Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 435 Karl Thorburn on Elon Musk & More
Posted By Counter-Currents Radio On In Counter-Currents Radio | Comments DisabledHost Greg Johnson was joined by BitCoin maven Karl Thorburn [2] to discuss Elon Musk and Twitter, economic news, current events, and YOUR QUESTIONS in the first half of last weekend’s broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, and it is now available for download and online listening.
Topics discussed include:
03:04 Introduction to Karl Thorburn
04:41 Owning 9.3% can make someone the largest shareholder of a company!
05:04 Why isn’t Elon Musk getting on the Twitter board?
05:58 There are many ways for large corporations to prevent takeovers
07:54 Musk has a strong legal case to take over Twitter
09:49 Twitter’s shares shot up when Musk’s involvement was announced
11:03 How much do you own a stock?
15:12 Why do they want to stop Elon Musk?
21:09 Proof of stake vs proof of work
22:39 Reactions to Musk’s involvement
27:29 What’s currently going on with BitCoin?
33:52 Will the housing bubble pop even if the fed doesn’t raise rates?
38:25 When investment firms start selling their real estate, where will they put their money?
41:32 Elon Musk should start a bank for dissidents
44:08 Why does the fed need to sell treasuries?
47:24 Comment on Janet Yellen
51:04 Why was Karl censored on Telegram?
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