Mostly Monthly: Rotten Tariffs & Why We Need the Blockchain

On this Mostly Monthly episode of the Epoch Podcast, Austin starts the discussion off on tariffs and how messed up the food industry is, which eventually ties to Matt's tidbits on the state of cryptocurrency. The rest of us throw our random 2 cents in :) https://youtu.be/k-eY4_eK6rs Topics we get into: * Shady stuff going on in the food industry* China and Trump* China tariffs/taxation* New Mexico and other geography problems* Digital piracy and knock-offs* Chinese culture and environmental issues* Walmart prices going up* Do tariffs actually help the US economy?* Market manipulation with fake products* Social Security* Using prison workers for free work in China* Disadvantages of playing "above board" * The false premise of bringing jobs back to the US* Using the blockchain to address these issues* Cryptocurrency price recovery and potential* The wrong people getting into the market at the wrong time* Manipulating the market and causing crashes* Quantitative easing* An artificially inflated market due to companies buying back their own stock* The best cryptocurrency to get into?* Satoshi Nakamoto - Fred Durst* Proof of work vs proof of stake [no individual posts for this episode] Resource/s Mentioned https://theepoch.org/why-you-should-want-robots-to-steal-your-job/ https://theepoch.org/blockchain-beyond-bitcoin-vinay-gupta/ Rotten documentary seriesReason MagazineBen ShapiroBitcoinEthereum Products Recommended in This Episode Inception Fidget Spinner Resistance Bands <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Airisland-Stretcher-Resistance-Exerciser-Strengthener/dp/B071JL6PYZ/ref=as_li_ss_il?