55. Is easy money good for exports?
In today’s seminar Saifedean talks to regular attendees about whether increasing a nation’s exports should be seen as a desirable policy goal, and why countries that devalue their currencies don’t nec...
12 Maj 202158min
54. Bitcoin and the Global Economy with Lyn Alden
In this podcast Saifedean and Lyn discuss Bitcoin and trends taking place in the macroeconomy. Lyn starts by giving her view on the investment case for Bitcoin, PlanB’s Stock to Flow model, and whethe...
9 Maj 20211h 44min
53. Allen Farrington's adventures with Fiat Intellectuals
Described by Jordan Peterson as "frighteningly smart", Allen Farrington is a member of saifedean.com who has written some excellent essays on bitcoin, and also spent an enormous amount of time studyin...
4 Maj 20212h 53min
52. What is CPI good for?
Saifedean and seminar regular Peter Young discuss what price indeces such as CPI tell us about inflation. They discuss whether ageing demographics lead to inflation or deflation, whether inflation mea...
1 Maj 20211h 11min
51. The Global Bond Market and Bitcoin with Greg Foss
Experienced high-yield credit trader Greg Foss joins Saifedean Ammous for a discussion on why bond investors should own Bitcoin. They talk about why Bitcoin represents insurance against sovereign debt...
28 Apr 20212h 3min
50. Precautionary principle & mass hysteria
We compare the precautionary principle approach of obsessing over avoiding one negative outcome to the economic way of thinking, which entails examining the seen and unseen consequences of each action...
22 Apr 20211h 27min
49. Can electric cars save the planet?
We discuss the economics of electric cars, and what the heavy subsidies they receive tell us about their future potential. Will they save earth from CO2 emissions? Is eliminating emissions possible? I...
19 Apr 20211h 46min
48. The oportunity cost of fiat
In this seminar, we apply the economic way of thinking to figure out the opportunity cost of a century of fiat money. How would the world look like if it had hard money over the past century? What wou...
16 Apr 20211h 30min
