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111. Bitcoin and Monarchies with Prince Philip of Serbia Apr 11, 2022

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March 28th 2022.

What is the case for monarchy? Why are monarchies better at long-term thinking? Why do monarchies outcompete republics in protecting property rights, promoting peace, raising living standards, and protecting the value of money? Would a return to hard money bring back the age of monarchies? We discuss all these questions with HRH Prince Philip of Serbia, who became the first monarch to publicly announce being a bitcoiner. Their conversation touches on the story of the Karađorđević dynasty, the factors that led to communist seizure of power in Yugoslavia, and whether a restoration of monarchy is likely, or desirable. In the Q&A, Prince Philip answers questions on his career in finance, ESG, the European Union and whether other monarchs in Europe could serve as allies in bringing about a return to sound money.

Resources

Prince Philip on Twitter
Three-minute Tonight with Ivan Ivanović interview highlight here and full appearance (Philip appearance starts from 23:49.)
Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution by Antony Sutton
Paper by Mauro F Guillén, based on a study of 137 countries, arguing that monarchies provide greater protection of property rights and higher standards of living study than republics.
The State in the Third Millennium by Prince Hans Adam of Lichtenstein
Democracy – The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Saifedean’s episode with Tom Nelson whether CO2 the Climate Control Knob? with Tom Nelson
Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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110. Can bitcoin fix Canada? with Maxime Bernier Apr 01, 2022

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March 22nd 2022.

In a country dominated by statist politicians, what it is like to campaign for freedom, personal responsibility, and limited government? In this episode, Saifedean talks to leader of the People’s Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier about Canadian politics and whether bitcoin can protect Canadians from government overreach. They discuss Maxime’s journey into politics as a libertarian, why Canadian inflation is so high, and why Maxime supported recent protests by Canadian truckers. They also talk about the merits of gold versus bitcoin as money, and how Maxime would change Canada’s monetary policy. Saifedean pitches Maxime on the advantages of bitcoin for Canada, and Maxime announces that he's looking to accept donations in bitcoin!

Resources

Maxime on Twitter
Official website of the People’s Party of Canada
Alternative measures of inflation on Shadow Stats.
Official inflation statistics in Canada
Mises Institute article on Canadian trucker protests by Lew Rockwell
Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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109. Is CO2 the Climate Control Knob? with Tom Nelson Mar 28, 2022

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March 21st 2022.
Is earth too hot? Is the weather getting worse? Are we experiencing a climate crisis? Is CO2 the control knob for the earth's climate? Is climate science basic physics? Do all scientists agree on these questions? Tom Nelson is an independent researcher who has spent many years studying these questions in-depth. He joins us to give us a rigorously researched perspective that contradicts the hysterical groupthink in fiat academia and media. He and Saifedean discuss how fiat funding of science creates incentives for groupthink and for bad ideas to survive unchallenged. They also talk about why fiat inflationism creates a strong incentive for researchers to support any pseudoscience that concludes you should avoid price-sensitive essential fuels in favor of less effective, cheaper alternatives.
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Tom on Twitter
Tom’s article Useful Notes for Climate Sceptics on Substack
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change by Marc Morano
Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom by Patrick Moore
Watts Up with That blog by Anthony Watts
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
Steve McIntyre’s website Climate Audit website.
The spiral structure of the Milky Way, cosmic rays, and ice age epochs on Earth by Shaviv, Nir J. and speech discussing the paper.
Saifedean’s podcast episode with Patrick Moore
Saifedean’s podcast episodes with Alex Epstein in Nov 2021 and Dec 2020, and his appearance on Alex’s Power Hour podcast.
Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

108. A New World Monetary Order The ramifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine Mar 23, 2022

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March 17th 2022.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US confiscated the Russian central bank’s significant monetary reserves, and banned some Russian banks from the SWIFT network. Serious questions are being asked about the survival of the postwar dollar-based world monetary order. Will Russia, China, and other countries actually build an alternative international settlement system, after years of threatening to do so? Will global central banks stop accumulating US treasury bonds and replace them with gold and commodities? Will we witness the birth of a new commodity or gold-based monetary order? In this seminar, we use the insights from The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard on temporal and spatial salability to explain why reports of the death of the dollar and the emergence of a new gold standard may be exaggerated.

Resources

Bretton Woods III memo by Credit Suisse analyst Zoltan Pozsar
Arthur Hayes’ blog Energy Cancelled
Reuters report on commodities crisis
America’s Quiet Default by Nic Carter
Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

107. Deep Nutrition with Dr Cate Shanahan Mar 18, 2022

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March 9th 2022.

Saifedean hosts Dr Cate Shanahan to discuss her remarkable work on nutrition and the long term consequences of traditional foods and modern fiat foods. Cate's experience at medical school was powerless to stop her own health deteriorating, causing her to look at nutrition as a deeper cause of health problems, sending her down a rabbit hole to discover the horrors of modern seed oils, and the devastating damage caused by mainstream theories of health and nutrition, particularly the work of "the Keynes of Nutrition" Ancel Keys, who has arguably killed more humans than anyone in history. Cate contrasts his work to that of Weston Price, "the Mises of Nutrition", whose study of traditional diets worldwide remains enormously informative and useful, in spite of the medical and nutrition establishment ignoring it. Cate also explains how your food determines the health, fitness, and beauty of your children, and the warped financial incentives of modern fiat medicine.

Resources

Cate on Twitter
Cate’s books Deep Nutrition, The Fat Burn Fix and Food Rules on her official website
PhD thesis that influenced Cate’s early ideas on nutrition: Lipid peroxidation in Vivo by Eva Södergren
Book criticised by Cate for manipulation of statistics: The Seven Countries Study: A Scientific Adventure in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
The Future of Fat Summit
The Weston Price Foundation’s official website
Dentist and beauty theorist Stephen R. Marquardt on Wikipedia
Regional Eats documentary series on Amazon
Flavorful Origins on Netflix
Weston Price’s book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode with Dr. Shawn Baker on Meat, Fiat Foods, and Bitcoin
Cate’s lecture “Feed the Masses” about Harvard’s 70-year public health experiment
Dr Nadir Ali’s official website
Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard
Saifedean's guide to eating meat & defeating fiat foods: https://saifedean.com/meat/

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Visit saifedean.com/meat to find out more about Saifedean’s experience following the carnivore diet.

106. Fiat Money beyond economics, with Tom Woods Mar 10, 2022

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February 25th 2022.
In this episode, Saifedean appears on The Tom Woods Show for a discussion on how the damage caused by fiat money extends beyond economics. Saifedean and Tom discuss why fiat money increases the power of governments and heightens societal time preference, disincentivising long-term planning. They also talk about the rise of “fiat mentality” and how societal attitudes have changed in areas such as diet, education and energy. They then discuss the “misery industry” of debt-based development aid – promoted by International Financial Institutions like the IMF – and how this industry has held back economic progress in the developing world.
Resources:

The Tom Woods Show official website.
Tom’s free ebook Our Enemy The Fed
Guido Hülsmann’s book The Ethics of Money Production for a discussion of the moral implications of inflation.
Gold Wars: The Battle for the Global Economy by Ferdinand Lips
Saifedean’s podcast episode with Nina Teicholz for a discussion of seed oils and government dietary guidelines.
The Ultimate Resource 2 by Julian Simon for a discussion of failed predictions about resource scarcity.
Introduction to the concept of opportunity cost on Mises Wiki.
Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

105. Fiat Money and Debt Slavery with Tom Woods Mar 09, 2022

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February 24th 2021.
In this episode, Saifedean appears on The Tom Woods Show for a discussion of fiat money and debt slavery. Saifedean and Tom talk about the role of government debt in the creation of fiat money; the recent freezing of bank accounts in the wake of Canadian protests, and why bitcoin improves on the shortcomings of gold. They then discuss how the fiat monetary system warps societal incentives by making debt accumulation a winning strategy.
Resources:

The Tom Woods Show official website.
Tom’s free ebook Our Enemy The Fed
Guido Hülsmann’s book The Ethics of Money Production
Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

104. Augmenting Bitcoin with Samson Mow Mar 05, 2022

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In this episode, Saifedean talks to Samson Mow, outgoing CSO of Blockstream and CEO of Pixelmatic, about why we should be “augmenting” rather than trying to change the bitcoin network. They begin by discussing Blockstream projects such as the Liquid Network that extend the range of options available to bitcoin users, while accepting the network’s fundamental protocol rules. They also discuss Samson’s role as a prominent “small blocker” in the 2015-2017 “Blocksize War” and whether – in retrospect – the victory of the small blockers was inevitable. Samson then shares his views on bitcoin adoption in Latin America, including El Salvador’s issuance of bitcoin-backed “volcano bonds” as a means of evading the debt-fuelled development model encouraged by the IMF. In the Q&A, Samson answers questions about bitcoin privacy, proof-of-stake and the issuance of securities on the Liquid Network.
Resources

Samson on Twitter
Official website of Pixelmatic
Blockstream explainer outlining differences between Liquid and Lightning as Layer 2 scaling solutions for bitcoin
Blockstream announcement on Baillie Gifford Series B investment
Blockstream blog post announcing that El Salvador will issue $1bn in volcano bonds
The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier
Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

103. Islamic Finance and Bitcoin with Safdar Alam Mar 01, 2022

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In this episode, Saifdean talks to Safdar Alam, CEO of investment firm Maydan Capital, about Islamic finance. Safdar starts by describing the basic principles of Islamic finance and the ethical justification for Islam’s prohibition on lending with interest. He and Saifedean then talk about how Islamic finance works in practice today; how it is mimicking the mainstream financial system; and the ways in which bitcoin might provide an ethical alternative to common practices often considered haram. In the Q&A Safdar answers questions about the Islamic definition of “speculation” and how this differs from “gambling”.

102. Low Time Preference Aging with P.D. Mangan Feb 17, 2022

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In this episode, Saifedean talks to author and health coach P.D. Mangan about how to improve wellbeing and slow ageing through some simple diet and fitness practices. They discuss why humans have adapted to thrive on a meat-based and paleo diets, the flawed science used to support widely accepted government dietary guidelines, and why so many people fail in their attempts to lose weight, combat fatigue and improve their wellbeing. In the Q&A, P.D. answers questions on fasting, whether type II diabetes can be reversed and the environmental impact of monocrops.
Visit saifedean.com/meat to find out more about Saifedean’s experience following the carnivore diet.

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