Investment Manager and Austrian Economist Lawrence Lepard joins me for a conversation on the history of currency debasement, how we are living in "peak fiat", and how hard times will require new leadership in America.
00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro 00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com 00:01:37 What is Money? 00:03:39 What Properties make Gold Valuable? 00:06:14 How Gold Advanced Human Civilization 00:07:38 The Attack Vector “Stability” brings 00:10:05 Does Lack of Financial Education cause Financial Corruption? 00:11:39 Timeline on how we chose Gold 00:13:05 Why did we leave a Gold Standard? 00:20:24 Can Productivity & Growth Plateau? 00:22:05 Money Printing and War Financing 00:25:57 The Risks of Statism 00:31:09 Bitcoin Giving you a Chance by Opting Out 00:33:24 Private Property leading to Individualism 00:35:27 Discussing Mass Formation Psychosis 00:37:26 Will Mass Formation Psychosis increase as we print more Dollars? 00:39:18 Where is this headed? 00:45:14 Is the Nation State Model going to Dissolve or Reform? 00:47:23 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios & Bitcoin Magazine! 00:48:09 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth! 00:49:18 What Happens to Government under the Sovereign Individual Thesis? 00:51:55 Viewing the State through a Christian Lens 00:53:30 Was Gold’s Price Suppression Planned/Organized? 00:56:26 Russian Sanctions & Bretton Woods events in American History 01:09:16 Freezing of Bank Accounts in Canada & Russia 01:14:37 Mistakes Larry made as an Investor & Understanding Network Effects 01:18:54 Byzantine Generals Problem & Nations Inability to get around it 01:21:03 America Adopting Bitcoin 01:24:33 Is America Lacking Critical Thinkers? 01:26:35 New Leaders in America 01:28:57 Speaking out about what is going on in Society 01:30:10 Where to find Larry! 01:30:43 “What is Money” Outro
Bookmarked to listen to later.
I really like Lawrence and his insight. I would rank his commentary amongst some of the top bitcoin-friendly investors (only second to Alden)