Lawrence White on Currencies and Better Money

<p>Today, I host Lawrence White on the podcast. He is an economics professor at George Mason University with a specialty in the history and theory of banking and money and is the author of several books including <a href='https://amzn.to/45UV6JW'><em>Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin</em></a>. <br/><br/>We talk about why on earth money and <a href='https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/MonetaryPolicy.html'>monetary policy</a> come across as so intimidating, then he takes us on a tour of the different currencies we’ve used. We talk about federal banks, the debate between <a href='https://oll.libertyfund.org/person/alexander-hamilton'>Alexander Hamilton</a> and <a href='https://oll.libertyfund.org/person/thomas-jefferson'>Thomas Jefferson</a>, and the use of cryptocurrencies. </p><p>Never miss another<a href='https://adamsmithworks.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4f34889c6d4b9694383c21088&amp;id=fd25050948'> AdamSmithWorks </a>update.<br/><br/>Follow us on <a href='https://www.facebook.com/AdamSmithWorks'>Facebook</a>, <a href='https://twitter.com/adamsmithworks'>Twitter</a>, and <a href='https://www.instagram.com/adamsmithworkslf/'>Instagram</a>.<br/><br/><br/></p>