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Feb 2024
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210. Money and Liberty with James Turk

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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Author and businessman James Turk joins to discuss  monetary history, why gold & silver emerged as money, how they promote liberty and whether gold has a monetary future, or if bitcoin will demonetize it.

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