PODCAST APPEARANCES:
- Encontro Especial de Tutoria (not published online)
In November 2023, I spoke with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professional Education’s (MITPE’s) students of the “Blockchain: Disruptive Technology” course about Bitcoin’s pre-history. (Portuguese language)
- Pré-História do Bitcoin (parte 2)
A conversation with Brazilian Huberto Leal (Quarta Hold podcast) about my work on the economic and philosophical ideas that eventually led to Bitcoin (Portuguese language)
- Bitcoin’s Philosophical Origins with Emile Phaneuf
A conversation with Kate Wand on AIER’s Liberty Curious podcast
- The pre-history and future of Bitcoin
A conversation with the founder and a student of Hayek Global College
- Pré-História do Bitcoin (parte 1)
A conversation with Brazilian Huberto Leal (Quarta Hold podcast) about my work on privately-issued digital currencies before Bitcoin (Portuguese language)
SPEAKING:
- Privately-issued digital currencies before Bitcoin
A presentation I gave to at the Praia Bitcoin Carnaval Conference 2023 in Jericoacoara, Brazil
- As Influências conhecidas (e possíveis) de Satoshi Nakamoto: moedas digitais privadas antes do Bitcoin
A presentation I gave a talk to students in Brazil of the Master in Economics program at OMMA Business School Madrid on privately-issued digital currencies before Bitcoin (Portuguese language)
- Fungibility and Cryptocurrencies
In June 2020, I gave a webinar presentation for Blockchain New Zealand on fungibility as a property of money and a comparative analysis of various types of money historically: from seashells, to fiat, to gold, to cigarettes, to fiat, and of course, cryptocurrencies.
- In addition, I have given presentations to various organizations in Spain, Nigeria and the United States on work that I have done on the subject of rationality in economics.
WRITING:
Here are a few articles I have written, some with abstracts and some without. They include outlets in Brazil, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, United States, South Africa, and Spain. In addition to the below content, I wrote a weekly newsletter about cryptocurrencies for Brave New Coin (BNC) until September 2023, which is published on the BNC website.
- The Future of Bitcoin in Light of a Spot ETF
January, 2024 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was featured by RealClearMarkets here, republished by “fringe finance” Substack Quoth the Raven here, and by Zero Hedge here. It was also published in Italian by Bitcoin24ORE here and (a version more relevant to the Brazilian market, co-authored with Maicon Zeppenfeld) to Portuguese by the Instituto Mises Brasil here.
- The Economic Organization of a Military Training Scenario
December, 2023 – American Institute for Economic Research
This essay was also republished in Portuguese by the Instituto Mises Brasil here.
- Degrowth Kills People – Yes, Literally
December, 2023 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was also republished by the Independent Institute’s Catalyst project here and was featured by RealClearPolicy, RealClearMarkets, and RealClearHealth on their homepages and gateway pages here, here, and here. It was also republished in Portuguese by the Instituto Mises Brasil here.
- A Future World Monetary Order: A debate on Lawrence H. White’s Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?
November, 2023 – Center for Market Education
Due to the Center for Market Education being based in SE Asia, this publication made the news in several newspapers across Malaysia and Indonesia, including: The Star, BeritaKini, The Independent News Service, Business Today, and Gatra. This publication was also hand-delivered to the Malaysian Central Bank (Bank Negara Malaysia). Note: I find this a bit funny because one of my two essays within this publication calls for the shutting down of central banks everywhere.
- AI, Critical Thinking, and the Future of Freedom
September, 2023 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was also republished by MSN here, republished again by the Substack Quoth the Raven here, and again by Zero Hedge here.
- Utopia and Parallels of History
September, 2023 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was also republished by MSN here and in Portuguese by the Instituto Mises Brasil here.
- The Mating of Economic Ideas and Bitcoin
August, 2023 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was also republished by MSN here and in Portuguese by the Instituto Mises Brasil here.
- CBDCs: A Weapon for Debanking the Banked
July, 2023 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was featured by RealClearMarkets here, featured by The Future of Freedom Foundation and now has a gateway page here, quoted at length in an article on Zero Hedge here, was listed elsewhere on Zero Hedge here, republished by MSN here, republished again by the “fringe finance” Substack Quoth the Raven here, and then again in German by www.konjunktion.info here, and in Portuguese by the Instituto Mises Brasil here.
- Decentralization and Bitcoin (previously published as “Anarchy and Bitcoin” before the publisher renamed it)
June, 2023 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was also republished by MSN here, by the popular Substack Quoth the Raven here (which apparently “LOVED” the article), and then again in Portuguese by the Instituto Mises Brasil here. It was also republished and featured on Zero Hedge here and here.
- Cypherpunks, Galt’s Gulch, and Bitcoin
May, 2023 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was also republished by Zero Hedge here, MSN here, again in Portuguese by the Instituto Mises Brasil here, then again in Portuguese (separate translation) by the Instituto Rothbard here. Additionally, there is a Chinese version of the article here, but the translation looks to have been done by AI.
- Hayek and Bitcoin
April, 2023 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was also republished by MSN here, by “fringe finance” Substack Quoth the Raven here, by the Instituto Mises Brasil (in Portuguese) here, and listed along with other articles on Zero Hedge here. It was also called “Recommended reading” by American economist Lawrence H. White, who spent his career studying private currencies.
- Bitcoinize the World By Accurately Conveying Trade-Offs
April, 2023 – Bitcoin News
- The Future Will Be Flatter than Ever
May, 2022 – American Institute for Economic Research
- Why Bitcoin + Lightning is the Best Blockchain Remittance Model Yet
April, 2022 – self-published on Medium
This article was also published by Bitcoin News here.
- Mises’s Regression Theorem, Bitcoin, and Subjective Value Theory
November, 2021 – American Institute for Economic Research
This article was also published in Portuguese by the Instituto Rothbard (Brasil) here, published in Italian on Francesco Simoncelli’s blog here, and was published by some (unknown) person as a Portuguese-language audio version here.
- A brief review of El Salvador’s “Bitcoin Law”
July, 2021 – Dasset
- How Cost-Benefit Considerations Produced “Progressive” Governance in Pirate Societies
July, 2021 – Center for a Stateless Society
This article was also published in Spanish by the C4SS here.
- Bitcoin as a Store of Value in Times of Uncertainty
June, 2021 – Dasset
- Does Gold Have Intrinsic Value?
March, 2021 – Dasset
- How the American Prison System Reveals the Marvel of Spontaneous Order
January, 2021 – Foundation for Economic Education
This article was also published in Spanish by FEE en Español here.
- How mobile air-time credit in East Africa became a currency and inspired a mobile money revolution
November, 2020 – Dasset
- Father Juan de Mariana’s 6 Rules for Coinage
October, 2020 – Dasset
- Can governments intervene in the market in a rational way? The problems of knowledge and economic calculation
September, 2020 – Center for Market Education
- The Known (and possible) Influences of Satoshi Nakamoto Part 2 – Economic and Philosophical Origins
September, 2020 – Dasset
This article was also published in Portuguese by Objetivismo Brasil here.
- The Known (and possible) Influences of Satoshi Nakamoto Part 1 – Privately-issued, Digital Currencies Before Bitcoin
August, 2020 – Dasset
This article was also published in Portuguese by Objetivismo Brasil here and again in English by Bitcoin News here.
- How Covid-19 responses have worsened inequality – co-authored with Carmelo Ferlito
July, 2020 – Malay Mail
This article was also published by Malaysiakini here (paywalled) and was also republished in the book My Malaysia: Columns and Op-Eds (2012-2020) by Carmelo Ferlito.
- Inflation and bitcoin block reward halving
July, 2020 – Dasset
- Did Money Originate with the Nation State?
July, 2020 – Dasset
- Economic Lockdowns Kill People–Yes Literally
May, 2020 – Foundation for Economic Education
As the title suggests, I explain how shutting down the planet as a reaction to COVID literally kills people – something political leaders around the world seem to be all too happy to ignore. Making a decision to not shut down an economy isn’t merely trading lives in favor of economy. In fact, in both cases (both without lockdowns and with lockdowns), the trade-offs involve the loss of human lives.
This article was also republished by a South African gay men’s magazine called Gay Pages here, published in Spanish by FEE en Español here, in Italian by Istituto Bruno Leoni here, and in Portuguese by Jornal Hora Extra here.
- Politicians, immigration and the God complex
October, 2018 – National Business Review
Here I provide an analysis of Australia and NZ’s immigration laws through the lens of Hayek’s knowledge problem. (Content behind paywall but can be accessed for free by creating free account).
- A few of my articles are published on The New Zealand Initiative’s blog. For example, here, here and here.
- On Human Rationality and Government Control – co-authored with Carmelo Ferlito (see pgs. 137-181) October, 2014, Vol. XI nº2 2014 – Procesos de Mercado: Revista Europea de Economía Política
- International Relations Glossary in Portuguese and Spanish
July, 2013 – Formerly published on MyPoliSciLab.com and InternationalRelations.com. Content now published here on my own website.
For IR scholars and students who also happen to be “latinoamericanistas,” this list of translations of IR terms in all three languages (English, Portuguese and Spanish) serves as a great resource.
- Sowell’s Visions
December, 2013 – Foundation for Economic Education
In this article I summarize Thomas Sowell’s book A Conflict of Visions and Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate and explain the importance of understanding the concepts of opposing world visions when discussing often controversial topics such as economics and politics.
- Developments in Brazil Energy Sector
January, 2011 – The Rio Times
- Slow Start to PAC Development
January, 2011 – The Rio Times
- Rio Real Estate Shielded from Burst
January, 2011 – The Rio Times
- UA Community Voices Opinion of Tibet-China conflict
March, 2008 – The Arkansas Traveler
- Protests in the Streets of Sao Paulo (text only); Award-winning photography for this coverage (along with videos)
March, 2007 – The Arkansas Traveler