"We Don't Need Central Banks" w/ Richard Werner (WiM581)

Richard Werner joins me to explore the hidden history of the U.S. dollar, the origins of tally sticks as early money, and how interest rates, central planning, and price fixing distort real economic growth. We discuss the rise of central banks as banking cartels, the history of Viking influence on European civilization, and the creation of the petrodollar.
Richard Andreas Werner is a German banking and development economist who is a university professor at University of Winchester.

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0:00 - WiM Episode Trailer
1:23 - History of the USD
5:46 - History of Tally Sticks
11:13 - Interest Rates and Growth
25:19 - The Farm at Okefenokee
26:29 - iCoin Bitcoin Wallet
27:59 - Central Planning and Price Fixing, We Don’t Need Central Banks
33:45 - The Importance of Sound Money
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40:52 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
41:44 - Central Planning vs Decentralized Planning
51:43 - Nature to be Commanded, Must be Obeyed
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1:00:54 - Has Real Capitalism Ever Been Tried?
1:02:01 - The Vikings and European Civilization
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1:25:18 - Buy Bitcoin with Coinbits
1:26:28 - The Origins of the Petrodollar
1:44:42 - Closing Thoughts and Where to Find Richard

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