The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
Dr. Saifedean Ammous • Business, Education, Investing
Dr. Saifedean Ammous • Business, Education, Investing
The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
Dr. Saifedean Ammous • Business, Education, Investing
Dr. Saifedean Ammous • Business, Education, Investing

About

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.

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Episodes

  • 319. Escalating from Suez to Waterloo
    Trump’s Three-Card-Monte Takes on the Chess Grandmasters This is a full reading of Saifedean's article analyzing one month of the Iran War and its likely political and economic consequences.https://x.com/saifedean/status/2038250120890769859https://saifedean.substack.com/p/escalating-from-suez-to-waterloo
  • 318. Principles of Economics Lecture 9: Trade
    Ninth lecture of Principles of Economics explores trade as voluntary exchange that benefits all parties, explaining subjective valuation, absolute and comparative advantage, and how specialization and the division of labor raise productivity, cooperation, and civilization.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
  • 317. Principles of Economics Lecture 8: Energy and Power
    Eighth lecture of Principles of Economics examines energy and power as essential drivers of production, showing how abundant energy, especially hydrocarbons, raises productivity, expands trade and living standards, and helps explain prosperity, freedom, and the decline of slavery.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
  • 316. Principles of Economics Lecture 7: Technology
    Seventh lecture of Principles of Economics explores technology as non-scarce knowledge that raises productivity and drives long-term growth, explaining why innovation creates new work instead of destroying it, and examining the economic arguments surrounding intellectual property.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
  • 315. Principles of Economics Lecture 6: Capital
    Sixth lecture of Principles of Economics explores capital as saved resources that lengthen production to raise productivity, showing how time preference governs saving and interest, why capital is costly and fragile (depreciation, risk, destruction), and how capital accumulation drives higher living standards.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
  • 314. Principles of Economics Lecture 5: Property
    Fifth lecture of Principles of Economics explains property as the only workable solution to the problem of scarcity, how ownership prevents conflict, the logic of self-ownership, and how secure property rights enable saving, capital formation, peaceful cooperation & civilizational advance.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
  • 313. Principles of Economics Lecture 4: Labor
    Fourth lecture of Principles of Economics explores labor as the sacrifice of leisure for future gain, explaining disutility, production and productivity, how wages reflect marginal output, why work never disappears, and how voluntary labor and capital raise the value of human time.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
  • 312. Principles of Economics Lecture 3: Time
    Third lecture of Principles of Economics examines time as the ultimate scarce resource, showing how all human action unfolds across time, why opportunity cost exists, how time preference shapes choices, and how economizing time drives production, saving, and civilization.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
  • 311. The Bitcoin vs Gold Debate: Saifedean Ammous vs Peter Schiff
    Saifedean debates Peter Schiff on gold, bitcoin, and the future of money, during the PlanB Conference in San Salvador!
  • 310: Principles of Economics Lecture 2: Value
    Second lecture of Principles of Economics course explores value as a subjective judgment existing only in the consciousness of humans, how scarcity forces economizing, and how marginal utility determines choices and valuations of goods.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
  • 309: Principles of Economics Lecture 1: Human Action
    Starting this week, I'm releasing all the lectures of my Principles of Economics online course for free! This week's lecture explores economics as the study of human action and choice under scarcity, how humans act purposefully with deliberative reason, and why proper economic reasoning is based on understanding human action.Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse
  • 308. Fiat Money, Inflation & the Collapse of Civilization with Danny Knowles
    Saifedean joins Danny Knowles on What Bitcoin Did to discuss The Gold Standard: how fiat funded war and made endless conflict possible, why hard money shapes time preference, and why gold failed where Bitcoin can win.
  • 307. The Incredible World Sound Money Would Have Given Us with Tom Woods
    Tom Woods interviews Saifedean about his latest book, The Gold Standard.https://saifedean.com/tgs
  • 306. The Bitcoin Way with Tony Yazbeck
    Our friend Tony Yazbeck rejoins us to tell us about bitcoin best practices, self-custody, and privacy.
  • 305. Principles of Economics With Juan Ramón Rallo
    In this interview, Saifedean talks with economist Juan Ramón Rallo about his book Principles of Economics, as well as the future of fiat money in the face of the rise of gold and Bitcoin.
  • 304. Daylight Computer With Tristan Scott
    Tristan Scott, founder of Daylight Computer, joins us to explore the philosophy behind distraction-free technology, the limits of current devices, and how rethinking hardware can help restore focus and mental clarity.
  • 303. The Network State with Balaji Srinivasan
    We’re joined by Balaji Srinivasan, entrepreneur and investor, to explore his ideas from The Network State: how technology is reshaping companies, communities, and currencies—and how it could also enable new cities and even new countries.
  • 302. The Fiat Standard Chapter 18: Can Bitcoin Fix This?
    The final lecture of this course examines how bitcoin's fixed supply & censorship resistance upends the entire fiat monetary order, & explores how the two systems will interact over time.You can buy the hardcover, ebook or audiobook in several languages on saifedean.com/TFS, where you can also find the full lecture notes available for free download.You can also take the rest of Saifedean's courses by signing up to a membership on saifedean.com/membership
  • 301. The Gold Standard Preview
    Saifedean's talk at The Bitcoin Conference introducing his new book, The Gold Standard, followed by the introduction and chapter 1 of the book! Get your audiobook, hardcover, or paperback from TheSaifHouse.com or Amazon.com.
  • 300. The Gold Standard Launch Interview with Bob Dewey
    Saifedean discusses the main ideas of his new book, The Gold Standard, and his motivation for writing it, in this deep conversation with Robert Dewey of the Exploring Prosperity Podcast.https://saifedean.com/tgs