Stephan interviews Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economics Professor and author of The Bitcoin Standard. In this podcast episode we take a deep dive into the case for Bitcoin as sound money, and what is potentially the hardest money the world has ever seen.
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203. The Immaculate Conception: Bitcoin vs Fiat Standard | Dr. Saifedean Ammous
This episode was recorded on September 8th 2021.
Saifedean Ammous is an expert on Bitcoin with a PhD from Columbia University. He joins Dr. Peterson to discuss decentralization, different schools of economics, the Fiat vs. Bitcoin standards, and much more.
Dr. Ammous is the aut ... Show More
2h 8m
