BTC149: Parallels to the Roman Empire w/ Dr. Peter St. Onge (Bitcoin Podcast)

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Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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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. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Peter's Youtube Channel. Peter's website. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Sun Life The Bitcoin Way Range Rover Sound Advisory BAM Capital Fidelity SimpleMining Briggs & Riley Public Shopify Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

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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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