Mishima Yukio was an iconic Japanese author who wrote on the deepest questions of beauty, life, and death. But who was he as a man? Paul McCarthy holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard, and has taught Japanese, Anglo-American, and Comparative Literature at universities in the US and Japan as well as translating many works of Japanese literature. Paul met Mishima Yukio on a number of occasions. Paul most recently translated the title story in a new anthology of short fiction by Mishima: Voices of the Fallen Heroes & Other Stories, published this year.Voices of the Fallen Heroes: And Other Stories by Mishima Yukio - https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Fallen-Heroes-Stories-International/dp/059380435XSUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
How does population density effect the economic development of an entire continent? What about agricultural and manufacturing industrial policy? What lessons can we learn from the economic growth of Asia for understanding Africa? Joe Studwell is a journalist and bestselling author known for his work on East Asian economic development. His 2014 book, How Asia Works, explores the different economic and political trajectories of Asian countries after WW2, and was named by Bill Gates as one of his Top 5 Books of the Year.Joe is now working on a new book asking similar questions of economic development, this time exploring: How Africa Works, set for release early next year.How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier by Joe Studwell - https://www.amazon.com/How-Africa-Works-author/dp/0802158439SUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
What does it mean to have the ability to simply exit and walk away from a nation state or a company? What does it mean when you can’t? In the situations where it is harder or impossible to leave, what is the role of voice, of expressing your opinion, and trying to affect change in these relationships from the inside, and what happens when they don’t listen?German economist Albert Hirschman wrote about these questions in his 1970 book Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to decline in firms, organisations, and states.SUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
Why does Bitcoin struggle to find its place in the real economy of supply chains, factories, and things? What role does credit play in building the economy, and could a new layer on top of Bitcoin be the missing piece?Hubertus Hofkirchner is an economist and entrepreneur from Austria. Hubertus is a key figure in developing the Bitcredit Protocol, an open-source initiative focussed on building a flexible credit money layer on top of Bitcoin for enabling businesses to finance working capital needs, using bills of exchange and ecash.Bitcredit on X - https://xcancel.com/bitcr_orgBitcredit Website - https://www.bit.cr/SUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
What do we mean when we talk about mass adoption of Bitcoin? Is it even possible? Or is something like parallel resistance more likely?SUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
How do American prison gangs facilitate money, trade, and economics behind bars? What causes this and what can we learn from it?David Skarbek is Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University.David’s award-winning book, The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System, challenges the view that inmates create prison gangs to promote racism and violence. On the contrary David argues that gangs form to create order and protection within prisons. We discuss his book, which explores prison governance and economics, and in many ways also asks us to look closely at the hierarchy and functioning of the world outside of prison. David Skarbek website - http://www.davidskarbek.com/David Skarbek on X - https://xcancel.com/DavidSkarbekSUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
Who are we, and what grounds us?Mike Grimshaw is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Mike writes and speaks about New Zealand history, economics, education, and culture. In particular he asks critical questions about the future of the country, which faces economic stagnancy, political malaise, and perhaps most dangerously, a complacency with our lot at the bottom of the world.Mike Grimshaw on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-grimshaw-89461124a/SUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
Keyan Kousha is the founder of Stacker News, an online forum where you can share and discuss articles and content without the attention manipulation of social media. Instead of “likes” or invisible algorithms, Stacker News uses Bitcoin as an incentive mechanism, and for ranking content. Stacker News rewards users for thoughtful contributions, and enables you to support your favourite content with micro-payments via the Bitcoin Lightning Network.Stacker News - https://stacker.news/SUPPORT ME - https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
Johan Nylander is an award-winning author and freelance correspondent from Sweden. His work covering Asia has been published by CNN, National Geographic Travel, and Forbes.Johan wrote "The Wolf Economy Awakens – Mongolia's fight for democracy, and a green and digital future." He also wrote “The Epic Split – Why ‘Made in China’ is going out of style.”Johan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannylander/Johan's website - https://www.johannylander.asia/SUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
Parker Lewis is the author of Gradually, Then Suddenly, A framework for understanding Bitcoin as money. Parker previously worked in finance in the heart of wall street before discovering Bitcoin in 2016. He is now the Head of Business Development at Zaprite, helping businesses migrate to a Bitcoin standard.Parker on X - https://x.com/parkeralewisGradually, Then Suddenly: Essays on Bitcoin Monetization - https://graduallythensuddenly.xyz/Zaprite - https://zaprite.com/SUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
Erik Cason, author of Cryptosovereignty: The Encrypted Political Philosophy of Bitcoin. Erik is a regular speaker and essayist, focussing on the social, political, and philosophical aspects of bitcoin.Erik's new company - https://vora.io/Erik Cason on X - https://x.com/ErikcasonSUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
Mike Brock writes extensively about democracy, liberalism, and what he sees as the decline of the American Republic. Mike has an extensive tech background formerly working as an executive at Cash App as well as being involved with various open-source projects.Mike Brock's Substack, Notes from the Circus - https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/Mike Brock on X - https://x.com/brockmSUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
Paul Knight is a city planner and architectural designer at Historical Concepts in New York Paul serves as the Director of Research at the Doug Allen Institute, a nonprofit organisation exploring the lessons of history for how we can build better cities Paul is also a Bitcoin enthusiast and has a deep interest in how money and economic forces shape the form of citieshttps://dougalleninstitute.org/archives/author/pk/https://x.com/PKmemexhttps://aleph.pressSUPPORT ME https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/support
Paul Sheard is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Power of Money: How Governments and Banks Create Money and Help us all Prosper. As a financial markets economist Paul has extensive experience including previous roles as Vice Chairman of S&P Global, Chief Economist of Lehman Brothers, and Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.SUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/supportX: https://x.com/TTOVpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/codyellinghamNostr: https://njump.me/npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TTOVPodcastMusic by Simon James French: https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/
SUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/supportX: https://x.com/TTOVpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/codyellinghamNostr: https://njump.me/npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TTOVPodcastMusic by Simon James French: https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/
Allen Farrington co-wrote Bitcoin Is Venice and Only The Strong Survive, and is a co-founder of Axiom, a Bitcoin-focused venture firm. We discuss the future of stablecoins and taproot assets.A Half-Baked Thesis on Stablecoins by Allen Farrington - https://njump.me/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqnwn7y4hqdtgxj9ygngkfy7drgze2qkpr002c4yj08wxhlut36eqqxnzde5xs6rjv3kxcer2vp3lc8ac9SUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/supportX: https://x.com/TTOVpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/codyellinghamNostr: https://njump.me/npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TTOVPodcastMusic by Simon James French: https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/
Dr. Murray Rudd is an environmental economics and policy researcher who has written extensively on the impact of proof of work and Bitcoin, including writing academic papers with Satoshi Action Education. We talk about institutional economics and transaction cost economics as well as other things that Murray is working on.Dr. Murray Rudd - https://x.com/drmurrayruddSatoshi Action Education - https://www.satoshiaction.org/SUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/supportX: https://x.com/TTOVpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/codyellinghamNostr: https://njump.me/npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TTOVPodcastMusic by Simon James French: https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/
In a world of silence and screens, where the body hides and the voice is masked, what is our political power?SUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/supportX: https://x.com/TTOVpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/codyellinghamNostr: https://njump.me/npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TTOVPodcastMusic by Simon James French: https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/
Kim de Vos writes and talks about Bitcoin. He formerly hosted Alles voor Bitcoin, the independent, ad-free voice of Belgian Bitcoiners. Kim joins me to explore the state of the Bitcoin movement from the inside.Kim de Vos / Alles Voor Bitcoin - https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/Kim's Substack - https://substack.com/@allesvoorbitcoinSUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/supportX: https://x.com/TTOVpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/codyellinghamNostr: https://njump.me/npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TTOVPodcastMusic by Simon James French: https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/
Erik Cason is author of Cryptosovereignty: The Encrypted Political Philosophy of Bitcoin. Erik is a regular speaker and essayist, focussing on the social, political, and philosophical aspects of Bitcoin.Cryptosovereignty: The Encrypted Political Philosophy of Bitcoin - https://cryptosovereignty.org/SUPPORT ME: https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/supportX: https://x.com/TTOVpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/codyellinghamNostr: https://njump.me/npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmuYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TTOVPodcastMusic by Simon James French: https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/