Fiat Food

Why Inflation Destroyed Our Health and How Bitcoin Fixes It

De: Matthew Lysiak, Saifedean Ammous

Narrado por: Matthew Lysiak

Duración: 9 h y 20 m

Resumen del Editor

THE REAL COST OF INFLATION ON A COUNTRY can be best seen not through government-sanctioned data points circulated throughout the corporate sponsored media, but in the financial, physical, and mental health of its citizenry. Officials point to the increase of paper wealth as evidence that their stewardship in both the economy and nutrition has led to a rise in the quality of life. In reality, the past fifty years has seen the true standard of living for most Americans plummet. Debasement of the currency has left the American people poorer, and through the resulting degradation of the nutrients of their food supply, sicker than at any time in recent history. What follows is an examination of one of the most compelling “who done-its” in American history. In Fiat Food, Lysiak unravels a plot by the largest institutions of American power and the outsized ramifications it has had on modern civilization.

“IN TERMS OF THE LIVES CUT SHORT, it would be no exaggeration to say that 20th century nutrition science and government food policies are the biggest crime in history, putting genocides and man-made famines to shame. Matthew Lysiak provides a gripping forensic investigation into the barely believable sequence of events, spanning over a century, which led to the complete overhaul of the modern diet and the current obesity, diabetes, and autoimmune disease epidemic ravaging our species.”—SAIFEDEAN AMMOUS Internationally Best-selling Economist and Author

“WHAT IF THE FOOD YOU ATE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE to think clearly about the food you were eating—or for that matter, anything else? Could the western diet function as a tool of mass social control? Hell yes, as this remarkable book explains with horrifying clarity.”—TUCKER CARLSON Author, Journalist, and Host of Tucker on X

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Should be titled "Why things are the way they are"

I don't take time to write many audible reviews but can't recommend this book enough. In a time when scepticism of what we've been told by "authorities" is at an all time high, this book explaines why we should have been scepticts all along. A great illustration of how one industry or government decision impacts another and how we're mostly being fed junk and everyone is being paid to promote it. I gave the performance 4/5 because the narrator often says a line, stops, then repeats it to continue reading. I started the paperback version and didn't see this anywhere in the book so I assume it was just reading errors. I'm sure a simple edit could fix them. If you're on the fence - get the book and finish it!

Excellent book- amateur performance

Outstanding thesis, great research, very well written book.

Recording needs way better editing— multiple bloopers that never got spliced out. Several words mispronounced.

You're eating garbage... Stop it!

This book makes a clear case for something I knew a little about, but now have a much better understanding of! The incentives of big government and big food businesses are perfectly aligned to destroy your health! Opt out of this nonsense ASAP!

Incredible research, mediocre delivery

The audio recording was kind of painful. Stutters, mispronunciations, and multiple counts of the same line being read twice. However, it’s worth sitting through, because the research is something everyone should be exposed to

Carnivores will save the world

The knowledge and evidence presented is high level and clear. Our species appropriate diet is meat.

Money has destroyed the way Americans consume food.

This book was an inspiration to change the way you eat and the way you view the agro-industrial complex.

Audio quality and performance off, as well as a confusing statistic.

I have tremendous respect for Saif and Matthew Lysiak. But did anyone else find the audiobook a bit sloppy? I can hear page turnings on the audio, several spots where the audio cuts abruptly, and lots of mispronounced words. And even some of the facts seem off (minor facts, but facts nonetheless that are supposed to support the book), such as this:

"From 2014 to 2018, America's 25 wealthiest individuals saw their net worth grow by $401 billion dollars according to Forbes, while over the same period, paying a total of 13.6 billion dollars in federal income taxes, amounting to 3.4% of that newly acquired wealth. By contrast, the average middle-class American in their 40's saw their net worth grow by $65,000 from 2014 to 2018, but paid 62,000 in income taxes, or 95% of that new wealth."

Something seems way off in the quote, like he's comparing a cumulative with an average. Anyhow, I just think this can be edited a good bit.