How money and banking cause the wealth gap

In my campaign to save the world by spreading the word, I am quoting a passage from Life After The State (which I also quote in Bitcoin: the Future of Money?). It describes the way our modern system of money and banking (electronic, debt-based, fiat currency combined...

Sputnik with George Galloway

I’ve always been a huge fan of George Galloway, so it was a pleasure to be invited onto his TV show, Sputnik, this week. Here we are banging on: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jRQ5pLKpH0[/youtube]   Nice to meet you George – thanks for...

Bitcoin: the Future of Money end-of-term report

This is a quick school report on Bitcoin: the Future of Money? Overall, I’d say it’s done pretty well. The feedback from readers has been very nice indeed. Matt Ridley made it his book of the year in the Times. It got some very nice reviews. A beauty in...

Was Satoshi Nakamoto a sociopath?

I was amused to read the following passage in M.E. Thomas’ Confessions of a Sociopath, which I just finished last night: ‘I use Britishisms when I can remember to do so. I have noticed that other sociopaths do this as well – there are several whom I...