Episodes

  • 314. Principles of Economics Lecture 5: Property
    Feb 24 2026

    Fifth lecture of Principles of Economics explains property as the only workable solution to the problem of scarcity, how ownership prevents conflict, the logic of self-ownership, and how secure property rights enable saving, capital formation, peaceful cooperation & civilizational advance.

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    45 mins
  • 313. Principles of Economics Lecture 4: Labor
    Feb 17 2026

    Fourth lecture of Principles of Economics explores labor as the sacrifice of leisure for future gain, explaining disutility, production and productivity, how wages reflect marginal output, why work never disappears, and how voluntary labor and capital raise the value of human time.

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    47 mins
  • 312. Principles of Economics Lecture 3: Time
    Feb 10 2026

    Third lecture of Principles of Economics examines time as the ultimate scarce resource, showing how all human action unfolds across time, why opportunity cost exists, how time preference shapes choices, and how economizing time drives production, saving, and civilization.

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    51 mins
  • 311. The Bitcoin vs Gold Debate: Saifedean Ammous vs Peter Schiff
    Feb 3 2026

    Saifedean debates Peter Schiff on gold, bitcoin, and the future of money, during the PlanB Conference in San Salvador!

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    52 mins
  • 310: Principles of Economics Lecture 2: Value
    Jan 27 2026

    Second lecture of Principles of Economics course explores value as a subjective judgment existing only in the consciousness of humans, how scarcity forces economizing, and how marginal utility determines choices and valuations of goods.

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    50 mins
  • 309: Principles of Economics Lecture 1: Human Action
    Jan 21 2026

    Starting this week, I'm releasing all the lectures of my Principles of Economics online course for free! This week's lecture explores economics as the study of human action and choice under scarcity, how humans act purposefully with deliberative reason, and why proper economic reasoning is based on understanding human action.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 308. Fiat Money, Inflation & the Collapse of Civilization with Danny Knowles
    Jan 13 2026

    Saifedean joins Danny Knowles on What Bitcoin Did to discuss The Gold Standard: how fiat funded war and made endless conflict possible, why hard money shapes time preference, and why gold failed where Bitcoin can win.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 307. The Incredible World Sound Money Would Have Given Us with Tom Woods
    Jan 6 2026

    Tom Woods interviews Saifedean about his latest book, The Gold Standard.

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    1 hr and 4 mins