In this episode Saifedean talks to Rahim Taghizadegan, the president of the Free Private Cities Foundation, and one of the few Austrian School economists still operating in Austria. They discuss the history of the Austrian School, the problems of modern fiat academia and why Rahim sees Bitcoin as an essential part of the monetary infrastructure that would support Free Private Cities.

Resources

The Raven of Zurich: The Memoirs of Felix Somary: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Raven-Zurich-Memoirs-Felix-Somary/dp/0312664079

Free Private Cities official website: https://www.freeprivatecities.com/en/  

Titus Gebel’s book, Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete for You:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Free-Private-Cities-Governments-Compete/dp/1724391380

Institut Scholarium website (German Language only): https://scholarium.at/

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