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SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute
Season 1
Episode 45
Published 7 years, 5 months ago
Description
Jeff Deist joins me to discuss Bitcoin and the application of Austrian economics in understanding Bitcoin. Topics:
- Market selection of money
- The potential for a hard money standard to restrict govt spending
- Why Austrian Economists are split on Bitcoin
- Why credit would be much tighter under a hard money standard
- The deflation and 'hoarding' argument - dispelled
- The educational strategy pursued by the Mises Institute
- Jeff's recommended Austrian economics books for Bitcoiners
Jeff Deist and Mises Institute links:
- Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist
- Mises Institute: https://mises.org/
- Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises