The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
Dr. Saifedean Ammous
Saifedean's The Bitcoin Standard Podcast is the place to discuss Bitcoin and economics from the Austrian school's perspective. Listen to the weekly saifedean.com discussion seminar, where a group of learners from all over the world discuss the website's online courses, as well as a wide variety of economic, political, and social issues, and occasionally host special guests for the discussion. The podcast also includes the most interesting interviews conducted with Saifedean on other shows.
- 46 minutes 54 seconds316. Principles of Economics Lecture 7: Technology
Seventh lecture of Principles of Economics explores technology as non-scarce knowledge that raises productivity and drives long-term growth, explaining why innovation creates new work instead of destroying it, and examining the economic arguments surrounding intellectual property.
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10 March 2026, 7:00 am - 47 minutes 27 seconds315. Principles of Economics Lecture 6: Capital
Sixth lecture of Principles of Economics explores capital as saved resources that lengthen production to raise productivity, showing how time preference governs saving and interest, why capital is costly and fragile (depreciation, risk, destruction), and how capital accumulation drives higher living standards.
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3 March 2026, 8:00 am - 44 minutes 40 seconds314. Principles of Economics Lecture 5: Property
Fifth lecture of Principles of Economics explains property as the only workable solution to the problem of scarcity, how ownership prevents conflict, the logic of self-ownership, and how secure property rights enable saving, capital formation, peaceful cooperation & civilizational advance.
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24 February 2026, 12:00 pm - 47 minutes 18 seconds313. Principles of Economics Lecture 4: Labor
Fourth lecture of Principles of Economics explores labor as the sacrifice of leisure for future gain, explaining disutility, production and productivity, how wages reflect marginal output, why work never disappears, and how voluntary labor and capital raise the value of human time.
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17 February 2026, 8:00 am - 50 minutes 37 seconds312. Principles of Economics Lecture 3: Time
Third lecture of Principles of Economics examines time as the ultimate scarce resource, showing how all human action unfolds across time, why opportunity cost exists, how time preference shapes choices, and how economizing time drives production, saving, and civilization.
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10 February 2026, 10:00 am - 51 minutes 57 seconds311. The Bitcoin vs Gold Debate: Saifedean Ammous vs Peter Schiff
Saifedean debates Peter Schiff on gold, bitcoin, and the future of money, during the PlanB Conference in San Salvador!
3 February 2026, 10:00 am - 49 minutes 54 seconds310: Principles of Economics Lecture 2: Value
Second lecture of Principles of Economics course explores value as a subjective judgment existing only in the consciousness of humans, how scarcity forces economizing, and how marginal utility determines choices and valuations of goods.
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27 January 2026, 10:00 am - 1 hour 3 minutes309: Principles of Economics Lecture 1: Human Action
Starting this week, I'm releasing all the lectures of my Principles of Economics online course for free! This week's lecture explores economics as the study of human action and choice under scarcity, how humans act purposefully with deliberative reason, and why proper economic reasoning is based on understanding human action.
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21 January 2026, 1:00 pm - 1 hour 5 minutes308. Fiat Money, Inflation & the Collapse of Civilization with Danny Knowles
Saifedean joins Danny Knowles on What Bitcoin Did to discuss The Gold Standard: how fiat funded war and made endless conflict possible, why hard money shapes time preference, and why gold failed where Bitcoin can win.
13 January 2026, 8:00 am - 1 hour 4 minutes307. The Incredible World Sound Money Would Have Given Us with Tom Woods
Tom Woods interviews Saifedean about his latest book, The Gold Standard.
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6 January 2026, 9:00 am - 57 minutes 16 seconds306. The Bitcoin Way with Tony Yazbeck
Our friend Tony Yazbeck rejoins us to tell us about bitcoin best practices, self-custody, and privacy.
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