The "What is Money?" Show

"Money: Free and Unfree" with George Selgin (WiM209)

Aug 29, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Money Free and Unfree - Your Story
01:46 • 3min
3
Free Markets in Money - I Don't Think We Can Get There Again
04:38 • 2min
4
Centrally Planned Money Isn't as Bad as Centrally Planning Money
06:24 • 3min
5
I Don't Want People to Get the Wrong Idiot
09:00 • 3min
6
We've Learned That Lesson About Socialism and Central Planning
11:31 • 2min
7
Is There a Role of Regulating Money?
13:13 • 4min
8
What Are the Contributors to the Financial Crisis?
17:00 • 2min
9
The Gold Standard and the Gold Exchange Standard of the US
19:04 • 5min
10
What Was the Difference Between the Classical Gold Standard and World War Two?
23:42 • 4min
11
The Gold Exchange Standard
27:44 • 3min
12
Getting Away With Fractional Reserves
30:29 • 2min
13
How to Get by With Less Gold
32:16 • 4min
14
The Path to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
36:09 • 2min
15
The New Bicoin Show - Hard Money
37:54 • 3min
16
What Is the Geopolitical Relevance of Gold to Day?
41:02 • 2min
17
Central Banks Never Face Resource Constraints When It Comes to Creating the Stuff
43:27 • 2min
18
Does the Federal Reserve Need a Monopoly?
45:57 • 2min
19
The Network Effects of the Dollar
47:43 • 1min
20
Is There an Educational Component?
49:12 • 3min
21
Is Bitcoin a Good Idea?
52:28 • 3min
22
Is Your Central Bank Stealing From You?
55:58 • 3min
23
The Average Person Is Suffering a Great Deal
58:40 • 2min
24
The Long Run Tendency for Most Allfiot Currency Systems
01:00:52 • 3min
25
Is the Federal Reserve a Disaster?
01:03:41 • 3min
26
We Don't Have Bankruptcy Crisis, Right?
01:07:02 • 3min
27
The Federal Reserve Is of Extreme Importance
01:10:11 • 3min
28
How Can We Move Toward Decentralized Money?
01:13:40 • 7min