#402: The Fed Is Losing Money with Lyn Alden

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 23 min

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Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss the state of the Federal Reserve and inflation.

Follow Lyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact

7:12 - The myth of inflation and unemployment
13:39 - The problem with CPI as a metric
21:59 - Does the US have the fiscal capability to handle Fed policy?
26:04 - Nations abandoning USD reserve
31:30 - Bitcoin not yet big enough to settle international trade
34:07 - Lyn's view on current bitcoin
38:03 - Fedi pools and other centralizing factors
41:06 - Emerging markets driving adoption
44:44 - Supply side issues
47:38 - Fed unprofitable
51:39 - Glimmers of hope
55:52 - Will energy policy change?
1:08:58 - War drums
1:13:30 - Highlighting the solutions through Bitcoin
1:15:41 - Fed blindspots
1:20:16 - Wrapping up, plugs

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