Can Gold or Bitcoins Be the Solution to a Financial Crisis?

March 22nd 2022.

In a country dominated by statist politicians, what it is like to campaign for freedom, personal responsibility, and limited government? In this episode, Saifedean talks to leader of the People’s Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier about Canadian politics and whether bitcoin can protect Canadians from government overreach. They discuss Maxime’s journey into politics as a libertarian, why Canadian inflation is so high, and why Maxime supported recent protests by Canadian truckers. They also talk about the merits of gold versus bitcoin as money, and how Maxime would change Canada’s monetary policy. Saifedean pitches Maxime on the advantages of bitcoin for Canada, and Maxime announces that he's looking to accept donations in bitcoin!

Resources

• Maxime on Twitter
• Official website of the People’s Party of Canada
• Alternative measures of inflation on Shadow Stats.
• Official inflation statistics in Canada
• Mises Institute article on Canadian trucker protests by Lew Rockwell
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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