Ep. 207: Dominic Frisby Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Published: Feb. 2, 2014, 3:05 a.m.

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My guest today is Dominic Frisby, a self-proclaimed accidental financial bod, comedian, actor of unrecognized genius, voice of many things, & presenter.

The topic is his book Life After the State: Why We Don\'t Need Government.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Frisby\\u2019s beginnings as an actor and comedian
  • What comedy can teach us about finance and the discipline of clarity
  • How Cuba\\u2019s currency confusion led the nation to unfortunate circumstances
  • Real estate
  • Other peoples\\u2019 trust in the state
  • How the poor and needy would be cared for in a society without a state
  • The monopoly on compassion
  • How the state takes a piece of everything
  • \\u201cGreed is good\\u201d, \\u201cmoney is the root of all evil\\u201d, etc
  • Crony capitalism
  • Predation vs. productivity
  • The influence of lobbyists
  • The duopoly on money by banks and the state
  • Education
  • Bitcoin, digital currency, and taxation

Jump in!

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I\\u2019m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I\\u2019m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

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