足的行骗游戏。

It's the biggest con game in the world.

这是世界上的一个大骗局。

My grandparents got burned in a con game.

我的祖父母曾上过骗子的当。

The Fed is a racket at heart, a con game writ large — what else can you call an organization with the exclusive privilege of printing money in the trillions and handing it over to friends?

美联储从本质上说就是一个骗局，一个显而易见的欺诈——对一个拥有肆意印钱达到万亿水平特权的、并把钱交给其狐朋狗友的独一无二机构，你还能称它什么？

It has nothing to do with the supply and demand for gold in the jewelry trade, or whatever - it's going to be a result of there being no viable alternatives when the paper-money con game is over.

它与珠宝行业及任何其他市场的供求情况毫无无关——这将是当纸币骗局结束时没有任何切实可行的替代选择的结果。