May 2021

1h 13m

SLP272 Peter St Onge - Bitcoin Energy Do...

About this episode

Peter St Onge, Austrian economist and fellow at Mises Institute joins me on the show to talk about his thoughts on Bitcoin Energy use, and what Deflationary growth will look like. We chat:

Bitcoin energy costs
Fiat standard costs
Costs of recession
Deflationary growth
Keynesian ‘sticky wages’
UBI and MMT
Will robots take our jobs?

Peter St Onge links:

Twitter: @profstonge
Article: Critics Claim Bitcoin Is a Threat to the Environment. They're Wrong.
Substack: CryptoEconomy

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