Economics

As local currencies crash and money becomes harder to move, more people are turning to Bitcoin—not just to invest, but to survive.

This excerpt from the introduction to The Satoshi Papers traces how the consolidation of money, law, and state power in 20th-century America eroded liberty and reshaped the global financial order.

This excerpt from the introduction to The Satoshi Papers explores how the rise of the sovereign individual challenges the modern state, tracing the shift from America’s founding principles to today’s centralized military, financial, and bureaucratic power.

Theoretical anthropologist Natalie Smolenski discusses her latest work, The Satoshi Papers, the second book-length academic text on Bitcoin, which she conceptualized, contributed to and edited.

Intro Gresham’s Law is named after Sir Thomas Gresham, an English financier and merchant who lived during the 16th century and founded the Royal Exchange...

“Sound money” is a term that often gets thrown around in economics discussions, but what does it really mean? In this article, we explore...

Libertarians hold the fundamental belief that property rights — and by extension, liberty to use property as one sees fit — are the paramount...

In the world of monetary economics, the term “hard money” represents money that is both scarce and difficult to create. The Austrian School of...

The Austrian School of Economics The Austrian school of economics is a school of economic thought that emphasizes the importance of individual human action and...

The heuristics often described in behavioral economics offer insightful frameworks for understanding mainstream resistance to Bitcoin.