Show Notes
Prof. Richard Werner is one of the best known economists in the world. Amir Taaki is one of the most famous cryptographers and cypherpunks of his generation. Together, they join forces to defeat centra planning & stop the rise of CBDCs.
Time stamps:
0:00 - Intro: A Crossover Panel at Mallorca Blockchain Days 2:02 - Werner's Paradigm: Why Mainstream Economics Is Charlatanism 5:52 - David Ricardo, Karl Marx & the Single Central Bank Dream 7:02 - Scientific Economics: The German Historical School & East Asia 9:25 - The Subsidiarity Principle: Lessons from the Prussian Army 12:46 - Decentralization in Money: 25,000 Local Banks 15:10 - Europe in Decline: Germany's Negative Growth & Rising Controls 17:20 - Germany Is Not Sovereign: The Occupation Statutes Theory 20:45 - The Undemocratic EU: A Soviet-Style Rubber Stamp Parliament 21:58 - Article 146: Germany's Path to a Real Constitution 24:39 - Direct Democracy via Technology: Why Do We Need Representatives? 26:00 - Amir Asks: What Does the Ideal Society Look Like? 27:13 - Switzerland's Referendum Culture as the Model 29:30 - The Scarcity Lie: Every Country Can Have 15% Growth 32:15 - Disaggregated Credit: Productive vs. Non-Productive 33:24 - Why One Currency? Medieval Bonds & Local Money 35:36 - The Wörgl Experiment: Full Employment in the Great Depression 38:04 - Tally Sticks: The Original Public/Private Key Money 40:10 - Local Credit as a Social Force Under Community Control 43:09 - Sea Power vs Land Power: The Bank of England's Origins 47:07 - 1688: The Foreign Invasion Nobody Talks About 49:49 - Belt & Road, Iran, and the Real Target: China 51:47 - Sponsors: Cake Wallet, LayerTwo Labs, Orange Rock, Braiins, SideShift 54:22 - The Year in Privacy: FHE, Obfuscation & the Zcash Hack 56:35 - The Year in Economics: Chat Control & the Digital Prison 57:46 - CBDC Explained: The Umpire Who Wants to Play 59:04 - How a Banking Crisis Ushers in the Soviet System 1:01:07 - Q&A: How Can Politicians Create Growth? 1:06:31 - Q&A: Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse So Suddenly? 1:12:05 - The $100 Cake Wallet Prize Vote 1:13:07 - Closing Question: What Do You Think of Bitcoin Today? 1:14:07 - Amir on Bitcoin: No Leadership, Proletariat Vibes & Trump Dependency 1:17:05 - Werner: Bitcoin Works as an Asset, Fails as Money 1:18:18 - Bitcoin, Geopolitics & Iran Charging Shipping Fees in BTC 1:20:32 - Gold, Cash & the War on Alternatives 1:22:51 - Closing
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