Highlands Bunker

E387 - Fisker Currency (w/ Dael Norwood)

Highlands Bunker

Show Notes

What is money? It might just be whatever helps us do increasingly elaborate financial schemes. Historian of capitalism Dael Norwood joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the current state of cryptocurrency in the broader history of our financial system, and what Delaware might try to do to legitimize flim flams, swindles, and other scams in the name of financial innovation. Show Notes: Congratulations All Around for Fisker NOCAP Middletown Town Hall on March 25th

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