Against all odds, the new president of Argentina is an anarcho-capitalist who quotes Mises and Rothbard. Austrian economist Philip Bagus knows Milei well and joins us to discuss what his presidency will look like, if he can turn Argentina around, dollarization, and the IMF's continued role in the country. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, inclu...
Jan 16, 2024•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Libertarian author Sheldon Richman joins us to discuss the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, and his libertarian approach to understanding it. References: The Gun and the Olive Branch by David Hirst - https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Olive-Branch-Violence-Middle/dp/1560254831 A History of Palestine, 634–1099 by Moshe Gil - https://www.amazon.com/History-Palestine-634-1099-Moshe-Gil/dp/0521599849 The Israel Committee Against House Demolitions - https://icahd.org/ Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe...
Jan 09, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week's episode is the full lecture 6 of the Principles of Economics online course, and its topic is capital! What is capital from the Austrian perspective, why is it such a pivotal a concept in economics, and what are the most common misunderstandings of it. Sign up to saifedean.com to study this online course, with a new lecture every 2 weeks and a live discussion seminar every week! Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast se...
Jan 02, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ken Berry MD has helped millions regain their health by eating meat & avoiding fiat food. He joins us to discuss his experience, the best ways to improve your health and the resistance he faces from the disease industry. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on Saifedean.com !...
Dec 26, 2023•2 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pierre Rochard joins to discuss the economics of bitcoin block space and mining! References: Nakamoto Institute - https://nakamotoinstitute.org/ Riot's Website - https://www.riotplatforms.com/ Pierre Rochard Twitter - https://twitter.com/BitcoinPierre Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out m...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast We host Tony from The Bitcoin Way, to tell us about their new service as your personal Bitcoin IT team, offering you personalized, secure and comprehensive solutions for every step along your bitcoin journey. The Bitcoin Way offer live concierge service to guide you with your bitcoin cold storage, running your node, privacy best practices, inheritance planning, corporate strategy, and multisig solutions. They don't touch your coins, they guide you through the process of acquiring your coins...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Independent journalist and researcher Jeremy Hammond joins to discuss the history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and what it means for today's events. References: PalestineRemembered - https://www.palestineremembered.com/index.html Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of The Mass Media By Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media/dp/0375714499 What Was the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and Why Is It Significant? - htt...
Dec 05, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast We discussed the idea of scarcity, the only real restriction to production being human time, the reason why human action is so important and the ridiculousness of simplifying human beings so they are assumed to act the same. We also talked about the reason why energy is such an important part of economic life and how unemployment is really a fiat phenomenon. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four onlin...
Nov 28, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Crowdhealth CEO Andy Schoonover joins us to discuss Crowdhealth's continued growth and progress in disrupting fiat healthcare, including why they're introducing lightning payments! References: "The Yield From Money Held" Reconsidered - Hans Hermann Hoppe https://mises.org/library/yield-money-held-reconsidered CrowdHealth website - https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, acce...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Aleks Svetski joins the podcast to discuss Spirit of Satoshi, the new Bitcoin AI model. References: The Bitcoin Times - https://bitcointimes.io/ Uncommunist Manifesto, Aleks Svetski and Mark Moss - https://www.uncommunist.com/optin1642549665295 Spirit of Satoshi AI - https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/ Aleks's Twitter - https://twitter.com/SvetskiWrites Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online ec...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Luke Gromen and Saifedean in a conversation unpacking the theory of dedollarization. They delve into the implications of negative real rates, the gold market, the impact of oil on the global economy, and potential future actions by the Federal Reserve. References: Luke's Twitter - https://twitter.com/LukeGromen Luke's website, The Forest for The Trees - https://fftt-llc.com/ Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminar...
Nov 07, 2023•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lyn Alden joins us to discuss her new best-selling book, Broken Money, available now in cloth hardcover from TheSaifHouse.com ! Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on saifedean.com !...
Oct 31, 2023•2 hr 48 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week's podcast is the full lecture 3 of the Principles of Economics online course, and its topic is Time! Find out why time is the ultimate resource and why all scarcity stems from the scarcity of time! Sign up to saifedean.com to study this online course, with a new lecture every 2 weeks and live discussion seminars! Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s four online economics courses , and read ...
Oct 24, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bitcoiner, programmer, and Islamic scholar Muaawiyah Tucker joins to discuss his journey into Islam and bitcoin, why bitcoin is compatible with Islamic law, and why fiat is not. References: Muaawiyah's website to teach bitcoin - cryptohashreview.com Muaawiyah's newer website for charitable activity and bitcoin circular economy - MetaMadeenah.com Muaawiyah's Qur'aan teaching platform - KeenOnDeen.com Muaawiyah's Twitter - https://twitter.com/c_hashreview Muaawiyah's ...
Oct 17, 2023•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Austrian school economist Per Bylund joins to discuss learning Austrian economics, and his free brief primer book: How To Think About The Economy. References: Per Bylund's Mises Profile: https://mises.org/profile/bylund How to Think about the Economy: A Primer - Per Bylund - https://mises.org/library/how-think-about-economy-primer Per's website: perbylund.com How to Think about the Economy: A Primer on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-about-Economy-Primer-ebook/dp/B0BB8N2L78/re...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Investigative journalist Matthew Lysiak has written a fascinating inquiry into how the world's diet has changed over the past century, and the characters and institutions that have brought about this change. The book is being published today by Saifedean's publishing house, The Saif House, and it contains an introduction and two chapters by Saifedean. He joins the podcast to discuss the amazing stories he learned while looking into the crime of the century! Fiat Food is available in cl...
Oct 03, 2023•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Human Action is the first lecture of Saifedean's new online course, based on his latest book, Principles of Economics. In this lecture, Saifedean explains the Austrian approach to economics, how it differs from mainstream economic approaches, and why the concept of human action is so important to understanding economics. The course will have 18 lectures, with a new lecture every two weeks, running until June. Sign up now on saifedean.com, and get all the lectures and join the live discussio...
Sep 30, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Saylor has read Murray Rothbard's magnificent history of the USA: Conceived in Liberty, and he is joined by Patrick Newman, Mises Institute Fellow and editor of the fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, to discuss American colonial history, the American revolution, and economic freedom! References: Conceived in Liberty, Murray Rothbard - https://mises.org/library/conceived-liberty-2 Murray Rothbard's books - https://mises.org/profile/murray-n-rothbard The State in Third Milleni...
Sep 23, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Saylor has read Murray Rothbard's magnificent history of the USA: Conceived in Liberty, and he is joined by Patrick Newman, Mises Institute Fellow and editor of the fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, to discuss American colonial history, the American revolution, and economic freedom! Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s five online economics courses , and read his writing, including his ne...
Sep 19, 2023•2 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bitcoin coder Jimmy Song joins us to discuss his wonderful new book: Fiat Ruins Everything. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s five online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on saifedean.com !...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Just how dangerous and how expensive is nuclear power? Is the fear of nuclear justified? Why is nuclear making a big comeback, and can it be used for bitcoin mining? Ryan MacLeod is a bitcoiner who works in the nuclear industry and has very interesting thoughts on these questions and more. Resources: The NEA Small Modular Reactor Dashboard - https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_78743/the-nea-small-modular-reactor-dashboard?details=true The NEA Small Modular Reactor Dashboard Volume II - https://www....
Sep 05, 2023•2 hr 56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Natalie Brunell interviews Saifedean to discuss his new book Principles of Economics, where he makes the case for capitalism and discusses why the money supply does not need to be increased. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s five online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on saifedean.com !...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast A compilation of some of the discussions taking place in saifedean.com seminars on the topic of Bitcoin and Islamic finance, why Bitcoin is an Islamic form of money, why fiat money is not, and why bitcoin finance might resemble Islamic finance. The discussion features learners from saifedean.com as well as guests Harris Irfan, Safdar Alam, and Tarek El-Diwany. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s five onl...
Aug 22, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Saifedean explores the role of capitalism in sustaining civilization, based on the discussion in his new book, Principles of Economics. Enjoyed this episode? Join Saifedean's online learning platform to take part in weekly podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s five online economics courses , and read his writing, including his new book, Principles of Economics ! Find out more on saifedean.com !...
Aug 15, 2023•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are joined by veteran international investor and Anarcho-Capitalist Doug Casey to discuss his decades of experience in practically seeking economic freedom. We discuss Doug's thoughts on where to live to maximize your freedom, why he likes Argentina, of all places, and El Salvador and the Arab Gulf. We also discuss gold and silver and whether they still have a monetary role to play, and how the IMF continues to pillage the world. References: http://ikesharpless.pbworks.com/f/AynRand-TheV...
Aug 08, 2023•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Veteran bond analyst Greg Foss joins us to discuss the recent meltdown of the bond market, what caused it, and what it means for the future of bonds. 2022 saw the biggest drop in sovereign bond markets since the Napoleonic wars, and 2023 so far has not looked good. Can bonds continue as the traditional safe haven asset in investor portfolios with this kind of performance? Will bond holders begin to take bitcoin seriously as an alternative? References : http://nakamotoportfolio.com - Nakamoto Por...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Long-time bitcoin market analyst Tuur Demeester joins us for a discussion of his 11 years analyzing the bitcoin market, its cycles, the macro climate, and altcoins. He also explains why he views bitcoin as a modern reformation. References: https://unchained.com/how-to-position-bitcoin-boom - How to Position For The Bitcoin Boom (2023) https://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/Rally2015.pdf - How to Position For The Rally in Bitcoin (2015) http://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/BitcoinEyes2012....
Jul 25, 2023•2 hr 51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kgothatso Ngako is a South African coder and entrepreneur who has built Machankura, a service allowing a growing number of people in 9 African countries to use bitcoin on the lightning network, without needing a smartphone or internet connection. He joins us to explain how his start-up works and how he sees bitcoin adoption growing in Africa. References : Machankura Website - https://8333.mobi/ Kgothatso Ngako Twitter - https://twitter.com/440UrPp Run With Bitcoin with Paco de la India - https:/...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast John Dennehy, the CEO and founder of startup nonprofit Mi Primer Bitcoin, joins us to discuss bitcoin education and how they are teaching bitcoin to tens of thousands of students in El Salvador! References : My First Bitcoin website - https://miprimerbitcoin.io/en/my-first-bitcoin/ My First Bitcoin Twitter - https://twitter.com/MyFirstBitcoin_ John Dennehy Twitter - https://twitter.com/jdennehy_writes My First Bitcoin Github - https://github.com/MiPrimerBitcoin BITCOIN EDUCATION CAN BE THE FOUND...
Jul 11, 2023•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast School choice advocate Cory DeAngelis joins us to discuss the failings of the public school system, and why he supports the freedom of parents to choose their schools for their children, and how that freedom benefits students. References : Homeschooling With Daniel Prince - https://saifedean.com/podcast/76-homeschooling-with-daniel-prince Fiat Education With Daniel Prince - https://saifedean.com/podcast/77-fiat-education-with-daniel-prince Liz Warren’s latest lie only deepens her dilemma on educ...
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