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Dec 2024
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252. The Gold Standard: Chapters 1-4

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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In this episode, Saifedean reads the first four chapters of his new book, The Gold Standard: An Alternative Economic History of the Twentieth Century. Preorder your copy today from saifedean.com/TGS, in fine cloth hardcover, ebook, or audiobook, or a personally signed and dedicated cloth hardcover!

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