SLP272 Peter St Onge - Bitcoin Energy Double Standards & Why Robots Are Not Taking All Our Jobs

<p>Peter St Onge, Austrian economist and fellow at Mises Institute joins me on the show to talk about his thoughts on Bitcoin Energy use, and what Deflationary growth will look like. We chat:</p> <ul> <li>Bitcoin energy costs</li> <li>Fiat standard costs</li> <li>Costs of recession</li> <li>Deflationary growth</li> <li>Keynesian ‘sticky wages’</li> <li>UBI and MMT</li> <li>Will robots take our jobs?</li> </ul> <p><strong>Peter St Onge links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/profstonge">@profstonge</a></li> <li>Article: <a href="https://mises.org/wire/critics-claim-bitcoin-threat-environment-theyre-wrong">Critics Claim Bitcoin Is a Threat to the Environment. They're Wrong.</a></li> <li>Substack: <a href="http://cryptoeconomy.substack.com/">CryptoEconomy</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://swanbitcoin.com/livera" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Swan Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="http://lend.hodlhodl.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Hodl Hodl Lend</a></li> <li><a href="http://compassmining.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Compass Mining</a></li> <li><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Unchained Capital</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="https://cyphersafe.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CypherSafe</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="http://coinkite.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CoinKite.com</a> (code LIVERA)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Stephan Livera links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Show notes and website</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/stephanlivera" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera</a></li> <li><a href="https://plinkhq.com/i/1415720320" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Subscribe to the podcast</a></li> <li><a href="https://www