IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- What gave Saifedean the idea for the new book.
- What are the four key elements of how the Fiat system works?
- What surprised Saifedean the most about what value fiat brings to the existing economy.
- Inflation is a vector - what does that mean?
- What is the shadow banking system?
- What's the purpose of the IMF?
- How has fiat corrupted the existing incentives in food, academia and other areas?
- How does fiat mess with economic calculation?
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