47. Fiat food
In this episode we discuss the link between fiat money and fiat food, based on the latest chapter from The Fiat Standard, available to subscribers on saifedean.com. We discuss: fiat's encouragement of...
13 Apr 202133min
Guest Episode on Tom Woods Show: Bitcoin, Present and Future
I joined Tom Woods to discuss current trends in Bitcoin, whether it’s in a “bubble,” what its advantages are, what the future may hold, and why all of this should matter to libertarians. THE BITCOIN...
11 Apr 202138min
45. Bitcoin's energy consumption
We discuss the economics of energy, based on the chapter on the topic in my Principles of Economics textbook, which is available to subscribers on saifedean.com. What is the economic rationale for con...
5 Apr 20211h 29min
44. The economics of banning bitcoin
We look at the economic problems of cracking down on bitcoin, and how that's working out for governments trying it. What can we learn from prohibition of drugs & alcohol? Will India's recent ban on bi...
2 Apr 202148min
43. Bitcoin and market efficiency
Are markets efficient? How do we think of this question from an Austrian perspective? We discuss how the absence of constants in economics has always been the problem with all quantitative approaches ...
29 Mars 20211h 15min
Debating Professor Hanke on Bitcoin's value
Professor Steve Hanke has many decades of experience studying currencies and fighting inflation, but does not see value in bitcoin. He joins Saifedean and Hong Fang, the CEO of OKCoin, to discuss Bitc...
25 Mars 202155min
42. The Fiat Standard, Chapters 4-7
In this seminar we discuss chapters 4 to 7 from my book The Fiat Standard, the forthcoming sequel to The Bitcoin Standard, available to subscribers on saifedean.com. How does the fiat standard work in...
22 Mars 202144min
