“Stefan Molyneux is interviewed by Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change on Bitcoin, Internet Freedom and Liberation at the Texas Bitcoin Conference.”
“Debt can either be repaid or be defaulted on. Destroying the purchasing power of money through inflation is one way to default on the debt. Simply not paying the debt is the other option. In both cases, savers, ‘thrifty pensioners’, and the customers of banks, insurance companies, and pension funds will suffer, and in the inflationary scenario everybody will suffer greatly. Sadly, the massive printing of money and accumulation of debt that has occurred since the termination of the gold standard and the adoption of limitless state fiat money and pro-growth central banking has now brought us to a point where defaults appear to be unavoidable. This is not some great reset. It is a man-made catastrophe.”
“Debt is an obligation laid upon the future by the past. The larger it gets, the harder it is for the future to happen. There is a correlation between extreme levels of public debt and low economic growth. High levels of debt-to-GDP have been historically associated with low levels of economic growth. That is what has been happening in Japan for the last 23 years… and in Europe and the US for the last seven. These economies are still fighting deleveraging, resisting debt deflation and pretending that they can continue to add debt forever… and that somehow this will get them out of their debt traps. But they are doomed. Without growth they can’t pay the debt. With so much debt, they can’t grow.”
http://www.bonnerandpartners.com/the-massive-problem-threatening-the-global-recovery/
“How do we break free of those who seek to control our lives through prohibitions, wars both physical and metaphorical? Stefan Molyneux discusses Bitcoin, Gun Control in Canada, the Drug War, the War on Men and the hope for freedom.”
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“Trace Mayer got in on the ground floor of bitcoin. Don Harrold has been talking about money and investing for more years than he cares to remember. Trace thinks that bitcoin is the currency of the future. Don is skeptical and believes there are privacy and safety issues that many members of the public need to be made aware of. Both men are extremely intelligent and worldly. Their hour long debate/discussion is quite compelling and discusses a number of issues that you need to hear.”
“What we call the Internet Reformation is continually educating viewers about simpler and more fulfilling lifestyles. Industries don’t have to be supercharged by monopoly central banking; the corporate state, forcibly supported by judicial decisions, is not an eternal fixture in the economic firmament. Eventually we may see a return to more basic and sustainable lifestyles. Modernity has virtually mandated the disparagement of the technology-deprived Indian lifestyle, but as people continually walk away from failing capitalist structures, simpler – even survivalist – lifestyles beckon. It turns out that Native Americans may have the proverbial last laugh.”
“What does psychological research reveal about people’s perception of money and value? What mental barriers do Bitcoin adoptees need to overcome to help others welcome the new paradigm? Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, brings the latest scientific insights into the psychology of money and value to bear on the challenges of evangelizing Bitcoin to the masses!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhL1Y1lg35w
“Most empires were financed on the loot captured from their conquered opponents. But the US Empire depends not on generals, but on bankers. Bernanke – the ‘Hero of ’08’ – kept the credit flowing at a crucial moment… He kept the empire on schedule… and on target… for its rendezvous with disaster. [..] Debt has its lifecycle.So do empires. Both expand. Then both… without exception… contract. An empire funded by debt is an especially ungainly, grotesque thing. It lurches from one disaster to another – going deeper and deeper into debt each time. But it is not the debt that kills empires. Debt is just a razor conveniently left on the side of the tub.”
http://www.bonnerandpartners.com/the-coming-bull-market-in-gold-stocks-is-going-to-be-big/
“A major reason why gold so often looks good is that the alternatives so often look so bad. They are nicely summarized for us by Vivek Kaul, who we met recently on a trip to Mumbai, India. Kaul’s new book, Easy Money: Evolution of Money from Robinson Crusoe to the First World War, tells the sorry story of the competition – the substitutes, the ersatz currencies, the monetary impostors that the world has seen come and, inevitably, go. History doesn’t always give you a clear view of the future. But sometimes, the story of the past has the same cast of characters, themes and plot twists. In the American colonies, Mr. EZ Money was one of the first immigrants to step off the boat.”
http://www.bonnerandpartners.com/are-we-on-the-cusp-of-a-new-bull-market-in-gold/
“Don’t be persuaded by the theory that the dollar is invulnerable … that inflation is dead … or that none of this really matters. Above all, don’t let anyone talk you out of protective investments. Indeed, the same investments that can help shield you from the consequences of the Fed’s folly also have the potential to deliver some of the greatest profit bonanzas of this era. Our editors are continually scouring the globe for the best opportunities at the best time. Today, I want to set the stage by taking you on a tour through time — to help you experience the consequences of central bank money printing … and to see the fortunes that can be lost, or made, as a result.”
http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/truth-and-consequences-of-fed-money-printing-58779