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 22min
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 202159min
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 10min
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 20211h
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 24min
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 53min
25. Economics of time and time preference, from Principles of Economics
Description: Discussion of the economics of time, based on chapter 3 in Saifedean's forthcoming textbook, Principles of Economics. Why is time the ultimate resource, and how does money affect time pre...
11 Jan 202159min
24. Why bitcoin's price matters, and Bitcoin as a settlement network
In today's seminar, we discuss why bitcoin's price matters, what bitcoin skeptics get wrong about it, and what it means to the success of the network. We also discuss the US Office of the Comptroller ...
6 Jan 20211h 7min
