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Podcast: The Peter McCormack Show
Episode: Why Bitcoin is the Best Money with Lyn Alden - WBD496
Description: Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist and investment strategist. In this interview, we discuss currency crises, the history of money, the properties of good money, and whether Bitcoin can usher in a new era of programmable, commodity money. - - - - What is money? We are taught to critically question and evaluate the world around us. Yet, most people never query the essence of what is perhaps civilisation's most important tool. We readily accept the money we have and use it without examining its history, characteristics, or whether it could be improved and changed. <...