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The Hidden Cost of Money: Economic and Social Consequences of Fiat Currency

The Hidden Cost of Money: Economic and Social Consequences of Fiat Currency

The December 13, 2023 episode of the Bitcoin Fundamentals podcast features Seb Bunney, author of The Hidden Cost of Money, discusses how monetary interventionism leads to pervasive economic and social issues, focusing on the consequences of inflationary monetary policies.

Bitcoin’s Role in Building Economic Accountability

Bitcoin’s Role in Building Economic Accountability

The November 7, 2024 episode of the Bitcoin Infinity Show features Guy Swann discussing Bitcoin’s fundamental economic and philosophical underpinnings, focusing on how Bitcoin aligns with sound money principles and how it contrasts with fiat currency systems.

Praxeology and Bitcoin: Redefining Human Action in the Digital Economy

Praxeology and Bitcoin: Redefining Human Action in the Digital Economy

The June 28, 2023 episode of the What is Money podcast features Knut Svanholm. The conversation focuses on praxeology as a framework within Austrian economics that emphasizes the subjective nature of human actions and decision-making, and Bitcoin's implications.

The influence of Bitcoin on portfolio diversification and design

The influence of Bitcoin on portfolio diversification and design

Full article summary: Akhtaruzzaman, M., Sensoy, A., Corbet, S., 2020. The influence of Bitcoin on portfolio diversification and design. Finance Research Letters 37, 101344.

Subjective models of the macroeconomy: evidence from experts and representative samples

Subjective models of the macroeconomy: evidence from experts and representative samples

Full article summary: Andre, P., Pizzinelli, C., Roth, C., Wohlfart, J., 2022. Subjective models of the macroeconomy: evidence from experts and representative samples. The Review of Economic Studies 89, 2958-2991.

Happiness and Time Preference: The Effect of Positive Affect in a Random-Assignment Experiment

Happiness and Time Preference: The Effect of Positive Affect in a Random-Assignment Experiment

Full article summary: Ifcher, J., Zarghamee, H., 2011. Happiness and time preference: the effect of positive affect in a random-assignment experiment. American Economic Review 101, 3109-3129.

Discounting and global environmental change

Discounting and global environmental change

Full article summary: Polasky, S., Dampha, N.K., 2021. Discounting and global environmental change. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 46, 691-717. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-020420-042100