Podcast | Dr. Saifedean Ammous

Bitcoin in Lebanon with Thomas Semaan

Thomas Semaan is an ex-student of Saifedean who has been active in the Lebanese bitcoin scene. He joins us to tell us about the Lebanese…

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Saifedean Ammous January 3, 2021

21. Central Bank Digital Currencies, the Small Reset, and was Hayek a shitcoiner?

In today’s seminar we discuss Central Bank Digital Currencies and what they mean for Bitcoin. What are the likely contours of a new global monetary…

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Saifedean Ammous December 29, 2020

Macroeconomic outlook from Austrian economics framework – Seminar 20

This week we are joined by Russell Lamberti, macroeconomic analyst from the Austrian School, to discuss the global macro outlook, and how bitcoin fits in.…

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Saifedean Ammous December 22, 2020

The Fiat Standard – Chapter 1 Read Buy Guy Swann

The Fiat Standard – Chapter 1 Read by Guy Swann “For the reader who has become familiar with the operation of bitcoin, a good way…

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Saifedean Ammous December 22, 2020

Microstrategy’s speculative attack & bitcoin bubbles – Seminar 19

In today’s seminar we discuss Microstrategy’s latest issuance of notes to finance more purchases of bitcoin, and what it tells us about the state of…

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Saifedean Ammous December 22, 2020

Deflation with Jeff Booth – Seminar 18

Jeff Booth is a long-time leader in the tech industry and the founder and ex-CEO of BuildDirect, who recently wrote The Price of Tomorrow: Why…

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Saifedean Ammous December 22, 2020

Stock-to-flow with Plan B – Seminar 17

PLanB is the pseudonym of a Dutch money manager and quantitative analyst who has produced a numerical modelling of bitcoin’s price based on its stock-to-flow…

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Saifedean Ammous December 22, 2020

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast Seminar 16 – Wholesome hydrocarbons with Alex Epstein

Alex Epstein is the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, and the founder of the Center for Industrial Progress. He joins us to…

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Saifedean Ammous December 3, 2020

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast Seminar 15 with Stephen Barbour

In today’s seminar we host Stephen Barbour, founder and CEO of Upstream Data, Inc. We discuss Upstream’s unique products which allow for mining bitcoin off…

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Saifedean Ammous November 28, 2020

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast Seminar – The Fiat Standard

In today’s seminar, Saifedean discusses his new book The Fiat Standard, on which he has been working for two years! You can read the first…

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Saifedean Ammous November 27, 2020