April 11, 2023

1000 Years of Inflation with Rune Østgård - Freedom Footprint Show 27

1000 Years of Inflation with Rune Østgård - Freedom Footprint Show 27

In this episode, we are joined by Rune Østgård, the Norwegian author of “Fraudcoin: 1000 Years with Inflation as a Policy” a book covering the history of money, inflation and the birth of central banks.In this conversation, we go from Viking times to...

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Freedom Footprint Show: A Bitcoin Podcast

In this episode, we are joined by Rune Østgård, the Norwegian author of “Fraudcoin: 1000 Years with Inflation as a Policy” a book covering the history of money, inflation and the birth of central banks.

In this conversation, we go from Viking times to today's monetary system, and we discuss the importance of bitcoin in our quest to regain monetary freedom.

Connect with Rune on Twitter: https://twitter.com/enur72

Rune's Nostr pubkey: npub1sv4zk080fvt4f3982u5kffzdkex3nm0kylky29um2xws5h4wsxvswtsrw4

Links to all versions of Fraudcoin here: https://www.libertus.no/fraudcoin


00:02:27 - Introducing Rune Østgård

00:04:35 - Rune's Background

00:13:51 - The History of Inflation Starting in Viking Times

00:23:37 - Red Pill, Blue Pill, Orange Pill

00:29:30 - Historical Independence from the State

00:37:37 - Rune's Bitcoin Story

00:54:27 - Why Isn't This Taught in Schools?

01:01:15 - So-Called Social "Sciences"

01:16:01 - The History of Inflation

01:20:56 - Rune's View of the Future

01:26:52 - Conclusion - Where to Find Rune and Fraudcoin

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The Freedom Footprint Show is a Bitcoin podcast hosted by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf.

In each episode, we explore everything from deep philosophy to practical tools to emit freedom dioxide to expand your freedom footprint!