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Larry White on Gold, Fiat, and Bitcoin: Determining the Ideal Monetary Standard

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

English - August 14, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 52.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 342 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ricardo Reis on the Macroeconomics of Financial Crises and the Recent Inflation Surge
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Larry White is a professor of economics at George Mason University and is the author of a new book titled, *Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?* Larry is also a returning guest to Macro Musings, and he rejoins the podcast to discuss this book and the comparison among those monetary standards. David and Larry specifically discuss the bottom-up vs. top-down theories of money, the basics and functionality of a gold, bitcoin, and fiat standards, the future of money, and more.

 

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*Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?* by Lawrence White

 

*Larry White on Stablecoins, Money Market Funds, and the History of Free Banking* by Macro Musings

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