Is Money Really Wealth? The Truth About GDP, Inflation and Broken Money (ep. 243)

Is money really the same as wealth—or have we misunderstood it completely?

In this episode of the WS Podcast, Wojciech Salski breaks down the key ideas from Capital Offense by Paul Musson, exploring the true nature of money, the flaws of GDP, and why our current financial system may be fundamentally broken.

Most people think of money as wealth.

But what if money is just a tool - a claim on real goods and services - rather than value itself?

We explore:

• the critical difference between money and real wealth
• why creating money without production leads to inflation
• how the current credit-based system distorts the economy
• why GDP may give a false picture of economic growth
• how sound money can protect savings and encourage long-term thinking

This episode challenges the way we think about finance, showing how policies that aim to stimulate growth may actually devalue savings, increase inequality, and misallocate capital.

We also discuss how sound money systems - historically linked to assets like gold and increasingly to Bitcoin - can act as a disciplining force, limiting excessive money creation and encouraging real value creation.

If you want to understand how money really works, why inflation matters, and how to protect your financial future, this episode offers a clear and powerful perspective.

All the love, all the power, all of the time!

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Mentioned Episodes and Books:

Episode with Paul Musson -

Inflation-focused episode - https://fountain.fm/episode/kO4XWvArvE50vj4l26Au

"Why You Shouldn't Buy Bitcoin" - https://fountain.fm/episode/FIM7ht8BaiEFkkqfeaSm

"The Creature from Jekyll Island" - https://fountain.fm/episode/vgDpH28sM1q3DbM7h7r9

"The Price of Tomorrow" - https://fountain.fm/episode/Nrkb8qrat8Lk8tnXQFu3

"Let's Talk about Money" - https://fountain.fm/episode/tZY2v4MyKpZLto6U13Bl

"Richest Man in Babylon" - https://fountain.fm/episode/rlfySNWAhzPQ2KSe1raT

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