147. Economy 2.0 - A different kind of money

For today’s episode, host Josh Sidman is joined by Stef Kuypers.Mr. Kuypers is a behavioral and monetary economist pursuing his PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Before he began his intellectual journey in economics, Stef led a successful career in the IT industry. After his work in IT, Stef began to do in-depth research on economics and monetary systems. This led him to join the board of Happonomy, a non-profit dedicated to helping individuals, businesses, and governments improve living standards. His PhD focuses on comparative monetary systems, and how society can use money differently to improve welfare.Mr. Kuypers earned his master's in IT, and is pursuing his PhD in Business Economics at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.Together, we discussed how money can be used differently to improve living standards, why the free-rider problem isn’t much of a problem, and how the yard sale economic model could work in real life.