New Delhi, April 6 -- Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, has once again stirred debate online after linking today's oil tensions, inflation fears and retirement insecurity to two pivotal developments from 1974. In a post on X, Kiyosaki argued that the financial architecture built more than five decades ago is now beginning to show its cracks - and ordinary savers may end up paying the price.

In his latest warning, Kiyosaki claimed that two major shifts in 1974 reshaped the global financial system: the rise of the US dollar as a petro-dollar and the passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA. He framed both as turning points whose long-term consequences are now colliding in 2026.

Kiyosaki wrote, "1974 was...