COVID, Financial Markets, and Bitcoin with Gabe Bassin and Taylor Pearson

Published: April 30, 2020, noon

b'Gabe Bassin (@gabebassin) and Taylor Pearson (@TaylorPearsonMe) join Erik on this episode.

They discuss:

- The ins and outs of what each of the fed and treasury are doing at this time.

- The impacts of the pandemic on credit markets and pension systems.

- The disruptions to the demand side and the effects of possible supply-side disruptions.

- How the pandemic exacerbates inequality.

- The impact on Bitcoin and what this says about Austrian economics.

- Whether there\\u2019s a bubble in passive investing and the S&P 500 as a savings account.

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