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

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

Lex Fridman Podcast vor 4 Jahren

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: - GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX - Scale: https://scale.com/lex

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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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EPISODE LINKS:

Saifedean’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/saifedean

Saifedean’s Website: https://saifedean.com

The Bitcoin Standard podcast: https://saifedean.com/podcast

Books & resources mentioned:

The Fiat Standard (book): https://amzn.to/3FmNfsy

The Bitcoin Standard (book): https://amzn.to/3LRrcwA

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

The Theory of Money and Credit (book):
https://amzn.to/3ykreZT

Human Action (book): https://amzn.to/3w9LzP4

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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