Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284
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Ammous compares imported glass beads with manufactured diamonds. Scarcity can depend on local know-how or restrictions on production. His monetary argument turns on which limit on supply is actually operating.
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Glass beads were money in West AfricaSo it's an artificial scarcity