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Read_611 - The Freedom of Value [Dergig]
"Thus, given enough time and popularity, every movie, every song, and every document will be available to the general public for free. The nature...
Read_610 - The Invisible Cost of War - Part 2 [Alex Gladstein]
"In sum, the U.S. government has shown that — through the GFC, repo spike crisis in 2019 and pandemic crisis in 2020 — it...
Read_609 - The Invisible Cost of War - Part 1 [Alex Gladstein]
"As detailed in Saifedean Ammous’s “The Fiat Standard,” in November 1914 the British government “issued the first war bond, aiming to raise 350 million...
Read_608 - Want to Stick it to the Elites? Use Bitcoin [Avik Roy]
"Aspiring Republican politicians and conservative opinionators love talking in darkened tones about the malevolence of elites. And yet, for all the fingers wagged and...
Read_607 - Implications of Outlawing Bitcoin [Dergigi]
"If having 12 words in your head is illegal, something is terribly wrong with the law. If the police storm your building because you...
Read_606 - Lightning is a Liquidity Network [Roy Sheinfeld]
"Only liquid, flowing capital generates a return. Unlike a bank account, capital on Lightning is productive when it is mobile, not at rest. That’s...