Oct 2020

1h 20m

SLP218 Philip Haslam & Russ Lamberti - D...

About this episode

Philip Haslam and Russ Lamberti join me to talk about their book on Zimbabwe and hyperinflation, When Money Destroys Nations. We chat about:

Where hyperinflation has happened before
The culture of debt & entitlement
Print and spend vs loan and spend
The stages or ‘gorge moments’
Financial repression
Liquidity obfuscation
How might future hyperinflation episodes play out

Links:

Website: whenmoneydestroys.com
Book: When Money Destroys Nations
Russell Lamberti: @RussLamberti
Philip Haslam: @HaslamPhilip
Book twitter: @WMDNbook

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

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