Contradiction of The Gold Standard | The Twilight of Gold Series | Episode 4 (WiM142)
My friend and fellow student of money codenamed "Lester" joins me for a multi-episode conversation exploring the excellent book "The Twilight of Gold" by Melchior Palyi.
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GUEST
Lester's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProgrammableTx
BOOK
The Twilight of Gold: https://archive.org/details/twilightofgold190000paly/
PODCAST
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Transcript:
OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Some Reflections on The Bank of England
00:05:11 Bitcoin as “The Ultimate Land Grab”
00:09:46 Stock-to-Flow Ratios and the Contradiction of a Gold Standard
00:15:58 England’s Subjugation of India through Force and Money
00:20:20 Hashes per Kilowatt Hour per Sat: The Most Stable Metric
00:29:00 The Human Obsession with Automaticity
00:33:21 A Potential Weakness in Bitcoin: Rule Changes
00:34:27 NYDIG
00:35:35 The Key to Sustainable Social Institutions: Resistance to Rule Changes
00:41:34 The Weaponization of Inflation and Deflation
00:45:36 Real Price Deflation and the Future of Employment
00:49:29 Bitcoin Incentivizes You to Improve the Intelligence of Others
00:53:00 Gold as a “Pre-Commitment Mechanism”
00:56:00 Bitcoin as the Ultimate Ulysses Contract
01:00:24 How the Gold Standard Directly Incentivizes War
01:02:43 There are Only Two Ways to Resolve Disputes: Contract and Conflict
SOCIAL
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WRITTEN WORK
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