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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

Saifedean's The Bitcoin Standard Podcast is the place to discuss Bitcoin and economics from the Austrian school's perspective.

Listen to the weekly saifedean.com discussion seminar, where a group of learners from all over the world discuss the website's online courses, as well as a wide variety of economic, political, and social issues, and occasionally host special guests for the discussion.

The podcast also includes the most interesting interviews conducted with Saifedean on other shows.
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-28

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 i…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-22

50. Precautionary principle & mass hysteria

We compare the precautionary principle approach of obsessing over avoiding one negative outcome to t…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-19

49. Can electric cars save the planet?

We discuss the economics of electric cars, and what the heavy subsidies they receive tell us about t…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-16

48. The oportunity cost of fiat

In this seminar, we apply the economic way of thinking to figure out the opportunity cost of a centu…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-13

47. Fiat food

In this episode we discuss the link between fiat money and fiat food, based on the latest chapter fr…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-11

Guest Episode on Tom Woods Show: Bitcoin, Present and Future

I joined Tom Woods to discuss current trends in Bitcoin, whether it’s in a “bubble,…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-08

46. Debate: are precious metals being demonetized?

Peter Young hosts a debate between Saifedean and gold investor Mark Valek on the monetary status of …
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-05

45. Bitcoin's energy consumption

We discuss the economics of energy, based on the chapter on the topic in my Principles of Economics …
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-05

45. Bitcoin's energy consumption

We discuss the economics of energy, based on the chapter on the topic in my Principles of Economics …
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-04-02

44. The economics of banning bitcoin

We look at the economic problems of cracking down on bitcoin, and how that's working out for governm…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-03-29

43. Bitcoin and market efficiency

Are markets efficient? How do we think of this question from an Austrian perspective? We discuss how…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-03-25

Debating Professor Hanke on Bitcoin's value

Professor Steve Hanke has many decades of experience studying currencies and fighting inflation,&nbs…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-03-25

Debating Professor Hanke on Bitcoin's value

Professor Steve Hanke has many decades of experience studying currencies and fighting inflation, but…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-03-22

42. The Fiat Standard, Chapters 4-7

In this seminar we discuss chapters 4 to 7 from my book The Fiat Standard, the forthcoming sequel to…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-03-18

41. Can bitcoin obsolete bonds?

As insurance industry giants begin to enter the bitcoin space, we discuss the implications for bitco…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-03-14

40. Dr. Shawn Baker on Meat, Fiat Foods, and Bitcoin

This week we host the poster child for carbohydrate deficiency, carnivore elite athlete, orthopedic …
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-03-09

39. The Shitcoin Standard

This week we discuss: What are shitcoins good for? Can shitcoins help bitcoin scale? Do shitcoins ta…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-03-04

38. Bitcoin and fiat debt

Should you borrow fiat to buy bitcoin? Is it better to sell bitcoin or borrow against it? In this se…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-02-27

37. Art on The Bitcoin Standard

In this seminar we are joined by Stephen Chow, founder of Chow Art Fund, whose mission is to embrace…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-02-24

36. Michael Saylor, stock-to-flow, and praxeology

In this podcast we discussed last week seminar with Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor. We go over his…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-02-20

35. An Austrian in Pyongyang!

In this podcast we talk to Peter Young, a regular attendee of our seminars and student of Austrian e…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-02-16

34. Michael Saylor on The Fiat Standard

We are rejoined by Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor, who has read the first part of The Fiat Standar…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-02-10

33. Stock-to-flow: a deeper look

In this seminar, we look closely at the concept of stock-to-flow, comparing it across bitcoin, gold,…
 
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
2021-02-07

32. Anarchy in Health

How would the free market have handled a respiratory illness? After a year of evidence, including my…