233. Deflation with Jeff Booth

The final lecture of Principles of Economics makes the case for civilization, how it emerges when reason restrains instinct & lowers time preference, enabling capital accumulation & division of labor, increasing peace & prosperity over generations, & how it can collapse.Get all c ...  Show more

Saifedean joins Nick Carey to discuss money as a civilizational force: why mainstream economics has an inflation blind spot, how banks "mine" fiat through credit creation, why the rich hold negative fiat balances to acquire hard assets, and how inflation funds war, corrodes moral ...  Show more

Jeff Booth and Clay Finck chat about inflation and deflation, why inflation isn’t necessarily good for a healthy and thriving economy, and more. Jeff is the author of The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 0 ...  Show more

On today's show, we talk to entrepreneur and best selling author, Jeff Booth. Jeff is the author of, The Price Of Tomorrow, which is a book about why deflation is the key to an abundant future. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: Why we have too much debt and not enough growth in the ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: Work being done on the lightning network for payments What a deflationary world would look like What would the price of real estate look like How might the stock market get repriced Other technology impacts Bitcoin might have on policy BOOKS AND RES ...  Show more

The world is undergoing pressures that are inflationary, but also deflationary forces. Which one will win out? What is driving humanity’s  progress forward? Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur and author joins me to  discuss our deflationary future.

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