Brent Johnson joins me for a deep conversation about economics, money, debt, the state, violence, Bitcoin, geopolitics, and macroeconomics.
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GUEST
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PODCAST
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Transcript:
OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:22 Brent’s Background and Economic Views
00:13:30 Austrian Economics
00:17:05 Defining “The State”
00:25:32 Debt as Primeval Money
00:35:11 Power, Violence, and Taxation
00:42:26 MMT and Keynesianism
00:47:10 What is Money?
00:51:49 Bitcoin and the Logic of Violence
00:58:26 Gresham’s Law and Geopolitics
01:03:42 Geopolitical Lawlessness and Money
01:09:00 The American “Black Hat”
01:17:40 Current Macroeconomic Landscape
01:25:27 “Dollar Milkshake Theory”
01:33:08 The Specter of Warfare in 2021
01:40:30 Gold’s Role in Modern Geopolitics
01:45:21 Freedom Maximalism and Bitcoin’s Potential
01:51:29 Bitcoin’s Conflict with The State
01:57:05 How can The State “Lockup” Bitcoin?
SOCIAL
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