My economics education was pure Keynesian orthodoxy.

We were taught that recessions could be “managed” by printing more money, that central banks were there for stability, and that a little inflation was not only normal, it was good.

We memorized formulas and policy tools, but never questioned the premise that the money itself could be broken.

Then I found Bitcoin, and with it, Austrian economics.

It taught the value of personal responsibility, hard money over inflation, and sovereignty through self‑custody over dependence on policymakers.

Bitcoin exposed what my college education never did:

Keynesian economics doesn’t just explain the system, it justifies it.

Austrian economics explains how to escape it.

College trained me to work inside the machine, Bitcoin gave me the tools to walk away from it.