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cover of episode SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute

SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute

2019/1/4
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Stephan Livera Podcast

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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

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