Larry Lepard joins me to explore his new book “The Big Print”, what the next decade of money printing will look like, how inflation destroys the middle class, Metcalfe’s Law and the power of network effects, Bitcoin vs gold, the threat of paper bitcoin, the creation of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and the hope of a hyperbitconized future. Lawrence W. Lepard is the founder and the Managing Partner of Equity Management Associates LLC and author of the new book “The Big Print”.
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0:00 - WiM Episode Trailer
1:07 - "The Big Print"
16:14 - The Next 5-10 Years of Money Printing
22:40 - Why Most People Ignore Money Printing
27:32 - How Inflation Destroys the Middle Class
32:42 - The Farm at Okefenokee
34:02 - Heart & Soil Supplements
35:02 - What’s the Problem with the Current Monetary System?
47:38 - Why the Rich Get Richer & the Poor Get Poorer
53:52 - The Morality of Money and Inflation
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1:11:31 - Mine Bitcoin with Blockware Solutions
1:12:54 - The Byzantine Generals Problem Explained
1:16:51 - Metcalfe’s Law and Bitcoin’s Network Effect
1:25:09 - When Will the Sovereign Debt Crisis Hit?
1:33:23 - On-Ramp Bitcoin Custody
1:34:46 - NetSuite: Business Software
1:36:03 - Debt, GDP, and Technology
1:39:15 - Bitcoin vs Gold
1:46:52 - Gresham’s Law: Why Bad Money Drives Out Good
1:55:06 - The Threat of Paper Bitcoin
2:01:08 - MindLab Pro Supplements
2:02:17 - Buy Bitcoin with Coinbits
2:03:28 - When Will Hyperbitcoinization Happen?
2:10:06 - Bitcoin, Politics, and DOGE
2:15:36 - When Strategic Bitcoin Reserve?
2:25:28 - Larry’s Writing Process
2:33:30 - Bitcoin Over the Next Decade
2:38:16 - Bitcoin and Raising Kids
2:44:35 - Where to Buy "The Big Print"
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