So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
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Ep. 209: ‘Is money speech?’ with Robert Breedlove
There is a recurring debate in the free speech community regarding whether money is speech.
Bitcoin-focused entrepreneur, writer, and philosopher Robert Breedlove joins us today to discuss this very question. Describing money as “the language of human action,” Robert makes the case that money, like the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, is information and should be free from government regulation and manipulation. During this longer-than-usual episode, Robert and Nico discuss everything from Keynesian economics and 3D-printed firearms to the Chinese Communist Party.
Robert is the host of the popular podcast, “The ‘What is Money?’ Show,” which dives into the nature of money by asking guests one simple question: What is money? In 2020, he co-authored the book, “Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money.”
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
3:56 Robert’s background
19:21 What is Austrian economics?
24:23 Is money speech?
44:48 Can money express irrational things?
51:59 Is access to perfect information always a good thing?
1:05:17 Bitcoin and anonymity
1:14:58 Prediction markets
1:18:14 Theories of information/the marketplace of ideas
1:31:49 Is code speech?
1:39:59 Is economic freedom more fundamental than freedom of speech?
1:49:13 Regulating bitcoin
1:55:16 Bitcoin ETFs
1:57:03 Rapid-fire Bitcoin questions
2:06:16 Does more access to information make the world a better place?
2:06:53 Outro
Show Notes
“The ‘What is Money?’ Show”
“The Creature from Jekyll Island” by G Edward Griffin
“The Bitcoin Standard” by Saifedean Ammous
“The Use of Knowledge in Society” by Friedrich Hayek
“The Logic of Scientific Discovery” by Karl Popper
“Areopagitica” by John Milton
Ep. 196 ‘The Identity Trap’ by Yascha Mounk
Ep. 195 ‘Don’t Tread on Me,’ misgendering, cancel culture, and three strikes for Texas
Ep. 194 Harvey Silverglate, the beatnik criminal defense attorney
Ep. 193 Can you still have a debate in high school debate?
Ep. 192 Free speech at the Supreme Court
Ep. 191 Civil liberties and Civil War
Ep. 190 Free speech and Abolitionism
Ep. 189 Why should we care about punk rock?
Ep. 188 How to make a winning free speech argument
Ep. 187 Dominion vs. Fox lawyers reflect on historic case
Ep. 186 Killer Mike on free speech, racial justice, and Rap on Trial
Ep. 185 Sex, drugs, and free speech (Bob Guccione Jr. and Nick Gillespie)
Ep. 184 What’s going on in Florida?
Ep. 183 The Stanford shout-down with David Lat
Ep. 182 Ilya Shapiro on Fox/Dominion and his ‘cancel culture nightmare’
Ep. 181 New York Times v. Sullivan and its future
Ep. 180 Super Bowl free speech fumble
Ep. 179 Artificial intelligence: Is it protected by the First Amendment?
Ep. 178 The costs of offending religious sensitivities
Ep. 177 Are Ann Coulter’s words really ‘violence’?
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