Neoliberalism and Bitcoin with Roger Huang

About this episode

The episode explores the relationship between neoliberalism and Bitcoin with guest Roger Huang.

Neoliberalism is the political-economic system that has dominated the world for 40 years, but what does it really mean and how does it relate to Bitcoin? Free markets, deregulation, and a disdain for the state are all hallmarks of Bitcoin thinking, but these echo the same political ideas that shook the world since the 1980s. Roger is the author of Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?: The Past, Present and Future of Bitcoin in Techno-Nationalist China. Roger is a frequent Bitcoin commentator and speaker, writing for publications such as Forbes. We talk about the complexity and contradictions of neoliberalism, as well as the place Bitcoin plays in it. SUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?: The Past, Present and Future of Bitcoin in Techno-Nationalist China - https://www.amazon.com/Would-Mao-Hold-Bitcoin-Techno-Nationalist/dp/B0D7672L8X Understanding Neoliberalism as a System of Power, Damon Silvers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLtkJ-AgLuY Beyond the New Right - Markets, Government and the Common Environment, John Gray - https://www.routledge.com/Beyond-the-New-Right-Markets-Government-and-the-Common-Environment/Gray/p/book/9780415107068 The…

People in this episode

Host: Cody Ellingham

Guest: Roger Huang

Topics covered

• neoliberalism
• Bitcoin
• political economy
• free markets
• deregulation
• state
• techno-nationalism

Keywords

• neoliberalism
• Bitcoin
• free markets
• deregulation
• political economy
• techno-nationalism
• Roger Huang

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forbes

Books & works: Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?: The Past, Present and Future of Bitcoin in Techno-Nationalist China, Understanding Neoliberalism as a System of Power, Damon Silvers, Beyond the New Right - Markets, Government and the Common Environment, John Gray, The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age, James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, David Harvey

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