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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
Hosted by Dr. Saifedean Ammous · EN
Saifedean's The Bitcoin Standard Podcast is the place to discuss Bitcoin and economics from the Austrian school's perspective. Listen to the weekly saifedean.com discussion seminar, where a group of learners from all over the world discuss the website's online courses, as well as a wide variety of economic, political, and social issues, and occasionally host special guests for the discussion. The podcast also includes the most interesting interviews conducted with Saifedean on other shows.
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332. Principles of Economics Lecture 17: Defense
3d ago01:38:36Summary readyLecture 17 of Principles of Economics explores the economics of defense as a market good rather than a uniquely governmental function, how law and order emerge through voluntary provision, the failure modes inherent of the state's monopoly over defense & law, and what a free market in defense would look like.Get all course notes and slides on https://saifedean.com/poecourse
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331. Palestine, Israel & Property Rights - Interview with Mario Nawfal
1w ago00:35:35Summary readyIn this interview with Mario Nawfal, Saifedean presents the Misesian case against Israel, and argues the only way to understand the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is that it is the result of the denial of property rights for Palestinians based purely on their not belonging to the ruling ethnoreligious group. Join Crowdhealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/
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330. Rothbard At 100 - A Tribute And Assessment
2w ago01:40:17Summary readyHans-Hermann Hoppe and Stephan Kinsella read the preface, introduction, and first chapter of Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment, published by The Saif House, July 2026. Preorder your copy now, and join us for the Rothbard At 100 conference in Porto on June 27. Details are on rothbard100.pt
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329. Principles of Economics Lecture 16: Violence
3w ago01:23:36Summary ready16th lecture of Principles of Economics explores the economics of violence in both its private and governmental forms, the non-aggression principle as the foundation of peaceful cooperation, how government coercion differs from market exchange, and the rationales offered to justify state violence.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourseCrowdhealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/
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328. Property Rights: The Root Cause of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Jun 200:50:55Summary readySaifedean presents the Misesian case against Israel, and argues the only way to understand the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is that it is the result of the denial of property rights for Palestinians based purely on their not belonging to the ruling ethnoreligious group.Full Article: https://saifedean.substack.com/p/property-rights-the-root-cause-ofArticle on X: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1987845360484520258
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327. Principles of Economics Lecture 15: Monetary Expansion
May 2601:34:16Summary ready15th lecture of Principles of Economics explores monetary expansion as the issuance of credit unbacked by savings, how it distorts interest rates and misallocates capital, why this generates the business cycle, Mises' money typology & how central banks are central planners of capital markets.Get all course notes and slides on https://saifedean.com/poecourse
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326. On Milei and Rothbard
May 1900:50:57Summary readySaifedean reads the text of his new article on Argentina's Javier Milei experiment, and also reads the text of his tribute to Murray Rothbard, to be published in Rothbard At 100: A Tribute and Assessment, a collection of essays edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Stephan Kinsella celebrating Rothbard's centenary, available for preorder now from The Saif HouseRothbard at 100: Hardcover – Preorder: https://academy.saifedean.com/product/rothbard-at-100-hardcover/
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325. Principles of Economics Lecture 14: Credit and Banking
May 1201:17:38Summary readyFourteenth lecture of Principles of Economics explores credit and banking as the institutions that channel savings into investment, how commodity credit emerges from real savings, while circulation credit comes from money creation, why interest rates reflect time preference, and whether interest can be eliminated with hard money.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
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324. Apolar Money: Lecture at the Global Economy & Finance Conference in Seoul
May 501:24:24Summary readySaifedean makes the case for bitcoin as apolar money, the only workable alternative to a government global reserve currency and a unipolar world order, and how geopolitical developments underscore this role.
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323. Principles of Economics Lecture 13: Time Preference
Apr 2800:42:09Summary readyThirteenth lecture of Principles of Economics explores time preference as the rate at which individuals discount the future, how property rights and hard money reduce uncertainty and lower time preference, enabling saving and investment, and why the progressive lowering of time preference is the driving force behind capital accumulation and the process of civilization.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
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