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In this episode I talk with Faris Mali about his journey growing up in the Middle East and North Africa, working in the academic world in Australia, and his upcoming book ‘Bitcoin Begins, beginner's guide to money, currency and Bitcoin’.
Faris is the co-host of The Bitcoin Basics Podcast, based out of Nelson, New Zealand and he also runs a company providing info about Bitcoin risk mitigation.
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Fari Mali's Website + Book Info - https://www.farismali.com/
Bitcoin Basics Podcast - https://bitcoinbasics.help/
Muhammad Yunus (Is credited with the idea of microcredit) - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad-Yunus
The Social Dilemma (Film) - https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan (Book) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30689343-the-silk-roads
Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher (Book) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6763725-capitalist-realism
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