Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom
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Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights | Lex Fridman Podcast (Podcast)
Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom
The End of Super Imperialism
In 1972, one year after President Richard Nixon defaulted on the dollar and formally took the United States off of the gold standard for good, the financial historian and analyst Michael Hudson published “Super Imperialism,” a radical critique of the dollar-dominated world economy.
The Quest for Digital Cash
How Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin project married the concepts of digital cash and digital gold and how pioneering cryptographer Adam Back continues the work of making it a better tool for freedom.
Bitcoin And The American Idea
Has America strayed from its founding ideals? An activist and a refugee think Bitcoin can help it get back on track.
Fighting Monetary Colonialism With Open-Source Code
France still uses monetary colonialism to exploit 15 African nations. Could Bitcoin be a way out?
Inside Cuba’s Bitcoin Revolution
As political demonstrations show the world that Cubans are tired of dictatorship, Bitcoin is providing an option to peacefully protest and opt out of a broken system.
Can Bitcoin Be Palestine’s Currency Of Freedom?
Bitcoin gives Palestinians a powerful avenue for peaceful protest, and the opportunity to find sovereignty among oppressive economic policies.
The Village and the Strongman: the Unlikely Story of Bitcoin and El Salvador
Tracing Bitcoin’s journey in El Salvador, from new hope in a small village to a new law by an increasingly authoritarian government.
Finding Financial Freedom In Afghanistan
A pioneering female CEO has been promoting Bitcoin in Afghanistan since 2013 and sees it needed in her home country now more than ever.