The Fake Science of Economics | Curtis Yarvin x Peter McCormack Show

In Part 2 of our conversation, Curtis Yarvin covers political decay, Austrian economics and the origins of money and Bitcoin. We explore: – Monarchy as the most honest system of rule – The flaw in free-market libertarianism – Mises vs Keynes vs Friedrich List – What the Austrians got right & wrong – Why personal net worth is the real inflation metric – The theoretical origin of money – Bitcoin vs gold question CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH CURTIS YARVIN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/curtis_yarvin SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:05:38 – Farage, Reform & Populism’s Trap 00:10:50 – Monarchy as a Political System 00:17:34 – Caesar vs Commodus 00:25:38 – Democracy’s Many Failure Modes 00:30:11 – Corporate Governance as Political Metaphor 00:33:25 – Austrian Economics & Intellectual Capture 00:40:32 – System Software & Building Urbit 00:49:29 – Economics as Propaganda 00:54:12 – Why GDP Is a Lie 01:01:07 – Mises vs Keynes 01:05:00 – Mercantilism & Friedrich List 01:09:21 – Personal Net Worth = Inflation 01:14:18 – Bitcoin, Gold & Store of Value 01:24:05 – The Nash Equilibrium of Money 01:30:34 – Why Axes Can’t Be Money 01:35:26 – Why Bitcoin Wins 01:38:16 – The Path to Remonetisation 01:46:43 – How Close He Got to Bitcoin 01:50:00 – Final Thoughts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #CurtisYarvin #Bitcoin #Monarchy #AustrianEconomics #TPMS #petermccormack