43. Bitcoin and market efficiency

March 29, 2021 01:14:04
43. Bitcoin and market efficiency
The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
43. Bitcoin and market efficiency

Mar 29 2021 | 01:14:04

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Show Notes

Are markets efficient? How do we think of this question from an Austrian perspective? We discuss how the absence of constants in economics has always been the problem with all quantitative approaches to economic questions, and what bitcoin means for this.

 

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