BTC149: Parallels to the Roman Empire w/ Dr. Peter St. Onge (Bitcoin Podcast)
We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network
Stig Brodersen
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Preston Pysh and Dr. Peter St. Onge cover some of the current macro events and themes while also talking about a few parallels to the previous global superpowers of the past, like the Roman Empire.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
01:44 - Peter's overview of what's causing the inflation that happened after 2020.
20:39 - What's happening in China and does Peter buy into all the headlines that it's got economic problems?
33:59 - Peter's thoughts on Bitcoin and how it's going to be relevant moving forward.
39:08 - A broad overview of the cyclical nature of great empires and Rome in particular.
39:08 - The currency issues in Rome and what caused them to occur.
49:22 - What type of social issues were experienced during the great Roman debasement?
01:02:21 - Peter's thoughts on Gold vs Bitcoin.
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- Peter's Youtube Channel.
- Peter's website.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TI-P. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey everyone, welcome to this Wednesday's release of the Bitcoin Fundamentals podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | As the global macro site picture continues to unfold, we see quite interesting dynamics |
| 0:12.2 | at play. |
| 0:13.2 | We have the richest person on the planet, Elon Musk, literally tweeting things out that say, |
| 0:18.0 | watching the Roman Empire collapse again, but this time with Wi-Fi and memes. |
| 0:22.8 | We're seeing credit markets continue to sell off beyond levels that many didn't think |
| 0:26.6 | were even possible without something very serious breaking. |
| 0:30.2 | So to cover some of these current macro events, in themes while also talking about a few parallels |
| 0:35.2 | to the previous global superpowers of the past, like the Roman Empire, we have Dr. Peter |
| 0:40.9 | St. Onge with us today. |
| 0:43.1 | Peter is a fellow at the Mises Institute and former professor at the Montreal Economic Institute. |
| 0:48.4 | We cover all of these topics, the potential for Bitcoin to offer a solution and much, |
| 0:52.9 | much more. |
| 0:53.9 | So with that, stay tuned for my discussion with the thoughtful Dr. Peter St. Onge. |
| 1:02.1 | You're listening to Bitcoin Fundamentals by the Investors Podcast Network. |
| 1:07.6 | Now for your host, Preston Pish. |
| 1:20.8 | Hey everyone. |
| 1:21.8 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:22.8 | I'm here with Peter and I'm really looking forward to this conversation because we're |
| 1:26.3 | going to get into some of this America, Bitcoin, Roman Empire stuff, maybe in the second half |
| 1:32.6 | of the show, but I've never had that conversation with anybody on the show. |
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