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- BTC stack: 0.6628 BTC
- € stack: 17,327.60 €
- Current total value in €: XXXXX
- Current total value in €: 30,185.92
- € into BTC: 15,000 €
- Paid back to bank: 732.40 €
- Outstanding debt: 43,211.93 €
- Installments to go: 119
- Installments to go: 118
Charts
@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ This past month I read through Jeff Booth's ["The Price of Tomorrow"](https://b-
ok read. I must confess I was very hyped about it since Jeff's appeareances in different interviews and podcasts are
great, and everyone and their mother swear that the book is brilliant, but I was not that impressed. I felt the book
covered the idea that we are heading towards a tremendously deflationary era interestingly, but there were many other
contents which felt like dull, average-business-magazine level ideas, like the section on AI. I also felt a bit
disappointed because Jeff makes a great point on how deflation poses a societal challenge since our current
contents which felt like dull, average-business-magazine level ideas, like the section on AI. Furthermore, I also felt
a bit disappointed because Jeff makes a great point on how deflation poses a societal challenge since our current
distribution of wealth through salaried labour will break down and we don't have an alternative for that now, but he
didn't really discuss much what could be done about that.
@ -56,15 +56,13 @@ I decided to get my hands on another book that talked about it and ended up
reading "[What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster"](https://b-ok.xyz/book/11698299/0914ef)
. The book was rather naive, and the economics analysis was elementary-grade level (think of arguments such as "If the
population declines, labor will be scarce, prices will go up, everything will be unaffordable", as if demand wouldn't
decline as well). After reading the book, I was still left thinking that the only real trouble that I can
attribute to a population decline is the unsustainability of certain pension models. Maybe I found the wrong book, or
maybe I'm not crazy and there is really not so much to fuzz about. Perhaps some stacker can shed some light on the
topic and recommend some interesting resources?
decline as well). After reading the book, I was still left thinking that the only real trouble that I can attribute to
a population decline is the unsustainability of certain pension models. Maybe I found the wrong book, or maybe I'm not
crazy and there is really not so much to fuzz about. Perhaps some stacker can shed some light on the topic and
recommend some interesting resources?
That will be all for this month. Thanks for reading and see you in the next one.
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