Saifedean Ammous is an Austrian economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard.
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EPISODE LINKS:
Saifedean's Twitter: twitter.com/saifedean
Saifedean's Website: saifedean.com
The Bitcoin Standard podcast: saifedean.com/podcast
Books & resources mentioned:
The Fiat Standard (book): amzn.to/3FmNfsy
The Bitcoin Standard (book): amzn.to/3LRrcwA
The Blocksize War (book): amzn.to/3LORQ9o
The Theory of Money and Credit (book): amzn.to/3ykreZT
Human Action (book): amzn.to/3w9LzP4
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:33 - Money
14:38 - Gold standard
27:49 - Collective hallucination
33:39 - Austrian vs Keynesian economics
1:06:00 - Free market
1:22:29 - Monarchy
1:28:03 - Fiat money
2:14:53 - SWIFT system
2:27:43 - Bitcoin
2:34:00 - Satoshi Nakamoto
2:41:44 - Criticisms of Bitcoin
2:56:56 - Football/soccer
3:00:38 - Criticisms of Bitcoin continued
3:10:57 - Bitcoin Maximalism
3:23:20 - Proof of stake
3:40:26 - Central bank digital currency
3:51:39 - Michael Malice
3:53:52 - Advice for young people
4:00:01 - Palestine
4:11:40 - Mortality
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