Money, Bitcoin and More with Dr. Lucas Engelhardt

On this episode of The Annoying Peasant Radio Show, we have the pleasure of talking to Dr. Lucas Engelhardt.  Dr. Engelhardt a rising star in the world of economics.  He holds a PhD. in economics from Ohio State University and currently holds a tenure track position at Kent State University's Stark Campus.  His areas of research include macroeconomics, real business cycle theory and Austrian Economics.

On this episode we will attempt to focus on the characteristics of sound money.  Upon establishing what money and sound money are aim to add some clarity to the bitcoin phenomenon.  We will also talk some about the considerable debate that has been centered around the "new currency" among Austrian economists.

We are going to be commenting about what Dr. Engelhardt had to offer after our discussion with him so please join the discussion by calling our guest number at (646) 564-9744 or by joining our chat.  We would be pleased for you to join in the dialogue of the show.

For the less than enthusiastic readers, there are a number of presentations that Dr. Engelhardt offers, Money, Mises University 2013 [?video here?], Central Planning's Computation Problem, Austrian Scholars Conference 2012 [audio here] and How the Fed Hurts You, Case Western Reserve University, Students for Liberty, April 17, 2012 [video here].