Every coin has two sides – Technology can free or enslave us… Excerpt from the podcast: In a way I see crypto as the materialization of Friedrich August Hayek’s Idea, that he described back in 1976, namely as the denationalization of money. If we see the value and philosophy of the crypto world and the …
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Die Schweiz als Modell für den Rest der Welt – Teil II
„Die Demokratie, die wir kennen, muss scheitern, und so viele Menschen werden enttäuscht sein, dass sie sich eventuell gemeinsam gegen die Demokratie wenden. Ursache ist aber nur ein ganz spezieller Fehler unseres demokratischen Systems. Es ist überhaupt nicht notwendig, dass Demokratie ein allmächtiges Parlament bedeuten muss. Die meiste Zeit der neueren Geschichte zeigt das Ringen …
DIE SCHWEIZ ALS MODELL FÜR DEN REST DER WELT – TEIL I
Während sich das Abendland weiterhin auf seinen jahrhundertelangen Abstieg in starre Zentralisierung, allgegenwärtige Regulierung und monetäre Manipulation bewegt, erkennen mehr und mehr Bürger, vor allem Sparer und Anleger, dass ihre Eigentumsrechte, ihre Privatsphäre und ihre finanzielle Souveränität immer stärker eingeschränkt werden. Erhebliche Regierungsgewalt und erhöhte Machtstellung über Wirtschaft und Märkte scheinen, trotz der giftigen Konsequenzen …
Friedrich August von Hayek and the denationalisation of money with Claudio Grass/
On Show 20 of the MisesUK.Org podcast, regular host Andy Duncan spoke with Claudio Grass, a Mises Ambassador for the Mises Institute and a precious metals advisor based in Switzerland, about Hayek’s ideas on the denationalisation of money. These stem from Hayek’s book on this subject first published in 1976. They focussed on the removal of the state from the production of money and the relevancy of Hayek’s ideas in this newer age of cryptocurrencies, along with the older monies of gold, silver, and other valuable commodities, possibly also becoming combined with the latest block chain technologies.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/misesuk-org-podcast/id1322473728
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“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one’s mind without another’s guidance. Sauere Aude! Dare to Know! Have the courage to use your own understanding is therefore the motto of the Enlightenment.” Immanuel Kant
Russia-China real gold standard means end of US dollar dominance on RT News
The BRICS counties are considering starting an internal gold trading platform, according to Russian officials. When this happens, the global economy will be significantly reshaped, and the West will lose its dominance, predicts a precious metals expert. In 2016, 24,338 tons of physical gold were traded, which was 43 percent more than in 2015, according …
Jeff Deist on Why Smaller is Better
Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Insitute in Auburne (www.mises.org) spoke last week at a meeting of America’s Future Foundation (https://AmericasFuture.org) on the why smaller government units are better, and how the Swiss principle of subsidiarity could help ease the nasty cultural and political divides facing America.
Virtually every aspect of human life becomes more decentralized every day. Technology makes the old hub-and-spoke model of organizations obsolete; highly diffuse and ever-changing networks are the order of the day. So why is governance going in the other direction, becoming more and more centralized? Why do we accept the loss of local control and self-determination, yielding to national and even supra-national bureaucracies?
Something is wrong with the world today!
Claudio Grass and Jeff Deist on Whether Switzerland can Save the World – Mises Institute
Switzerland is no libertarian paradise. It has bureaucrats and a wayward central bank. But it remains an astonishing modern example of the principles of federalism and subsidiarity in action. In fact, it exemplifies Lew Rockwell’s daydream: nobody much knows or cares who is president. Its federal administrative state demonstrates humility instead of hubris. And virtually all political decisions, from taxes to welfare to immigration, are decided locally. Claudio Grass joins Jeff Deist to discuss what libertarians can learn from Switzerland, and how neutrality in two disastrous European wars shapes Swiss DNA today.
Source: https://mises.org/library/claudio-grass-whether-switzerland-can-save-world