Labor

Why Do I Work for Fiat?

A decade of U.S. wage data shows that while the average American’s income has barely grown after inflation, it has collapsed in Bitcoin terms — from 145 BTC in 2014 to barely 1.5 BTC in 2023. This piece explores what that means for the value of human labor in a world of infinite fiat and finite Bitcoin.

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