SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann - Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin

Dr Guido Hülsmann, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, and Economics Professor at the University of Anger, France, joins me in this very special episode. We talk about government monetary intervention compared with a free market in money. We discuss many topics: The process of government monetary intervention and deterioration in quality of money Which kind of monetary intervention is worst? Interaction of reserve requirements with capital requirements How businesses and banking differ in a free market economy versus our fiat money economy The tendency towards one most saleable good or money, even within the cryptocurrency world Comments on 'stock to flow' ratio and hard money Dr Hülsmann's economics book recommendations for listeners Dr Guido Hülsmann links:  Website: http://www.guidohulsmann.com/ Guido Hülsmann's The Ethics of Money Production: https://mises.org/library/ethics-money-production  Murray Rothbard’s What Has Government Done To Our Money?: https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money  Hans-Hermann Hoppe How Is Fiat Money Possible?: https://mises.org/library/how-fiat-money-possible-or-devolution-money-and-credit  Ludwig von Mises Theory of Money and Credit: https://mises.org/library/theory-money-and-credit  Huerta de Soto Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles:  https://mises.org/library/money-bank-credit-and-economic-cycles  Philipp Bagus In Defense of Deflation - https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319134277 Stephan Livera Links:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera  Website: https://stephanlivera.com/  Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2  Subscribe on Android: https://subscribeonandroid.com/anchor.fm/s/7d083a4/podcast/rss