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Aug 2021

1h 26m

SLP296 Saifedean Ammous - The Biggest Fi...

About this episode

Saifedean Ammous, author of the Bitcoin Standard and the upcoming book, The Fiat standard rejoins me on the show for an illuminating episode where we explore various ideas:

What bitcoin really replaces
Thinking about inflationary costs
infinity/21M - is it wrong?
Cultural impacts of fiat money
Malinvestments and where the biggest ones lie
The hyperbitcoinized world

Saifedean Links:

Twitter: @saifedean
Site: Saifedean.com

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