Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2018-10-09
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Saifedean Ammous: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #107
Saifedean Ammous – The Bitcoin Standard - [Invest Like the Best, EP.107]
My guest this week is Saifedean Ammous, author of the book the Bitcoin Standard. This was one of the more interesting conversations I’ve had in the world of cryptocurrency, primarily because we don’t talk about Bitcoin or Crypto until 25 minutes into the talk.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy discussed The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous and others. Saifedean Ammous discussed Gold Wars by Ferdinand Lips and Democracy - the God That Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Bitcoin Standard
Discussed“I think a great place to start would be for you to begin with a description of sound money. It's such an important central concept in the book.”
Where to get it
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Gold Wars
Discussed“the roots of this, you know, go back to reading a book by an old Swiss banker called Ferdinand Lips. That's the name of the banker and his book is called Gold Wars. I cite it in my book extensively.”
Where to get it
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Democracy - the God That Failed
Discussed“And I think the way that I formulate it, also based on the work of another economist, an academic economist, a German economist called Hans Hermann Hoppe. He wrote a book called Democracy, the God That Failed.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Bitcoin Standard
“My guest this week is Safe Dean Amos, author of the book The Bitcoin Standard.”