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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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335. Bitcoin & the Surveillance State with Cory Klippsten
3d ago01:12:59Summary readyCory Klippsten, founder and CEO of Swan, joins us to discuss the accelerating surveillance state, why bitcoin is the alternative to the left and right, and why stablecoins, gold, and CBDCs don't threaten Bitcoin.Swan - Your Partner for Generational Wealth - https://swan.com/saif
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334. Principles of Economics Lecture 18: Civilization
1w ago01:05:49Summary readyThe final lecture of Principles of Economics makes the case for civilization, how it emerges when reason restrains instinct & lowers time preference, enabling capital accumulation & division of labor, increasing peace & prosperity over generations, & how it can collapse.Get all course notes and slides on https://saifedean.com/poecourse
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333. The Fiat Trap with Nicolas Cary
2w ago00:54:39Summary readySaifedean joins Nick Carey to discuss money as a civilizational force: why mainstream economics has an inflation blind spot, how banks "mine" fiat through credit creation, why the rich hold negative fiat balances to acquire hard assets, and how inflation funds war, corrodes morality, and raises time preference.
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332. Principles of Economics Lecture 17: Defense
3w 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
Jun 2300:35:35Summary 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
Jun 1601:40:17Summary 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
Jun 901:23:36Summary 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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