33. Stock-to-flow: a deeper look
In this seminar, we look closely at the concept of stock-to-flow, comparing it across bitcoin, gold, silver, other metals, and altcoins. We go over the data from The Bitcoin Standard, and look at more...
10 Feb 20211h 6min
32. Anarchy in Health
How would the free market have handled a respiratory illness? After a year of evidence, including my personal experience with the illness, we discuss the effectiveness of individual and public health ...
7 Feb 20211h 22min
31. In Defense of Deflation with Philipp Bagus
This week we host Philipp Bagus, the economist who wrote the definitive Austrian treatment of deflation, In Defense of Deflation. We discuss the history of anti-deflation thought in economics, the dif...
2 Feb 20211h 21min
30. Gamestop, deflation, and Q&A
In this week's seminar we discuss reddit's attack on hedge funds by buying Gamestop stock. How the analysis of hard money in The Bitcoin Standard can help us understand why these short-squeezes will b...
30 Jan 202158min
29. Entrepreneurship in the Austrian tradition, with Per Bylund
We are joined by Austrian-school economist Per Bylund to discuss entrepreneurship as studied in the Austrian school tradition, and how and why the treatment of this topic differs from mainstream schoo...
29 Jan 20211h 9min
28. Intellectual Property & Patents with Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant
Stephan is a patent autorney and Libertarian scholar, from whom I’ve learned a lot over the years. Although he is not an economist, he has made a very important contribution to economics by providing ...
26 Jan 202158min
27. The Underlying Technology Behind Fiat Standard
Saifedean discusses chapters 3 and 4 of The Fiat Standard with subscribers. These foundational chapters explain how the fiat system functions with analogy to Bitcoin, studying central banks as nodes a...
22 Jan 20211h 22min
26. Is this bull market different? With Preston Pysh
In this seminar we are joined by Preston Pysh, an investor and podcaster who has produced excellent thought-provoking research on bitcoin. We discuss Preston's journey from value investor to bitcoiner...
18 Jan 20211h 52min
