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. 79 Former FEC Chairman Bradley Smith
Ep. 78 LGBT equality and the First Amendment
Ep. 77 Campus speech roundup: Art censorship, porn filters, speech restrictions abroad, and litigation victories
Ep. 76 From black armbands to the U.S. Supreme Court
Ep. 75 Against ‘Free Speech’ with Anthony Leaker
Ep. 74 ‘The Half-Life of Facts’ with Samuel Arbesman
Ep. 73 ‘Uncensored’ with Zachary Wood
Ep. 72 ‘Bodied’ with director Joseph Kahn
Ep. 71 Thinking about free speech in bets with Annie Duke
Ep. 70 Free speech in the digital age with Jameel Jaffer
Ep. 69 Former Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Ep. 68 'True threats' with David L. Hudson Jr.
Ep. 67 ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’
Ep. 66 Outrage mobs in comedy
Ep. 65 Artificial intelligence & speech rights
Ep. 64 How censorship crosses borders with Jacob Mchangama
Ep. 63 Supreme Court review: Kennedy, Kavanaugh, and “weaponizing the First Amendment”
Ep. 62 Most memorable FIRE cases
Ep. 61 ‘HATE’ with Nadine Strossen
Ep. 60 ‘Speak Freely’ with Professor Keith Whittington
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