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Everything Should Always Get More Affordable

I break down the biggest lie we've all deeply internalized about the economy: that prices are just supposed to go up. In a productive and advancing society, almost everything should actually be getting more affordable over time. Using a very simple analogy, I show exactly how the creation of new money quietly robs us of the prosperity our hard work should be delivering. Chapters (00:00:00) - Everything should get cheaper (00:01:06) - The apple economy (00:01:58) - Counterfeit money (00:02:20) - Lost productivity gains (00:02:43) - Printing as silent theft (00:03:31) - Who is to blame?\ Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the BitBox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY. (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/guy/)\ Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP, or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids. Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart. (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1)\ Host Links Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney)\ Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann)\ Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann)\ Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)\ Guy's Take on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@GuysTake)\ Guy Swann on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)\ Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)\ The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839)\

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I break down the biggest lie we've all deeply internalized about the economy: that prices are just supposed to go up. In a productive and advancing society, almost everything should actually be getting more affordable over time.

Using a very simple analogy, I show exactly how the creation of new money quietly robs us of the prosperity our hard work should be delivering.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Everything should get cheaper

(00:01:06) - The apple economy

(00:01:58) - Counterfeit money

(00:02:20) - Lost productivity gains

(00:02:43) - Printing as silent theft

(00:03:31) - Who is to blame?\

Affiliate Links

  • Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the BitBox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY. (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/guy/)\
  • Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP, or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids. Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart. (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1)\

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