Episode · This Week in Startups · 2021-11-23
Books mentioned on Nikola Motors update, El Salvador launches $1B bond to build "Bitcoin City" on a volcano | E1331
Full news show today! First, a quick update on Nikola and Trevor Milton's situation (1:35).
Saifedean Ammous discussed The Fiat Standard by Saifedean Ammous.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Fiat Standard
Saifedean Ammous's book The Fiat Standard explores the economic consequences of government-issued fiat currency systems, arguing that traditional monetary policies have subsidized dysfunctional energy grids and various structural inefficiencies over the past half-century.
Discussed“i think so i think this is this is a point that i make in the fiat standard which is that you know we've had fiat subsidize all these dysfunctional forms of energy over the last 50 years that have led to the grid becoming unreliable”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Bitcoin Standard
“and this clip comes from an interview he did with doctors sephidine amus uh sephidine i hope i am pronouncing your name correct sephidine is the author of the bitcoin standard the decentralized alternative to central banking which was published in 2018”