Bitcoin, Hard Money, and Time Preference
Explore how hard money preserves purchasing power and lowers time preference, and evaluate Bitcoin's role in reversing fiat-driven social decay.
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Bitcoin Institutional Friction and Rural Adoption
The April 21, 2025 Bitcoin Nova Podcast features Wyoming rancher Freeborn Farmer, who links the probate ordeal following his daughter’s death to a decisive shift into Bitcoin self‑custody.
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Bitcoin’s Low‑Time‑Preference Ethic and Emerging Circular Economies
The April 21, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Edge with Paula features Matthew Mastro arguing that Bitcoin’s fixed supply encourages patience, durable craftsmanship, and family resilience.
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Transforming Scarcity into Abundance with Bitcoin
On April 15, 2025, the Robin Seyr Podcast featured Noah Kaufman, who detailed how Bitcoin can transcend traditional fiat scarcity to foster personal growth and societal well-being. The conversation connected Bitcoin’s savings technology with transformative self-actualization and moral realignment.
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The Hidden Cost of Money: Economic and Social Consequences of Fiat Currency
The December 13, 2023 episode of the Bitcoin Fundamentals podcast features Seb Bunney, author of The Hidden Cost of Money, discusses how monetary interventionism leads to pervasive economic and social issues, focusing on the consequences of inflationary monetary policies.
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Bitcoin’s Role in Building Economic Accountability
The November 7, 2024 episode of the Bitcoin Infinity Show features Guy Swann discussing Bitcoin’s fundamental economic and philosophical underpinnings, focusing on how Bitcoin aligns with sound money principles and how it contrasts with fiat currency systems.
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Praxeology and Bitcoin: Redefining Human Action in the Digital Economy
The June 28, 2023 episode of the What is Money podcast features Knut Svanholm. The conversation focuses on praxeology as a framework within Austrian economics that emphasizes the subjective nature of human actions and decision-making, and Bitcoin's implications.
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Subjective models of the macroeconomy: evidence from experts and representative samples
Full article summary: Andre, P., Pizzinelli, C., Roth, C., Wohlfart, J., 2022. Subjective models of the macroeconomy: evidence from experts and representative samples. The Review of Economic Studies 89, 2958-2991.
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Happiness and Time Preference: The Effect of Positive Affect in a Random-Assignment Experiment
Full article summary: Ifcher, J., Zarghamee, H., 2011. Happiness and time preference: the effect of positive affect in a random-assignment experiment. American Economic Review 101, 3109-3129.
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Discounting and global environmental change
Full article summary: Polasky, S., Dampha, N.K., 2021. Discounting and global environmental change. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 46, 691-717. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-020420-042100
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Time discounting and time preference: a critical review
Full article summary: Frederick, S., Loewenstein, G., O'Donoghue, T., 2002. Time discounting and time preference: a critical review. Journal of Economic Literature 40, 351-401.
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Addressing the Hidden Costs of Money
In the August 7, 2024 Simply Bitcoin IRL podcast, Seb Bunney explores the themes from his book, "The Hidden Cost of Money." He delves into the psychological, social, and economic impacts of the current fiat monetary system.
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