SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute

Jeff Deist joins me to discuss Bitcoin and the application of Austrian economics in understanding Bitcoin. Topics: 

• Market selection of money
• The potential for a hard money standard to restrict govt spending
• Why Austrian Economists are split on Bitcoin
• Why credit would be much tighter under a hard money standard
• The deflation and 'hoarding' argument - dispelled
• The educational strategy pursued by the Mises Institute
• Jeff's recommended Austrian economics books for Bitcoiners

Jeff Deist and Mises Institute links:

• Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist
• Mises Institute: https://mises.org/
• Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises