Topics
00:00:00 - Russia's threat to Eastern Europe
00:00:34 - Guest's podcasting journey
00:01:06 - Anecdote about Bedford trip
00:01:39 - Small business and economic struggles
00:04:47 - Macroeconomic analysis and Bitcoin
00:09:06 - Podcast history and audience
00:10:02 - Critique of Gary Economics
00:13:07 - Structural problems and monopolies
00:15:11 - Ukraine conflict and Western decline
00:32:22 - Military-industrial complex
00:41:13 - Justifications for Russia's invasion
00:56:16 - Russian propaganda and useful idiots
01:06:06 - Recording noise
01:06:18 - Provocateurs and Russian propaganda
01:18:34 - Biden's involvement in Ukraine
01:22:14 - Realistic resolution to the war
01:37:42 - GDP per capita analysis
01:42:49 - Government spending analysis
01:48:50 - World War debt and reparations
01:52:49 - Authoritarianism and global instability
01:56:20 - Bitcoin as a financial tool
02:02:06 - Bitcoin's power curve growth