Yaron Brook joins me to discuss Francisco's money speech by Ayn Rand, the concept of value for value, the vicious cycle of looting, and the link between money, property rights, and morality. 

Yaron Brook is an entrepreneur, writer, and public intellectual. He is the current chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute. He is also the co-founder of BHZ Capital Management LP. 

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// OUTLINE // 
00:00:00 - Coming up 
00:00:42 - Intro 
00:02:15 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 
00:03:01 - Introducing Yaron Brook 
00:03:29 - Francisco's Money Speech by Ayn Rand 
00:06:48 - Libertarian Philosophy and Austrian Economics 
00:11:30 - Who Inspired Ayn Rand? 
00:14:02 - How Everything Began with Ayn Rand 
00:16:09 - Who is Francisco d'Anconia? 
00:17:19 - Money: Trading Value for Value 
00:25:55 - Money Gains Value through Production 
00:29:19 - Importance of Proof of Work 
00:31:18 - Money, Energy, and Morality 
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00:39:58 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 
00:41:08 - Money and Property Rights 
00:43:00 - Creating Values and Earning Money 
00:49:37 - Risk, Reward, and Time in Capitalism 
00:51:13 - Importance of Making Stealing Unprofitable 
00:54:46 - Wanting Something for Nothing 
00:57:10 - The Vicious Cycle of Looting 
01:01:37 - The Marxist Mantra 
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01:05:44 - Degree of Productiveness and Reward 
01:09:17 - Innovation is a Product of Freedom 
01:10:27 - From Win-Loss to Loss-Loss 
01:14:29 - Morality of Lying 
01:18:56 - Ayn Rand's View of Morality 
01:20:22 - The Problem with Fiat Money 
01:26:37 - The Founding Principles of America 
01:31:53 - Other Work by Ayn Rand

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