Liberty and Finance: The Mechanics of Fiat Money Destruction (w/ Alasdair Macleod, Quinton Hennigh, and Jay Taylor)

Liberty and Finance Premiered Nov 16, 2022 Alasdair Macleod and Quinton Hennigh return as guests on the next program. Human beings have been capable of believing, ever since Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, that they could be like God simply by obeying, without limit, their hedonistic instincts. The big lie most relevant to this week’s show is the one told by Lord John Maynard Keynes in 1935 when he suggested that societies could become rich by consuming more than they produce. To lend credence to that lie, Keynes required honest, market-driven money, gold, to be…