Lawrence Lepard joins me for a conversation about Bitcoin and gold as a check against inflation, US Debt to GDP, why Keynesian economics is flawed, how dishonest money corrupts society, Bitcoin as a transformative technology, and how fixing the money, fixes the world. Lawrence Lepard is the founder of Equity Management Associates, an investment firm focused on growing private and public companies around the world.
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0:00 - WiM Show Intro
3:09 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
3:56 - Introducing Larry Leopard
9:52 - Becoming a Gold Bug
14:29 - Gold Bug to Bitcoin
25:03 - Checks Against Money Printing
32:16 - Inflation 101 39:29 - US Debt to GDP
44:39 - The Problem with Keynesian Economics
55:34 - Do Keynesians Believe their Bullshit?
01:01:26 - How Dishonest Money Destabilizes Society
01:09:16 - Heart and Soil Supplements
01:10:16 - Anthony DiClementi’s Biohacking Secrets
01:11:46 - What are US Treasury Bonds?
01:23:30 - How the US Pays Back It's Debt
01:36:07 - Timeline of Monetary Debasement
01:41:51 - How Technology Shapes Our Perception of the World
01:49:42 - Costco and Gold Sales
01:54:01 - GameStop and “Dumb Money”
01:56:48 - Swan Bitcoin: Set up instant and Recurring Bitcoin Buys
01:57:44 - Bitcoin 2024: The Largest Bitcoin and Fintech Conference in the World
01:59:06 - Executive Order 6102 and Bitcoin
02:10:24 - Bitcoin as a Transformative Technology
02:22:43 - How Bitcoin makes Government Local Again
02:27:05 - Fix the Money, Fix the World
02:35:24 - Money Through the Lens of Good vs Evil
02:46:09 - Closing Thoughts
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