PROPERTY RIGHTS, CAPITALISM, AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS & THE STATE - Saifedean Ammous (THE Bitcoin Podcast)

“if you come through the Bitcoin rabbit hole, the first mind blowing thing from the Austrian perspective is the fact, hey, you actually don’t need to be printing money all the time. Money can work even if the supply is fixed, believe it or not.“ - Saifedean Ammous On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Saifedean Ammous, an economist and internationally best-selling author of The Bitcoin Standard, The Fiat Standard, and his latest Principles of Economics. Saif and I cover a wide range of topics, from Austrian economics vs fiat Keynesian economics, to private property and how it relates to capitalism, socialism, and communism, the role of the law and the State, monarchy vs democracy, Anarchy, and even the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its connection to property rights and money. Subscribe to “THE Bitcoin Podcast“ wherever you get your podcasts to be notifed when it drops: Support THE Bitcoin Podcast on HIGHLIGHTER: @ ***** THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners: GET YOUR BITCOIN OFF EXCHANGES: Go to and use promo code WALKER for 5% off the Bitbox02 Bitcoin-only hardware wallet. Go to and use promo code WALKER for 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks. ***** SAIFEDEAN’S LINKS X: Nostr: npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak Website: ***** WALKER’S LINKS: NOSTR: X/TWITTER: Website: ***** TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction and Saifedean’s Journey 22:09 Contrasting Austrian Economics and Fiat Keynesian Economics 36:47 The Importance of Private Property in Capitalism 43:35 The Perversion of the Law by the State 47:52 The Role of Private Property and Inefficiencies of Government-Run Institutions 51:52 The Potential Benefits of Monarchy 01:00:57 Exploring the Middle East Conflict through Property Rights and Monetary Dynamics 01:19:05 Bitcoin’s Disruptive Potential in Reshaping Governance Structures 01:23:32 Challenging the Status Quo 01:27:54 The Importance of Empathy and Respect in a Civilized Order 01:33:09 The Systematic Land Grab and Conflict Formula in Palestine 01:37:19 The Market Distortion in Israel and the Need for a Free Market in Land 01:42:24 The Power of Technology to Enforce Reality 02:00:22 Bitcoin as Gunpowder: Embracing Technological Reality #bitcoin #austrianeconomics #anarchy #government #inflation #economics #bitcoinpodcast #israel #palestine #propertyrights #government #democracy #money #capitalism #socialism #communism #mises