#284 – Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics

Saifedean Ammous is an Austrian economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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The Blocksize War (book): https://amzn.to/3LORQ9o

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(07:53) - Money

(20:58) - Gold standard

(34:09) - Collective hallucination

(39:59) - Austrian vs Keynesian economics

(1:12:20) - Free market

(1:28:49) - Monarchy

(1:34:23) - Fiat money

(2:21:13) - SWIFT system

(2:34:03) - Bitcoin

(2:40:20) - Satoshi Nakamoto

(2:48:04) - Criticisms of Bitcoin

(3:03:16) - Football/soccer

(3:06:58) - Criticisms of Bitcoin continued

(3:17:17) - Bitcoin Maximalism

(3:29:40) - Proof of stake

(3:46:46) - Central bank digital currency

(3:57:59) - Michael Malice

(4:00:12) - Advice for young people

(4:06:21) - Palestine

(4:18:00) - Mortality