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

00:00:00 - 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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