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Economics, Energy, and Bitcoin w/ Alex Epstein & Saifedean Ammous

Economics, Energy, and Bitcoin w/ Alex Epstein & Saifedean Ammous

FromThe Bitcoin Standard Podcast


Economics, Energy, and Bitcoin w/ Alex Epstein & Saifedean Ammous

FromThe Bitcoin Standard Podcast

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Length:
84 minutes
Released:
Sep 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode of Power Hour by Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, interviews Dr. Saifedean Ammous, economist and author of "The Bitcoin Standard."Alex and Dr. Ammous discuss a wide range of topics, including:How Ammous got interested in energy economics.What Ammous learned studying the economics of biofuels.Why it’s crucial to think of time as the most important resource.How energy relates to time.How economists tend to undervalue energy - and what Ammous is doing to address this.Additionally, they discuss several foundational issues in economics, such as the nature of money, economic calculation, the nature of value, and opportunity cost. THE BITCOIN STANDARD TOOLKIT/SPONSORSNYDIG - https://nydig.comCyphersafe - https://cyphersafe.io/ OKCoin - https://okcoin.com/Nodl - https://www.nodl.it/Coldcard - https://coldcardwallet.com/CoinBits App - https://coinbitsapp.com/
Released:
Sep 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.