In Gold We Trust? The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty (Kindle Single)

The money of the future will be backed by the things we want to nurture, create, and preserve: by undeveloped land, clean water and air, great works of art and architecture, biodiversity and the genetic commons, unused development rights, unused carbon credits, uncollected patent royalties, relationships not converted into services, and natural res

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The Collapse of Patience: How AI, Capital Efficiency, and Bitcoin Break the Cycle

Jordi Visser

May 27, 2025

Last week, I referenced how certain books can leave lasting impressions—memories that echo back throughout life. This week, I want to highlight a sports memory.

I’m a devoted New York sports fan and have attended important playoff games for near... See more

as the trend progresses, it comes to be understood that the central, underlying system that is being corrupted is the currency, that most of today’s political and financial malfeasance depends on easy money, and that inflation is an ongoing policy of this pervasive new regime. When this realization becomes sufficiently wide-spread, the trends towar

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This will create an obvious dilemma for most Western governments. They will face sharp drops in revenue from taxation and the virtual elimination of leverage in the monetary system. At the same time, they will retain the unfunded liabilities and inflated expectations for social spending inherited from the industrial era. The result to be expected i

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