Arjun Khemani Podcast

#19 – Logan Chipkin: Understanding Economics


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This episode was recorded on Airchat. Learn more at getairchat.com.

Logan Chipkin is a writer. You can purchase his recently published fantasy novel, Windfall here.

Follow Logan on Twitter @ChipkinLogan and on Airchat @logan.

TIMESTAMPS

0:33 - A brief history of Austrian economics

9:15 - Is economics a science?

14:12 - How to think about the state

21:05 - The problem with welfare statism

30:05 - Constructor Theory and Austrian economics

33:12 - Economic creationism

41:20 - Consumerism: does capitalism rob us of meaning from our lives?

52:14 - Fiat, sound, hard, and easy monies

55:49 - The history of money: the fall of Rome

1:01:47 - Attributes of a sound money

1:05:59 - History of money: the Renaissance

1:12:06 - History of fiat money: the gold standard

1:15:17 - History of fiat money: World War I

1:18:48 - History of fiat money Post World War II

1:23:13 - Market feedback as criticism

1:32:56 - Bitcoin

1:52:51 - Constructor Theory

2:04:07 - Recommended reading and final remarks

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Twitter: twitter.com/arjunkhemani



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