In this episode, Allen Farrington breaks down the “deflation is bad” narrative in economics. He explains why the deflation paranoia is wrong and what growth may look like under a bitcoin standard. Allen also thinks about how an index like the S&P 500 may perform under a bitcoin standard and he explains his DLCVM paper on bitcoin scaling in detail. SUPPORT THE PODCAST: → Subscribe → Leave a review → Share the show out with your friends and family → Send us an email [email protected] TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:04 Is deflation a bad thing? 00:11:04 Is there malintent behind “deflation = bad”? 00:17:10 Deflation worries are wrong 00:23:10 Growth under a bitcoin standard? 00:25:46 Your wealth is melting in BTC 00:28:32 S&P 500 under a bitcoin standard 00:32:52 Company lifecycle under a bitcoin standard 00:37:36 Building decentralized markets on bitcoin 00:42:53 DLCVM - perfectly scaling bitcoin 00:52:14 Are you a technical, political, or economic thinker? 00:54:27 Allen Farrington podcast? 00:56:53 What’s something you believe that most bitcoiners disagree with? 01:01:12 Closing thoughts WHERE TO FOLLOW US: → Unchained Twitter: https://twitter.com/unchainedcom → Unchained Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unchainedcom  → Unchained Newsletter: https://unchained.com/newsletter  → Joe Burnett’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/IIICapital → Allen Farrington’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32