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Larry White on Gold, Fiat, and Bitcoin: Determining the Ideal Monetary Standard

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Larry White is a professor of economics at George Mason University and is the author of a new book titled, *Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?* Larry is also a returning guest to Macro Musings, and he rejoins the podcast to discuss this book and the comparison among those monetary standards. David and Larry specifically discuss the bottom-up vs. top-down theories of money, the basics and functionality of a gold, bitcoin, and fiat standards, the future of money, and more.

Transcript for this week’s episode.

Larry’s Twitter: @lawrencehwhite1

Larry’s Mercatus profile

Larry’s GMU profile

David Beckworth’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

Follow us on Twitter: @Macro_Musings

Join the Macro Musings mailing list!

Check out our new Macro Musings merch!

Related Links:

*Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?* by Lawrence White

*Larry White on Stablecoins, Money Market Funds, and the History of Free Banking* by Macro Musings

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Larry White is a professor of economics at George Mason University and is the author of a new book titled, *Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?* Larry is also a returning guest to Macro Musings, and he rejoins the podcast to discuss this book and the comparison among those monetary standards. David and Larry specifically discuss the bottom-up vs. top-down theories of money, the basics and functionality of a gold, bitcoin, and fiat standards, the future of money, and more.

Transcript for this week’s episode.

Larry’s Twitter: @lawrencehwhite1

Larry’s Mercatus profile

Larry’s GMU profile

David Beckworth’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

Follow us on Twitter: @Macro_Musings

Join the Macro Musings mailing list!

Check out our new Macro Musings merch!

Related Links:

*Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?* by Lawrence White

*Larry White on Stablecoins, Money Market Funds, and the History of Free Banking* by Macro Musings

  continue reading

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