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. 59 Debating ‘Is there a campus free speech crisis?’ with Sullivan, Haidt, Nossel, Sachs, & Foster
Ep. 58 ‘Lust on Trial’ with Amy Werbel
Ep. 57 Exploring threats to a free press with Laura Handman
Ep. 56 Have you been defamed?
Ep. 55 Is there a campus free speech crisis?
Ep. 54 Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Ep. 53 Bret Weinstein, professor in exile
Ep. 52 The Great Firewall of China
Ep. 51 University of Alaska President Emeritus Mark Hamilton
Ep. 50 Randall Kennedy on ‘The Forgotten Origins of the Constitution on Campus’
Ep. 49 “The Great Dissent” w/ Professor Thomas Healy
Ep. 48 ‘Natural Rights and the First Amendment’ w/ Jud Campbell
Ep. 47 Institute for Justice President and General Counsel Scott Bullock
Ep. 46 Revisiting Masses v. Patten (1917)
Ep. 45 Harvard professor Steven Pinker
Ep. 44 Berkeley then and now
Ep. 43 LIVE EVENT: Viewpoint diversity on campus
Ep. 42 ‘Is this the day the Internet dies?’
Ep. 41 The British free speech invasion
Ep. 40 “The neurodiversity case for free speech” w/ Geoffrey Miller
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