The intersection of Austrian Economics, Individual Sovereignty, and Islamic Finance is a fascinating area of study that sits at the confluence of economic philosophy, personal freedom, and religiously-guided financial ethics. Let's see how these concepts taken together help promote prosperity and societal welfare. Austrian Economics Austrian Economics is a school

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I came across this tweet yesterday and found myself mulling it over. "It could be true, it sounds compelling; the guy is confident...," I thought. Then I saw Daniel Oliver's response and gave it a second thought... Original Tweet in Question: "In the midst of the strongest technological revolution in

Governments, Central Banks and Financial Media promote taking on excess debt and leverage. Collectively, they encourage gambling and speculation. These practices disproportionately hurt the poor and those lacking in financial knowledge and education. It gets even worse for those with a gambling addiction or impulse control problems. Looking at this

Last May I wrote "Macro Musings #0001". I was wrong about a lot of what I wrote. Despite the Fed continuing to keep "Monetary Policy" tight, the Treasury and various manipulations and distortions of the money system (issuing only T-bills, the Bank Term Funding Program, and promises of future dovishness,

Notable cases of white people who were discriminated against in the US: Robert Jordan, James Damore, David Duvall, Brian Walton, Shannon Phillips In 2012, Robert Jordan, a white male, applied for a job as a police officer in New London, Connecticut. Despite being qualified, he was not hired because the

source: ilikeblocks - @beniduboss - Mar 25, 2024 https://twitter.com/beniduboss/status/1772148921743110163 (Since this tweet will likely get numbers, I must say that this hypothesis first appeared years ago on a now defunct forum and isn’t the fruit of my own labor) I believe that the team

"How to not go broke quickly." – or – "How to get rich gradually." Before you do anything, start by figuring out your total yearly/monthly/weekly expenses. As of 2023, the real median household income in the United States was approximately $75,000. Let's say with your current lifestyle your average

I believe in bitcoin long-term. I use it as money, as a medium of exchange. I save a significant portion of my wealth in it. And I don't call myself a bitcoin 'maxi'. I believe bitcoin is superior money. I don't even refer to myself as a bitcoiner really. I

The Last 50 Years: Money & The Economy * Nominal GDP (US): +6.16% CAGR * PCE (US): +3.46% CAGR * M2 (US): +6.79% CAGR Takeaways From 1972 to 2022, the money supply has grown at a faster rate than nominal GDP (+0.63% more on average each year). Earning a real

You can bet on central banks not being able to stop themselves from printing money. And you can bet on central banks printing money not being enough to stave off another crisis. These bets are not the same. ~ Gold and bitcoin have both performed well during recent episodes of rapid

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Bitcoin for Activism, General Use: * Offers freedom from financial repression and surveillance. * Increasingly used in emerging markets and authoritarian regimes for day-to-day transactions and as a protest tool. * Serves as a digital alternative to cash, ensuring private transactions free from state surveillance. * Seen as a safeguard against de-platforming and financial

BENEFITS OF LIQUID BITCOIN (L-BTC) * 1-to-1 peg with on-chain Bitcoin: Liquid Bitcoin is pegged to Bitcoin on a 1-to-1 basis, meaning that the value of one L-BTC is equal to the value of one BTC. * Privacy: Liquid Bitcoin transactions are confidential, meaning that the details of the transaction, such as

Behavioral biases impact investment decisions and can contribute to poor outcomes. Here are 9 top examples: (1) CONFIRMATION BIAS: Investors tend to seek information that confirms their existing beliefs and ignore information that contradicts them. This bias can lead to a narrow view of the market and an unwillingness to

You own bitcoin. You believe in Individual Sovereignty. Your views are informed by Austrian Economics. Of all potential economic systems, you most admire those built on a foundation of Free Market Capitalism. You could just own bitcoin. Sell your house, sell your chairs, buy more bitcoin. Right? So what could

It seems all the "bugs" want you to think thing "X" is the only thing you should own, whether the "X" is Gold, Silver, Bitcoin or Bonds. Do your own thing. You don't have to pander to these people Beware the narcissist influencer, whose only aim is to use you.

A simple site that tracked the price of bitcoin in terms of satoshis per dollar, where 1 BITCOIN = 100,000,000 SATOSHIS. onesatoshi.cfd https://archive.ph/XkB3k https://web.archive.org/web/20230501172907/https://onesatoshi.cfd/ Notes I used a view counter I built using a simple bash script

Saying goodbye to my former blog: kernelmastery.com. I started Kernel Mastery to document my learning especially of Linux, Networking and Programming. I started it in 2015 using an Ubuntu 14 server, with a beta version of the Ghost blogging framework. I have learned a lot since then and have

TL;DR: Short-term bearish bitcoin and risk assets. There is a chance that the Fed raises rates again in June. It is likely that the balance sheet roll-off will continue as well, as they said it would. It has been a year now of rapidly raising rates and quantitative tightening

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Bitcoin is like real cash, but formless and with a fixed supply. Its adopters immunize themselves against fiat inflation and gain privacy advantages.

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