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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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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