Log in

goodpods headphones icon

To access all our features

Open the Goodpods app
Close icon
headphones
The "What is Money?" Show

The "What is Money?" Show

Robert Breedlove

"What is Money?" is the rabbit that leads us down the proverbial rabbit hole. It is the most important question for finding truth in the world. In this podcast, we will pursue this "rabbit" by engaging in a diversity of deep conversations with deep thinkers from different walks of life.
profile image
profile image
profile image

4 Listeners

bookmark
Share icon

All episodes

Best episodes

Top 10 The "What is Money?" Show Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The "What is Money?" Show episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The "What is Money?" Show for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The "What is Money?" Show episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Eric Weinstein joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Eric's twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein
Eric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphd
Eric's Podcast: https://ericweinstein.org/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Kayfabe and Kayfabrication: A System of Stratified Lies
00:05:00 Inauthenticity Cannot Be Separated from Authenticity
00:08:08 “The Idealism of Every Age is the Cover Story for Its Thefts”
00:09:30 The Inauthenticity of Money Causing the Inauthenticity of Politics?
00:13:10 The Prevalence of Politics as Premised on the Violability of Property
00:16:47 Is There Any Justification for Government Coercion?
00:19:01 The Kayfabrication of Central Banking
00:22:55 NYDIG
00:24:03 Markets as the Extension of Evolution by Other Means
00:25:09 Markets as Engines of Mimesis
00:28:41 Culture as a Bulwark Against Central Banking
00:32:07 Culture as Downstream of Terrestrial and Technological Realities?
00:33:33 “Money is Fungible Freedom”
00:34:15 Central Banking and Embedded Growth Obligations (EGOs)
00:39:11 Bitcoiners as the New Gold Bugs?
00:41:50 Economic Consequences of Non-State, Hard Money
00:43:57 The Possibility of Algorithmic Central Banking?
00:50:25 “Bitcoiners Have to Start Thinking Like the Big Dogs”
00:54:11 The Stability of Rules as the Bedrock of Peace
00:55:45 “Satoshi is the George Washington of Money”
01:00:47 Bitcoin Reveals Incompetence of Lack of Ethics Among Leaders

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

profile image
profile image

2 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode

Eric Weinstein joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Eric's twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein
Eric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphd
Eric's Podcast: https://ericweinstein.org/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Bitcoin as Coercion-Resistant Money
00:01:39 The Byzantine General’s Problem and “Build Back Better”
00:04:49 “Owning Nothing, but Controlling Everything”
00:08:46 More Efficient to Own the Flow Rather than the Stock?
00:11:14 Bitcoin: The Untouchable Asset
00:14:28 Drawing Lessons from the RIAA Legal Attacks
00:17:04 The History of Alpine Banking
00:18:57 Will the Superrich Scapegoat the Rich?
00:20:30 NYDIG
00:21:39 Manipulating the Money Supply and the Nature of Insanity
00:27:35 Genocide and the Theatricality of Evil
00:31:03 Can Humanity Ever Leave the Earth?
00:35:28 The Importance of Funding Physics
00:37:15 The Deep Corruption of “The Elite”
00:40:29 The Criticality of “Fuck You Money” for Fixing the World
00:44:26 Pessimism as an Inhibition on Innovation
00:48:37 “If You’re So Rich, Why Aren’t you Smart”
00:51:38 The Tactic of Bitcoiners Endowing University Economics Chairs
00:54:03 A Call to Action for Bitcoiners to Execute Grander Strategies

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 6% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmg
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

profile image
profile image

2 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode

Eric Weinstein joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Eric's twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein
Eric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphd
Eric's Podcast: https://ericweinstein.org/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Introduction to Gauge Theory
00:06:06 Wittgenstein’s Ruler, Invariance, and Co-Variance
00:08:36 General Relativity, Prices, and Inflation
00:10:58 Gauge Theory Says There is No “Universal Level”
00:13:27 Marginal Revolution Using the Wrong Differential Calculus?
00:16:48 Utility Theory: Ordinal vs. Cardinal
00:19:37 The St. Petersburg Paradox
00:23:06 Cardinal Utility Exhibits the Structure of a Principal Bundle
00:24:41 NYDIG
00:25:48 Economics as the Geometry of Markets
00:28:54 Competition is Critical for Scientific Progression
00:32:51 How Framing Changes What We See
00:37:26 Exploring Gold as a Gauge Theory
00:41:01 Transactional Anonymity as a Consequence of Gauge Theory
00:42:50 Conservation Laws and the Double-Spend Problem
00:44:42 Satoshi as the Originator of “Logical Physics”
00:46:07 The Big Problem of Bitcoin?

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 6% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmg
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

profile image
profile image

2 Listeners

comment icon

1 Comment

1

bookmark
plus icon
share episode

Jimmy Song joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering the masterful anti-state treatise “Democracy: The God that Failed” written by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Jimmy's twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmysong
Jimmy's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-fixes-this/id1523910866
Jimmy's writing: https://jimmysong.substack.com/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Empiricism vs. Rationalism
00:07:11 Isolation of Variables is a Prerequisite to Empiricism
00:09:12 Keynesian Economics is Empiricism; Austrian Economics is Rationalism
00:13:23 The Relationship Between Civilization and Time Preference
00:19:32 The Moral Component of Time Preference
00:21:40 Time Preference as a Relationship Abstract Others
00:25:02 The Metaphysics of Savings and Being Saved
00:29:47 Natural Interest Rate: The Quantification of Time Preference
00:33:27 Time Preference as the Source Waters of Virtue
00:35:52 The Thomastic Conception of Usury
00:40:59 NYDIG
00:42:06 Capital is Frozen Time
00:47:27 Civilization as Multi-Layered Capital Accumulation
00:50:10 Capital Accumulation Catalyzes a Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Civilization
00:50:59 External Factors Influencing Time Preference
00:56:56 Biological Factors Influencing Time Preference
01:03:41 Savings Even Lowers Time Preferences of Non-Savers!
01:08:22 Keynesianism Destroys Accountability and Savings
01:10:46 State Interference in Free Markets is Decivilizing
01:15:31 The Costs of Securing Property is Inverse to Civilization
01:18:21 State Action is an Unmitigable Risk to Entrepreneurship

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 6% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmg
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. fr...

profile image
profile image

2 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The "What is Money?" Show - Bitcoin Threat Vectors | The Weinstein Series | Episode 2 (WiM086)
play

12/07/21 • 64 min

Eric Weinstein joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Eric's twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein
Eric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphd
Eric's Podcast: https://ericweinstein.org/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Bitcoin Mining as the Bridge Between Digital and Physical
00:02:36 The Issue of Theft
00:05:04 Transactional Anonymity and the Value Proposition of Bitcoin
00:07:57 Bitcoin’s Killer App: “It Makes You Rich”
00:11:00 Scarcity is Absolutely Essential to Freedom
00:14:56 Bitcoin “Toxic Maxulinity”
00:17:29 Shitcoins as “Counterfeit Bitcoin”
00:21:53 Bitcoin as “Goldilocks Money”
00:23:57 How Secure is Satoshi’s Discovery?
00:26:20 The Problem of the US Dollar as Numeraire
00:28:26 “What If The Government Made All the Thermometers?”
00:30:29 NYDIG
00:31:37 Gauge Theory as a Way to Protect the Gauges
00:32:32 Potential Threats to Bitcoin
00:36:30 Bitcoin as a Culture of Temptation-Resistance
00:39:05 Simulating a Bitcoin Market Cycle
00:42:21 Central Banking Makes Bitcoin “Number Go Up” Forever
00:48:30 The “Charismatic Campaigner” Risk
00:52:06 The Trauma of Being Vindicated on Bitcoin
00:54:55 Trait Disagreeableness is Common Among the Rich
00:56:52 Sharing Some Perspectives on Taleb and Musk

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 6% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmg
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

profile image
profile image

2 Listeners

bookmark
plus icon
share episode

Jason Lowery from the US Space Force joins me for a multi-episode series exploring the first principles of physics, the ubiquity of organic power projection, and how Bitcoin changes the game.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Jason's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonPLowery

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 First Principles of Physics
00:08:14 Constants in Reality: Is Bitcoin the First Constant in Economics?
00:12:14 Evolution: What Works is Kept
00:20:00 Evolutionary Power Projection and Cooperation
00:25:05 NYDIG
00:26:12 Force Across Distance = Work
00:28:40 What is Force?
00:33:01 Entrepreneurship in the Evolutionary Process
00:40:32 Life Succeeds Because it Hedges for “Tail Risks”
00:44:03 In Between Randomness and Structure is Life
00:49:11 Mammals, Opposable Thumbs, and Fire
00:53:50 Fire in Astronautical Engineering and Mammals Harnessing Fire
00:58:35 Humanoids Collaborating and Overcoming Dunbar’s Number
01:05:06 Ideas as the Ultimate Projection of Power
01:10:36 Forms of Power Through a Physics Lens
01:14:53 The Power Projection Game
01:20:24 Shared Abstractions & Establishing Pecking Order

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22
Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The "What is Money?" Show - Bitcoin Price Suppression with Plan B (WiM111)
play

01/15/22 • 70 min

Plan B joins for me a look into the mechanics of Bitcoin price suppression schemes.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Plan B's Twitter: https://twitter.com/100trillionUSD
Plan B's Website: https://planbtc.com/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Gold’s Historical Price Manipulation
00:04:56 The Mechanics of Gold Manipulation
00:10:56 Naked Selling Gold Futures with Infinite Fiat Margin
00:14:23 Europe Calling America’s Bluff on Gold Reserves Pre-1971
00:21:10 Bitcoin Hyper-Portability Hinders Price Suppression Schemes
00:25:24 NYDIG
00:26:32 Futures & Derivatives: Sign of a Maturing Market
00:35:32 Futures Markets Playing a Major Role in Price Suppression
00:40:53 Backwardation & Contango
00:42:54 Liquidations of Naked Short Selling Creating More Inflation?
00:46:29 Bitcoin’s Frictionless System of Global Final Settlement
00:50:04 Hyperinflating Currencies Experiencing More Volatility than Bitcoin
00:53:07 Preparation For State Price Manipulation and Actions Against Bitcoin
00:57:39 European Derivatives Markets vs American Derivatives Markets
01:01:43 The Fed to Buy Bitcoin?
01:05:15 Optimistic for the Future of Bitcoin in America

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22
Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The "What is Money?" Show - Money, Coercion, and Government Policy with Noam Chomsky (WiM127)
play

01/30/22 • 78 min

Noam Chomsky joins for me for a conversation on money, government policy, the proper role of coercion in civilization, and the consequences of neoliberalism.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Noam’s Website: http://www.chomsky.info/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 What is Money? And What is the Proper Role of Government in Money?
00:05:30 The Rise of Neoliberalism and Class Warfare
00:12:25 Financialization and the Bailout Economy
00:15:45 The Gold Standard Constrained Government Optionality
00:18:40 “Redlines” Laid Out by the Current US Republican Party
00:24:00 What Options Were Made Available by Abolishing the Gold Standard?
00:27:54 The Role of Inflation in Driving Wealth Disparity
00:33:00 Abolishing the Gold Standard and the Decoupling of Productivity and Wages
00:36:15 Who Bears the Costs of Limited Liability Incorporation?
00:39:30 Libertarian Perspective on Government Intervention and Unemployment
00:44:19 A Monopoly on Money Effectuates Limited Liability for Government?
00:49:30 Neoliberalism and a One-Sided Class War
00:51:35 NYDIG
00:52:43 What is the Proper Role of Coercion in Civilized Society?
00:57:00 The Decrying of Democracy
01:00:43 Do Free Markets Manifests What People Want?
01:04:44 The Integrity of Private Property Rights Prevents Cost Externalization?
01:07:53 The Proper Role of Market and State in Anarcho-Syndicalism
01:10:39 Is Democracy Intrinsic to the Free Market?
01:13:38 The Impact of Government Policy on Entrepreneurship

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22
Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode

Eric Weinstein joins me for a multi-episode conversation covering mathematics, physics, history, politics, economics, and money.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Eric's twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein
Eric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphd
Eric's Podcast: https://ericweinstein.org/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 The Systemic Failure of Modern Socioeconomic Incentives
00:04:27 The Importance of “Paying People in Immorality”
00:07:02 “The American Dream Has Stopped Paying a Dividend”
00:09:22 Atheism and the Disincentives to Accomplishment
00:11:58 “Tried to Put Some Money Away, But I’ve Got Debts No Honest Man Can Pay”
00:14:52 Do Unbreakable Rules Engender Cultural Vitality?
00:17:46 The Difficulty of Changing Existing Cultures
00:20:39 “Nature Just Cares About Strategies that Work”
00:24:20 Quantifying the Collapse of The American Dream
00:29:14 NYDIG
00:30:22 Does Fixing the Money Fix the Pace of Innovation?
00:35:02 DISC: “The Distributed Idea Suppression Complex”
00:38:04 “Fix the Science, Fix the World”
00:40:20 Money Geeks Need to Focus More on Science
00:42:15 The Market as a Trained Neural Net in a Force Field Called Money
00:47:37 Bitcoin: Let It Be Money Before It Is Anything Else
00:49:49 Isn’t Bitcoin Scientific Money?
00:54:11 Eric Saying One Super-Offensive Thing to the Bitcoin Community...

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode
The "What is Money?" Show - From Genghis Khan to Michael Saylor with Eric Weiss (WiM085)
play

12/07/21 • 100 min

Eric Weiss joins me to discuss the book "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World," his Bitcoin story, and his orange-pilling of the Bitcoin gigachad himself: Michael Saylor.

Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/

GUEST
Eric's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eric_BIGfund
Eric's Company: http://www.big.fund/

PODCAST
Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1
RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI
Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
00:08:00 Khan’s Religious Diversity
00:12:35 Unite & Conquer
00:17:35 Khan’s Institution of Money & Civility
00:21:02 Not Just Skin in the Game but Soul in the Game
00:23:25 “Rules for thee but not for me”
00:27:00 Bitcoin: The Great Unifier?
00:33:00 Bitcoin is Hope
00:35:09 Regulation for Bitcoin
00:41:04 NYDIG
00:42:11 Eric’s Introduction to Bitcoin
00:49:20 Bitcoin from 2013 to 2021
00:53:05 The Ultimate Positive-Sum Game
00:55:11 Venture Capital to Hedge Fund
01:01:09 Evolution of Asset Allocation
01:06:03 1⁄3 Property, 1⁄3 Business, 1⁄3 Bitcoin
01:10:58 Institutional Allocation in Bitcoin
01:13:14 Gold’s Failures & Bitcoin’s Consumption of Gold’s Market Share
01:19:00 Humanity’s Inability to Think Exponentially
01:21:46 The "Orange Pilling" of Saylor
01:30:07 Saylor’s Foresight & Fortitude

SOCIAL
Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en
All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​

WRITTEN WORK
Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/
Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7
Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22
Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22
Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove
Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528
The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true

RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES
Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/
Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217
Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 6% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3CFcOmg
Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/
Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/
Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22

profile image

1 Listener

bookmark
plus icon
share episode

Show more best episodes

Toggle view more icon

FAQ

How many episodes does The "What is Money?" Show have?

The "What is Money?" Show currently has 546 episodes available.

What topics does The "What is Money?" Show cover?

The podcast is about Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, History, Investing, Money, Podcasts, Finance and Education.

What is the most popular episode on The "What is Money?" Show?

The episode title 'The Gamesmanship of Money | The Weinstein Series | Episode 3 (WiM091)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The "What is Money?" Show?

The average episode length on The "What is Money?" Show is 88 minutes.

How often are episodes of The "What is Money?" Show released?

Episodes of The "What is Money?" Show are typically released every 2 days, 1 hour.

When was the first episode of The "What is Money?" Show?

The first episode of The "What is Money?" Show was released on Nov 20, 2020.

Show more FAQ

Toggle view more icon

Comments