Re‑Balancing the Dollar: Pathways to Industrial Renewal
The April 17, 2025 episode of Coin Stories features Lyn Alden analyzing how reserve-currency mechanics shape U.S. trade deficits, capital flows, and industrial policy.
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Bitcoin’s Strategic Role as the World’s Reserve Money
In this November 25, 2024 episode of the Robin Seyr podcast, Walker positions Bitcoin as a leading candidate for global reserve money, emphasizing its decentralized nature and the importance of early adoption for nations and corporations.
Bitcoin vs. Dollar: Examining Global Currency Power Shifts
This November 5, 2024 episode of the Bitcoin Standard Podcast features Saifedean Ammous and Brent Johnson debating on Bitcoin’s potential to overtake the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency
The Case for Bitcoin as an Alternative to Central Banking
The October 28, 2024 episode of the Robin Seyr podcast features Christian Ander discussing the precarious state of fiat currencies and the disruptive potential of Bitcoin to replace traditional financial systems.
Bitcoin vs. Gold: Navigating Economic Uncertainty and the Future of Money
In the September 07, 2024 episode of David Lin's podcast, Peter Schiff and Jack Mallers debate the relative merits of Bitcoin and gold as alternatives to the U.S. dollar amid concerns of an impending economic crisis.
The rise and fall of the dollar (or when did the dollar replace sterling as the leading reserve currency?)
Full article summary: Eichengreen, B., Flandreau, M., 2009. The rise and fall of the dollar (or when did the dollar replace sterling as the leading reserve currency?) European Review of Economic History 13, 377-411.
Can cryptocurrencies fulfill the functions of money?
Full article summary: Ammous, S., 2018. Can cryptocurrencies fulfil the functions of money? The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 70, 38-51.