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009: Naomi Brockwell (Bitcoin Girl) on Bitcoins, Liberty, Government and Fiat Currency
Naomi Brockwell is an opera singer, film-maker and actress, and studied commerce at the University of Western Australia. Currently residing in New York, Naomi also runs her own company Rainsworth Productions and is a fellow at The Moving Picture Institute. Naomi speaks five languages, plays six musical instruments and, of course, is a gold medal-winning Irish dancer. Naomi is on the Advisory Council of the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation and is the always effervescent face of Bitcoin Girl.
Economic Themes:In this interview, Naomi mentions and discusses: bitcoins, crypto-currencies, monetary policy, inflation, fiat currency, fractional reserve banking, central banks, living standards, international trade, negative externalities, unintended consequences,equilibrium, supply and demand.
In this interview, Naomi mentions: Victor Niederhoffer, Gene Epstein, Murray Rothbard, Jean-Baptiste Say, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Carl Menger, Erik Voorheese, Paul Krugman, Austrian economics, Libertarianism, Keynesian economics and Hunter Lewis.
Find Out:- what Naomi's two favorite drinks are - they're Irish by the way!
- and watch Naomi's video 'Bitcoin Girl' (see below), made with The Moving Picture Institute, in which she is featured.
- what began Naomi's passion for economics after staying in New York City to study and train with other great opera singers.
- how a discussion on the housing crisis and the housing bubble at Junto in New York City inspired Naomi to read economics.
- how a chance email to Gene Epstein of Barron's developed a passion for Austrian and Libertarian economics.
- Naomi's shared views with Gene on educating people in economics even if they disagree on some of the thinking.
- why Naomi questions the foundation of fiat money after reading Rothbard.
- why Naomi believes that the private sector can manage money better than the government.
- why bitcoin is used voluntarily with no coercion.
- what is a virtual or crypto-currency and how does it work when there is no physical coin to use.
- what excites Naomi about Bitcoin and why, as Bitcoin Girl, she is becoming synonymous with Bitcoin.
- what cryptography is and what it has to do with Bitcoin.
- the difference between fractional reserve banking and how bitcoin operates.
- what scares Naomi when she requested her Australian bank to transfer her own money into a Bitstamp account.
- and much, much more.
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