Monetary Anarchy with Alex Jeser (WiM392)
The "What is Money?" Show
The Transition from Monarchy to Democracy
This chapter explores the transition from monarchy to democracy and how it has affected society's time preference, highlighting the shift in decision-making and the prioritization of politicians' benefits over societal benefit.
Alex Jeser joins me to talk about his book, “Monetary Anarchy: The Separation of Money and State”. We discuss the origin of knowledge, how warfare benefits the state, the difference between democracy, anarchy and minarchy, and whether monetary anarchy is possible on the Bitcoin standard.
Alex Jeser is an economist, author, and technology entrepreneur.
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// OUTLINE //
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:33 - Intro
00:02:06 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
00:02:52 - Alex Jeser’s Economic Background and Discovering Bitcoin
00:06:18 - The Origin of Knowledge
00:10:23 - Empiricism and Rationalism
00:13:32 - What is Money?
00:17:16 - Different Types of Money
00:21:08 - What is Inflation?
00:23:56 - Why Free Market Money Gets Outlawed?
00:30:37 - Fractional Reserve Banking
00:38:03 - Emergence and Purpose of Nation States
00:48:52 - Is Democracy a Success or Failure?
00:50:42 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite
00:51:47 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet
00:52:44 - How Warfare Benefits the State
00:57:10 - Interstate Anarchy and Fiat System
00:59:12 - Anarchy Based on Morals and Markets
01:10:47 - Anarchy and Bitcoin
01:17:22 - What is Minarchy?
01:23:00 - True Democracy of Bitcoin
01:26:15 - A World Without States
01:29:08 - Bitcoin: An Incorruptible Economic Voting System
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01:33:13 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet
01:34:05 - Can the State Stop Bitcoin?
01:38:52 - Strong Points of Bitcoin
01:42:27 - Illustrating Monetary Anarchy
01:47:36 - Does Monetary Anarchy Advance Civilization?
01:52:15 - Where to Find Alex on the Internet
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