{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Larry White on Gold, Fiat, and Bitcoin: Determining the Ideal Monetary Standard","description":"Larry White is a professor of economics at George Mason University and is the author of a new book titled, *Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?* Larry is also a returning guest to Macro Musings, and he rejoins the podcast to discuss this book and the comparison among those monetary standards. David and Larry specifically discuss the bottom-up vs. top-down theories of money, the basics and functionality of a gold, bitcoin, and fiat standards, the future of money, and more. &amp;nbsp; Transcript for this week\u2019s  episode. &amp;nbsp; Larry\u2019s Twitter: @lawrencehwhite1 Larry\u2019s Mercatus  profile Larry\u2019s GMU profile &amp;nbsp; David Beckworth\u2019s Twitter:&amp;nbsp;@DavidBeckworth Follow us on Twitter:&amp;nbsp;@Macro_Musings &amp;nbsp; Join the Macro Musings mailing list! Check out our new Macro Musings merch! &amp;nbsp; Related Links: &amp;nbsp;  *Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?* by Lawrence White &amp;nbsp;  *Larry White on Stablecoins, Money Market Funds, and the History of Free Banking* by Macro Musings ","author_name":"Macro Musings with David Beckworth","author_url":"http:\/\/macromarketmusings.blogspot.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27741009\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/158005755"}