The Fiat Standard Lecture 17: Bitcoin Cost-Benefit Analysis explores bitcoin as an electricity-based savings tool, how the value stored exceeds security costs, and why declining supply growth increases monetary efficiency compared to fiat debasement.

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The Fiat Standard Lecture 16: Bitcoin and Energy Markets discusses proof of work as a technological alternative to fiat’s political conflict, how miners seek zero-opportunity-cost energy globally, and why difficulty adjustment turns demand into network security.

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The Fiat Standard Lecture 7: Fiat Life discusses how fiat raises time preference, breaks the bond between effort & reward, inventivizes debt, erodes culture, & undermines families. Bitcoin, as hard money, restores savings, long-term vision, and civilization.

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Independent journalist and researcher Jeremy Hammond joins to discuss the history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and what it means for today's events.

References: 

• PalestineRemembered - https://www.palestineremembered.com/index.html 
• Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of The Mass Media By Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media/dp/0375714499 
• What Was the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and Why Is It Significant? -
  https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2017/11/02/what-was-the-balfour-declaration-of-1917-and-why-is-it-significant/
• The Myth of the U.N. Creation of Israel -
  https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2010/10/26/the-myth-of-the-u-n-creation-of-israel/
• The Rise of Hamas in Gaza -
  https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2010/01/20/the-rise-of-hamas-in-gaza/
• Jeremy Hammond's website - https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/ 
• Jeremy Hammond's books - https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/#books 
• Jeremy Hammond's Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/JeremyRHammond.page
• Jeremy Hammond's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyrhammond
• Jeremy Hammond's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyrhammond/

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We discussed the idea of scarcity, the only real restriction to production being human time, the reason why human action is so important and the ridiculousness of simplifying human beings so they are assumed to act the same. We also talked about the reason why energy is such an important part of economic life and how unemployment is really a fiat phenomenon.

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Crowdhealth CEO Andy Schoonover joins us to discuss Crowdhealth's continued growth and progress in disrupting fiat healthcare, including why they're introducing lightning payments!

References: 

• "The Yield From Money Held" Reconsidered - Hans Hermann Hoppe https://mises.org/library/yield-money-held-reconsidered 
• CrowdHealth website - https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ 

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Aleks Svetski joins the podcast to discuss Spirit of Satoshi, the new Bitcoin AI model.

References: 

• The Bitcoin Times -  https://bitcointimes.io/ 
• Uncommunist Manifesto, Aleks Svetski and Mark Moss - https://www.uncommunist.com/optin1642549665295 
• Spirit of Satoshi AI - https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/ 
• Aleks's Twitter - https://twitter.com/SvetskiWrites 

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Join Luke Gromen and Saifedean in a conversation unpacking the theory of dedollarization. They delve into the implications of negative real rates, the gold market, the impact of oil on the global economy, and potential future actions by the Federal Reserve.

References: 

• Luke's Twitter - https://twitter.com/LukeGromen 
• Luke's website, The Forest for The Trees - https://fftt-llc.com/ 

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Lyn Alden joins us to discuss her new best-selling book, Broken Money, available now in cloth hardcover from TheSaifHouse.com!

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This week's podcast is the full lecture 3 of the Principles of Economics online course, and its topic is Time! Find out why time is the ultimate resource and why all scarcity stems from the scarcity of time! Sign up to saifedean.com to study this online course, with a new lecture every 2 weeks and live discussion seminars!

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Bitcoiner, programmer, and Islamic scholar Muaawiyah Tucker joins to discuss his journey into Islam and bitcoin, why bitcoin is compatible with Islamic law, and why fiat is not.

References: 

• Muaawiyah's website to teach bitcoin - cryptohashreview.com
• Muaawiyah's newer website for charitable activity and bitcoin circular economy - MetaMadeenah.com 
• Muaawiyah's Qur'aan teaching platform - KeenOnDeen.com 
• Muaawiyah's Twitter - https://twitter.com/c_hashreview
• Muaawiyah's Nostr - npub1h34n29f3wqvcht0jyhnd36jxcdmljyqjv4vdjfrd69nhxhrdvvnsgwr4h0 

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Austrian school economist Per Bylund joins to discuss learning Austrian economics, and his free brief primer book: How To Think About The Economy.

References:

• Per Bylund's Mises Profile: https://mises.org/profile/bylund 
• How to Think about the Economy: A Primer - Per Bylund - https://mises.org/library/how-think-about-economy-primer 
• Per's website: perbylund.com
• How to Think about the Economy: A Primer on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-about-Economy-Primer-ebook/dp/B0BB8N2L78/ref=sr_1_1

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Investigative journalist Matthew Lysiak has written a fascinating inquiry into how the world's diet has changed over the past century, and the characters and institutions that have brought about this change. The book is being published today by Saifedean's publishing house, The Saif House, and it contains an introduction and two chapters by Saifedean. He joins the podcast to discuss the amazing stories he learned while looking into the crime of the century!

Fiat Food is available in cloth hardcover from TheSaifHouse.com as well as Amazon.com via link: https://a.co/d/6AAVqk1

References: 

• America's Great Depression, Murray Rothbard - http://mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf 
• John Yudkin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yudkin 
• Matthew Lysiak's books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Matthew-Lysiak/author/B00FF0S5DE?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
• Matthew's twitter - https://twitter.com/Matthewlysiak 
• Saifedean's thread on climate science - https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1500851593570394115

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Fiat's superior salability across space enabled global adoption, financed governments, & entrenched fractional-reserve banks, at the cost of losing value across time.

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Human Action is the first lecture of Saifedean's new online course, based on his latest book, Principles of Economics. In this lecture, Saifedean explains the Austrian approach to economics, how it differs from mainstream economic approaches, and why the concept of human action is so important to understanding economics. The course will have 18 lectures, with a new lecture every two weeks, running until June. Sign up now on saifedean.com, and get all the lectures and join the live discussion seminars!

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Michael Saylor has read Murray Rothbard's magnificent history of the USA: Conceived in Liberty, and he is joined by Patrick Newman, Mises Institute Fellow and editor of the fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, to discuss American colonial history, the American revolution, and economic freedom!

References:

• Conceived in Liberty, Murray Rothbard - https://mises.org/library/conceived-liberty-2
• Murray Rothbard's books - https://mises.org/profile/murray-n-rothbard 
• The State in Third Millenium, Prince Hans Adam  - https://www.amazon.com/State-Third-Millennium-Prince-Hans-Adam/dp/3905881047 
• Conquests and Cultures, Thomas Sowell - https://www.amazon.com/Conquests-Cultures-International-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0465014003 
• Essays on Colonies, Adam Smith - https://www.amazon.com/Essay-Colonies-Adam-Smith/dp/0898757843
• Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607–1849, Patrick Newman - https://mises.org/library/cronyism-liberty-versus-power-early-america-1607-1849
• Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark - https://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/papers/FTA2006-1.pdf 
• The Transatlantic Persuasion: Liberal-Democratic Mind in the Age of Gladstone, Robert Kelley - https://www.amazon.com/Transatlantic-Persuasion-Liberal-Democratic-Mind-Gladstone/dp/0887386350 

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Michael Saylor has read Murray Rothbard's magnificent history of the USA: Conceived in Liberty, and he is joined by Patrick Newman, Mises Institute Fellow and editor of the fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, to discuss American colonial history, the American revolution, and economic freedom!

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Bitcoin coder Jimmy Song joins us to discuss his wonderful new book: Fiat Ruins Everything.

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Just how dangerous and how expensive is nuclear power? Is the fear of nuclear justified? Why is nuclear making a big comeback, and can it be used for bitcoin mining? Ryan MacLeod is a bitcoiner who works in the nuclear industry and has very interesting thoughts on these questions and more.

Resources: 

• The NEA Small Modular Reactor Dashboard - https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_78743/the-nea-small-modular-reactor-dashboard?details=true 
• The NEA Small Modular Reactor Dashboard Volume II - https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_78743/the-nea-small-modular-reactor-dashboard?details=true 
• Ramsar, Iran: the most radioactive city on the planet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar,_Iran#:~:text=Meteorological%20Organization%20(records)-,Radioactivity,building%20materials%20originating%20from%20them 

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Natalie Brunell interviews Saifedean to discuss his new book Principles of Economics, where he makes the case for capitalism and discusses why the money supply does not need to be increased.

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A compilation of some of the discussions taking place in saifedean.com seminars on the topic of Bitcoin and Islamic finance, why Bitcoin is an Islamic form of money, why fiat money is not, and why bitcoin finance might resemble Islamic finance. The discussion features learners from saifedean.com as well as guests Harris Irfan, Safdar Alam, and Tarek El-Diwany.

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Saifedean explores the role of capitalism in sustaining civilization, based on the discussion in his new book, Principles of Economics.

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We are joined by veteran international investor and Anarcho-Capitalist Doug Casey to discuss his decades of experience in practically seeking economic freedom. We discuss Doug's thoughts on where to live to maximize your freedom, why he likes Argentina, of all places, and El Salvador and the Arab Gulf. We also discuss gold and silver and whether they still have a monetary role to play, and how the IMF continues to pillage the world.

References: 

• http://ikesharpless.pbworks.com/f/AynRand-TheVirtueofSelfishness.pdf - The Virtue of Selfishness - Ayn Rand 
• https://saifedean.com/podcast/46-debate-are-precious-metals-being-demonetized - Debate: Are Precious Metals Being Demonetized? 
• https://www.amazon.com/How-you-Profit-coming-devaluation/dp/087000073X - You can profit from the current devaluation - Harry Brown 
• Doug Casey's Website: https://internationalman.com/ 
• Doug Casey's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DougCaseysTake 
• https://www.amazon.com/Speculator-High-Ground-Doug-Casey/dp/0985933259 - Speculator (High Ground) - Doug Casey & John Hunt
• https://www.amazon.com/Drug-Lord-Doug-Casey/dp/194744901X - Drug Lord (High Ground) - Doug Casey & John Hunt 
• https://www.amazon.com/Assassin-Book-High-Ground-Novels/dp/1947449095 - Assassin (High Ground) - Doug Casey & John Hunt 

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Veteran bond analyst Greg Foss joins us to discuss the recent meltdown of the bond market, what caused it, and what it means for the future of bonds. 2022 saw the biggest drop in sovereign bond markets since the Napoleonic wars, and 2023 so far has not looked good. Can bonds continue as the traditional safe haven asset in investor portfolios with this kind of performance? Will bond holders begin to take bitcoin seriously as an alternative?

References: 

• http://nakamotoportfolio.com - Nakamoto Portfolio 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9johJ8eyucQ - It's Math - Greg Foss & Pleb Music 
• https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/why-bitcoin-is-the-perfect-option - Bitcoin is The Perfect Option and Central Banks Will Have to Buy In 

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The Fiat Standard Lecture 5: Fiat Balances shows how fiat’s unquantifiable, irreconcilable, tentative, revocable, and negative balances kill saving, reward debt, and lock in servitude, unlike Bitcoin’s precise, irrevocable private-key control.

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Long-time bitcoin market analyst Tuur Demeester joins us for a discussion of his 11 years analyzing the bitcoin market, its cycles, the macro climate, and altcoins. He also explains why he views bitcoin as a modern reformation.

References: 

• https://unchained.com/how-to-position-bitcoin-boom  - How to Position For The Bitcoin Boom (2023)
• https://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/Rally2015.pdf - How to Position For The Rally in Bitcoin (2015)
• http://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/BitcoinEyes2012.pdf - Bitcoin Through The Eyes of a Central Banker (2012)
• https://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/HeavyAccumulation2019.pdf - Bitcoin in Heavy Accumulation (2019)
• https://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/BitcoinReformation2019.pdf - The Bitcoin Reformation (2019)
• https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1669453270065053696 - Saifedean's thread on inflation caused by Beyonce and Taylor Swift 
• https://twitter.com/TamasBlummer - Tamas Blummer's Twitter 
• https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester - Tuur Demeester's Twitter 

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Kgothatso Ngako is a South African coder and entrepreneur who has built Machankura, a service allowing a growing number of people in 9 African countries to use bitcoin on the lightning network, without needing a smartphone or internet connection. He joins us to explain how his start-up works and how he sees bitcoin adoption growing in Africa.

References: 

• Machankura Website - https://8333.mobi/ 
• Kgothatso Ngako Twitter - https://twitter.com/440UrPp 
• Run With Bitcoin with Paco de la India - https://saifedean.com/podcast/167-run-with-bitcoin-with-paco-de-la-india 

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John Dennehy, the CEO and founder of startup nonprofit Mi Primer Bitcoin, joins us to discuss bitcoin education and how they are teaching bitcoin to tens of thousands of students in El Salvador!

References: 

• My First Bitcoin website - https://miprimerbitcoin.io/en/my-first-bitcoin/
• My First Bitcoin Twitter -  https://twitter.com/MyFirstBitcoin_ 
• John Dennehy Twitter - https://twitter.com/jdennehy_writes
• My First Bitcoin Github - https://github.com/MiPrimerBitcoin
• BITCOIN EDUCATION CAN BE THE FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL CHANGE, BUT IT MUST BE LOCAL - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-education-must-be-local 

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School choice advocate Cory DeAngelis joins us to discuss the failings of the public school system, and why he supports the freedom of parents to choose their schools for their children, and how that freedom benefits students.

References: 

• Homeschooling With Daniel Prince - https://saifedean.com/podcast/76-homeschooling-with-daniel-prince 
• Fiat Education With Daniel Prince - https://saifedean.com/podcast/77-fiat-education-with-daniel-prince
• Liz Warren’s latest lie only deepens her dilemma on education - https://nypost.com/2019/11/26/liz-warrens-latest-lie-only-deepens-her-dilemma-on-education/amp/
• School Choice Saves Arizona Money - https://www.wsj.com/articles/school-choice-saves-arizona-money-hobbs-bankruptcy-private-public-esa-27950134
• Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today's Students - https://www.amazon.com/Mediocrity-Government-Schools-Failing-Students/dp/B0BSZBSP8Q
• Corey DeAngelis Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey

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Austrian school economist and Mises Institute Fellow Tom Woods hosts Saifedean for a discussion of his latest book, Principles of Economics, on the Tom Woods Podcast!

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Simon Tadros is a Lebanese developer and cryptocurrency trader who has been ensnared in a Kafkaesque battle with the Belgian legal system. Traveling on vacation to Ukraine in 2021, Simon was apprehended by the Europol based on flimsy allegations with no substantial evidence, and extradited to Belgium, where he is not allowed to leave the country, while his trial continues to be delayed indefinitely. Simon joins us to discuss his ordeal, a cautionary tale about archaic bureaucratic systems struggling to understand new technology.

References:

• "Simon Tadros": A Lebanese Tech Entrepreneur's Harrowing Journey Through Belgian Justice: The Untold Story of Injustice, Loss, and Survival. - https://mirror.xyz/tadros.eth/jI_s3qkf0KZbM1gofHWqG60T9JNEEiD3Bdt_HrIKLKw
• Email: spuriousdragon@gmail.com  
• Simon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/spuriousdragon

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Connor Boyack, the author of the highly popular children's book series The Tuttle Twins, joins us to discuss teaching liberty to children, why it is so important, how to do it right, and how his book series has sold more than 5 million copies to liberty-minded children and parents worldwide!

References: 

• Connor's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cboyack 
• Libertas Institute's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/libertasutah 
• Tuttle Twins's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TuttleTwins
• Connor's website: https://connorboyack.com
• Libertas Institute's website: https://libertas.org 
• Tuttle Twins's website: https://tuttletwins.com 
• "Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today's Students" flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14EAE-dmxpx1nzlpxTnMPrJdKQxqwhfNW/view?usp=share_link
• That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen - Claude Bastiat - https://mises.org/library/which-seen-and-which-not-seen
• Atomic Habits - James Clear - https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

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This week's podcast has Saifedean discussing time in chapter 3 from his new book, Principles of Economics!

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This week's podcast has Saifedean reading the introduction and chapter 1 from his new book, Principles of Economics!

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Lecture 4 of The Fiat Standard explains how fiat is mined through credit creation, incentivizing everyone to get into debt, causing prices to rise, which is covered up with the nonsensical CPI. Saylor's explanation of prices as a vector is far better for understanding inflation.

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Saifedean's latest book is now out, and in this episode he gives an overview of the book's contents and what you can expect to learn from reading it! Principles of Economics is the Austrian economics textbook you wish you had at university, an enjoyable and informative read that covers the most important concepts of economics, valuable to the student, general reader, and professional economist.

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Paco de la India is on a journey to run through forty countries while using and spending bitcoin. He joins us from Mexico, country 28/40, to tell us about his inspiration, and what he has learned from meeting bitcoiners all over Africa and Latin America.

References

• Paco's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PacoDeLaIndia 
• Paco's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunwithBitcoin 
• Machankura Project: https://8333.mobi/
• India banknote demonetisation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation 

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Daniel Harmon is the creator of Tuttle Twins TV Show, an award-winning cartoon that teaches kids about principles of freedom and economics, based on the book series that has sold over 5 million copies. Their latest episode does a wonderful job explaining bitcoin and the concept of hard money and he joins us to discuss how to best communicate these ideas to children.

References: 

• Tuttle Twins website: https://tuttletwins.com/ 
• Tuttle Twins books: https://tuttletwins.com/products/? 
• Tuttle Twins Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TuttleTwins
• Tuttle Twins Bitcoin and the Beast Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ekzsZZGfsk 

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Magatte Wade is a successful international entrepreneur from Senegal with a passion for free market solutions. She explains why modern statist central planning is the root of Africa's economic problems, and how free markets are the only way to solve these problems. Magatte also explains her ambitious vision for start-up cities in Africa, and how historical African governance institutions are more compatible with a prosperous free African future than imported statist ideas.

References:

• Magatte's website: https://magattewade.com/
• Magatte's twitter: https://twitter.com/magattew
• Economist George Ayittey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ayittey 
• George Ayittey's books - https://www.amazon.com/Books-George-Ayittey/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AGeorge+Ayittey 
• The Law of the Somalis: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development in the Horn of Africa - https://www.amazon.com/Law-Somalis-Foundation-Economic-Development/dp/156902250X 

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Economist Peter St. Onge joins us to discuss whether the dollar is losing its global reserve currency status. Peter makes the case for why US economic and foreign policy is undermining the role of the dollar, and discusses the ramifications of such a move, while Saifedean presents the case for why other national currencies cannot replace the US dollar. We also discuss recent bank failures in the US, and what it teaches us about the instability of fractional reserve banking.

References: 

• Articles on Hyper-Bitcoinization: stonge.substack.com
• Peter's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Profstonge 
• Peter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge

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Jason Sorens is the founder of the New Hampshire Free State Project, and he joins us to discuss the history of the movement, its goals, and its potential. We discuss the difference between anarchism and monarchism, the feasibility of political approaches to increasing liberty, building free communities, and how bitcoin compliments these initiatives.

References

• The State in the Third Millennium: Hans Adam, Prince  - https://www.amazon.com/State-Third-Millennium-Prince-Hans-Adam/dp/3905881047 
• Free State Project – www.fsp.org
• AIER – www.aier.org
• Freedom in the 50 States – www.freedominthe50states.org
• PorcFest - https://porcfest.com

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What are the main differences between classical and modern architecture? Is it a coincidence that the century of fiat was the century of modern architecture? Does easy money discourage building for the long-term? Is modern architecture more efficient, or is to just architecture of a higher time preference society? We are joined by Michael Diamant, the founder of The New Traditional Architecture online community to discuss these questions and much more!

References

• Michael Diamant Twitter - https://twitter.com/michael_diamant?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 
• New Traditional Architecture and Urbanism website - https://newtrad.org/ 
• New Traditional Architecture Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/Klassisknyproduktion/

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We host Rodolfo Novak, founder of Coinkite, to talk bitcoin hardware and storage solutions. We discuss the history of Coinkite, and how they evolved over time from a software to a hardware company, the success of the OpenDime as a bitcoin bearer asset, the Coldcard hardware wallet, and their upcoming advanced device Q1. What are the trade-offs and risks of various storage solutions, and what should you look out for?

References:

• Airgap computer blog - https://airgapcomputer.com/ 
• Early bird discount now available on Coinkite’s store - https://store.coinkite.com/store/cc-q1 - Q1 
• Learn more about the Q1 - https://coldcard.com/docs/coldcard-q1
• latest MK4 software release: https://open.substack.com/pub/coinkite/p/huge-mk4-release-version-510?r=1gwp63&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
• Bitcoin Review Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-review-podcast-with-nvk-guests/id1632017958 
• Bitcoin Review episode on Nostr with fiatjaf, Jack Dorsey and William Casarin  - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/br018-nostr-deep-dive-panel-with-nvk-ft-jack-dorsey/id1632017958?i=1000593557072
• Crisis and Levanthian - https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Leviathan-Critical-Government-Institute/dp/019505900X 

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Can a libertarian or anarchist support the state of Israel? In this debate, Austrian economist Walter Block argues the affirmative and makes the case for why Israel is a force for liberty, while Saifedean argues political Zionism is the socialist central planning of land ownership, and is not possible without the violation of the property of Palestinians.

References

• PalestineRemembered.com
• Israeli soldiers recount Tantoura massacre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ1TAOibLss
• Israeli settler stealing Palestinian home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8

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Saifedean sits down with the Meat Mafia guys to discuss fiat food, the benefits of eating meat, why the destruction of money leads to the destruction of food, and how bitcoin fixing money fixes food!

References

• saifedean.com/meat
• saifedean.com/fiatfood
• 9. Bitstein on Bitcoin, Meat, and Arctic Carnivore Diets
• 40. Dr. Shawn Baker on Meat, Fiat Foods, and Bitcoin
• 127. Why We Get Sick with Dr Benjamin Bikman
• 135. Cholesterol Con with Malcolm Kendrick

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Lecture 3 of The Fiat Standard explains the underlying technology behind fiat: a centralized network where money is created from credit expansion, devaluing existing holders' wealth, externalizing default risk onto society, & undermining savings, trade, & capital accumulation.

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We are joined by Ray Youssef, the founder of one of the world's biggest peer-to-peer bitcoin markets, Paxful. We discuss his entrepreneurial history, what drew him to bitcoin, and how Paxful has grown in the developing world. We also discuss Ray's views on economic development in Africa in general and Egypt and Nigeria in particular, what policies can end poverty, how bitcoin helps, and why Paxful delists centralized shitcoin scams.

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Can law, order, and defense be provided on the market? Why can't they be normal goods? We are joined by economist Edward Stringham to discuss his fascinating work on free market anarchism and private governance. Stringham examines the economic of government from an Austrian perspective, and clearly shows how the world is increasingly relying on private voluntary legal and defense services rather than inefficient monopolies. We also apply these ideas to examine the concept of public health, and Stringham's work at the American Institute for Economic Research on the Great Barrington Declaration.

References

• Book: Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life - https://www.amazon.com/Private-Governance-Creating-Economic-Social/dp/0199365164 
• Book: Anarchy and The Law: The Political Economy of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/Anarchy-Law-Political-Economy-Independent/dp/1412805791 
• Great Barrington Declaration - https://gbdeclaration.org/ 
• SSRN papers - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=685664 
• Coronavirus and Economic Crisis, AIER - https://www.aier.org/product/coronavirus-and-economic-crisis/ 
• Private Policing in San Francisco - https://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=2672 
• Edward's Twitter - https://twitter.com/edstringham 
• Edward's Website - https://edwardpeterstringham.wordpress.com/ 
• Edward's Profile on AIER - https://www.aier.org/people/edward-peter-stringham/ 

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How much of the fiat food science taught in your universities is just agribusiness marketing PR? To find out, we host former big food marketing consultant Calley Means to discuss his experience with manufacturing fiat science for industrial junk food sales!

References

• Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford appointed to DGA committee - https://twitter.com/DoctorTro/status/1617344477332373506 
• New government funded food-pyramid says lucky charms are healthier than steak - https://www.goodranchers.com/blog/new-government-funded-foodpyramid-says-lucky-charms-are-healthier-than-steak
• Fredrick J. Stare wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrick_J._Stare 
• Carnivore diet references - https://justmeat.co/ 
• Shawn Baker Episode - https://saifedean.com/podcast/40-dr-shawn-baker-on-meat-fiat-foods-and-bitcoin 
• Michael Goldstein Episode - https://saifedean.com/podcast/9-bitstein-on-bitcoin-meat-and-arctic-carnivore-diets 
• How to Grill a Steak and Beat Fiat food - https://saifedean.com/podcast/7-how-to-grill-a-steak-and-beat-fiat-food

Calley Means

• Website - https://calleymeans.com/ 
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/calleymeans?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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