PE58: USA Public debt in the 1800s (I)

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/

Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/

This is the fifty-eighth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast.

Contents

00:00 Intro

00:25 First congress, first president, first constitution

01:20 Federal reserve ownership of government

01:55 Total public debt

03:13 Debt vs. Money

05:15 First Bank of the United States

07:20 Second Bank of the United States

09:05 Civil War

11:35 National Banking System

13:45 Classical gold standard

Here we look at the history of the United States Federal debt during the 1800s, and how it relates to wars, central banking, and gold.

https://porkopolis.io

https://twitter.com/crypto_voices

Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.