Mar 24, 2022
In imposing sanctions on Russia, we're weaponizing the US dollar.
But most weapons in a war get blown up.
Are we, in effect, destroying our monetary system? And are our efforts to isolate Russia from the global economy giving us the results we want?
Byron King is a Harvard-trained geologist and a former aide to the US...
Mar 19, 2022
Mainstream, Keynesian economists have a hard time understanding Bitcoin.
But if you use Austrian economics as a framework, the significance of Bitcoin as a replacement for the traditional monetary system becomes very clear.
Saifedean Ammous is the bestselling author of The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized...
Mar 19, 2022
Russia Today, the English-language news agency funded by the Kremlin, was recently deplatformed for spreading propaganda around the invasion of Ukraine.
So, how does a media entrepreneur think about shutting a news outlet like RT out of Western markets? When is deplatforming justified? When is it dangerous?
And how...
Mar 19, 2022
It’s easy to oversimplify the conflict in Ukraine and America’s response to it: Russians are bad. Sanctions are good.
But would your perspective be different if you had traveled extensively in that part of the world? Or if you knew exactly how those sanctions might impact your ability to access the commodities you...
Mar 7, 2022
What is the best way to protect your money in a wartime economy?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has many of us thinking about alternatives to the traditional monetary system. And wondering if the blockchain is a good backup plan.
So, can you safeguard your money by investing in cryptocurrency? What is the best way to...