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Location: Zoom
Date: Wednesday, 1st April
Project: aantonop.com
Role: Speaker, Author & Educator

The coronavirus COVID-19 is an unprecedented global health crisis. There are now more than one million reported cases, the death toll continues to rise, and across the world, economies have been left decimated.

The crisis is bringing to fore many questions regarding the role of the state, challenging political identity. Conservatives are considering socialist policies; Libertarians are considering state responses and socialists are considering free markets.  

While government responses vary, different approaches to lockdowns, surveillance and contact tracing are providing live case studies on how to handle the crisis. All these approaches question the role and the reach of the state, especially as some have seized this opportunity to implement new draconian laws.

With stock markets posting their worst quarterly results in decades, central banks have slashed interest rates, offering bailouts and implementing unprecedented stimulus packages.

Did Coronavirus cause these problems or highlight hidden issues? What does a post-coronavirus world look like? And what will the role of the state be?

In this interview, I talk to Andreas M. Antonopoulos, speaker, best selling author and Bitcoin evangelist. We discuss whether Coronavirus is a challenge to political identity, the largest monetary experiment in history, bailouts and money printing.

00:05:08: Introductions
00:07:14: Biggest ever tests of money and state
00:12:55: Bitcoin predictions in a global crisis
00:19:07: Politicisation of COVID-19
00:25:29: Why the health of everyone is so important
00:29:01: COVID-19 and the non-aggression pact
00:32:33: Government response to COVID-19
00:36:45: Societal response to COVID-19
00:45:36: Impact on poor members of society
00:50:16: Recessions and corporate bail outs
00:57:37: Stimulus checks
01:00:00: Surveillance and societal polarisation post-COVID-19
01:05:37: The new normal
01:11:35: Impact of COVID-19 in poor areas of the world
01:15:41: Final comments

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• Mentioned in the interview: 

  • What is quantitative easing?

  • Experts Say the Fed's QE Program Will Strengthen Bitcoin – One Way or Another

  • Bank of Canada Starts Quantitative Easing With $1 Billion Bond Purchase

  • New Zealand Turns to Quantitative Easing to Support Economy

  • Fed Slashes Rates to Near Zero as US Economy Braces for Virus

  • Coronavirus: UK interest rates cut to lowest level ever

  • Coronavirus: Treasury trebles monthly borrowing plans for virus

  • Countries in Lockdown

  • Rolling coal

  • ER doctor who criticized lack of protective gear says he was fired

  • Coronavirus Is Exposing Deficiencies in US Health Care

  • The $500 Billion In Corporate Aid Will Be A Corrupt Cash Grab If We Don’t Ask The Right Questions

  • As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets

  • Police and governments may increasingly adopt surveillance technologies in response to coronavirus fears

  • Will Boeing Take Bailout Funds? Mnuchin Statement May Not Rule It Out. American Could Tap $12B But Unsure If Will Meet Conditions

  • The huge coronavirus bailouts will need to be paid back. Or will they?

  • Coronavirus: 'Radical' money printing plan being considered by the Bank of England

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