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Andrew M. Bailey is a Professor and co-author of Resistance Money: A Philosophical case for Bitcoin.
We discuss the book’s approach to communicating the idea of Bitcoin from a global perspective, providing strong arguments for Bitcoin’s value as a net good for the world.
We also talk about the history of political philosophy and how ideas spread as well as the new interdisciplinary Bitcoin Research Institute at the University of Wyoming where Andrew will be taking on a role as Professor of Philosophy.
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Links:
Resistance Money - https://www.resistance.money/
Andrew M. Bailey - https://andrewmbailey.com/
University of Wyoming Bitcoin Research Institute - https://www.uwyo.edu/philrelig/bitcoin/index.html
Second Treatise of Government by John Locke - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm?ref=americanpurpose.com
Jameson Lopp - https://www.lopp.net/
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/385228.On_Liberty
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6763725-capitalist-realism
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