Jeff Booth: Why Prices Rise But Quality Gets Worse | The "Free Market" and Deflation Myth
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
Lessons from Free Banking and Fractional Reserves
Jeff summarizes wildcat banking, fractional reserves, and how systemic failures led governments to centralize money.
In this episode of Coin Stories, Natalie Brunell is joined by Jeff Booth, author of The Price of Tomorrow, for a deep conversation about why what we call "capitalism" has never truly existed. We discuss:
- The truth behind rising prices & declining quality
- Myths of the free market and deflation
- How Bitcoin could reshape economic incentives
- The difference between capitalism and crony capitalism
- The impact of government regulation: does it really protect us?
- Why monopolies are incompatible with a truly free market
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