Whether he would be or not, it's funny to watch him go on these shows and be roundly ridiculed, even though he truly is one of the few people who predicted the economic mess.

And not only did he predict it, he can explain to you why it happened and why it's going to get worse. (Here's a clue: we don't treat heroin addicts with extra doses of heroin.)

He's not shy and he's probably the only person I know on the scene who can get applauded by the audiences of both Glenn Beck and Jon Stewart.

To find a video of Ben Bernanke being right. Schiff is at the center of a strange populist convergence - he's the only person I know who can make the audiences of both Glenn Beck and Jon Stewart erupt. Schiff is supremely self-confident, to be sure, but it's worth listening to his weekly podcast occasionally, particularly the call-in segment.

Here's a link to it in iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=292655537