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#284 – Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics
Lex Fridman Podcast
May 11, 2022
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4 hr 21 min
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Saifedean Ammous is an Austrian economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - GiveWell:
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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:53) - Money (20:58) - Gold standard (34:09) - Collective hallucination (39:59) - Austrian vs Keynesian economics (1:12:20) - Free market (1:28:49) - Monarchy (1:34:23) - Fiat money (2:21:13) - SWIFT system (2:34:03) - Bitcoin (2:40:20) - Satoshi Nakamoto (2:48:04) - Criticisms of Bitcoin (3:03:16) - Football/soccer (3:06:58) - Criticisms of Bitcoin continued (3:17:17) - Bitcoin Maximalism (3:29:40) - Proof of stake (3:46:46) - Central bank digital currency (3:57:59) - Michael Malice (4:00:12) - Advice for young people (4:06:21) - Palestine (4:18:00) - Mortality
