Francesco Carbone, born in 1971, graduated from Milan with a degree in Economics of Financial, Banking, and Insurance Intermediaries. He worked as a financial broker in Milan, Dublin, and London for several years, including between 2007 and 2013 for an Italian consulting firm specializing in asset allocation in European equities using a value approach.
A scholar and popularizer of the Austrian School of Economics, he has edited an economics and markets blog since 2002 and produced several economic nonfiction books under the USEMLAB brand since 2008 (including "What is Money," "The Tragedy of the Euro," "A School of Economics"), as well as the podcast "IL TRUFFONE" on these topics since 2016. Since 2013, he has also been involved in cryptocurrency trading.
2025-11-12
Don’t trade and invest to survive- do it to prosper! If you think crypto is a casino for quick money, think again and know the risks. In the current fiat money system you are forced to invest or trade to avoid the depreciation of your savings, but these activities involve many risks and bring about too many losers. Join us for this meetup with Francesco Carbone who worked as a broker for 20 years in the financial markets. He's a supporter of the Austrian School of Economics and focuses on crypto since 2013. He's the official Italian translator of Saifedean Ammous' books like “The Bitcoin Standard” and “The Fiat Standard”. He also runs the successful Italian podcast called - “Il Truffone” - which focuses on good economy. Learn how to dodge the bullets and start to prosper.
2025-02-19
What’s the problem that affects us all? Money! Tonight we discuss the cause of the problems that affect us all, globally. We prove that there is a simple solution that you can adopt today. Inspired by the viral video “What's the problem?” by Joe Bryan @satmojoe – Francesco shows how to solve the problem: The first step to solve the problem is to understand it. Once understood, you can solve it. Francesco worked for 20 years as broker in financial markets before becoming a consultant. He's a supporter of the Austrian School of Economy and focuses on crypto since 2013. He's the official Italian translator of Saifedean Ammous' books like ‘The Bitcoin Standard’ and “The Fiat Standard’. He also runs the successful Italian podcast called - Il Truffone - which focuses on good economy. Join us to discuss the problem that affects us all!
2023-11-22
Welcome to the new financial system- the future is now! Tonight, we uncover the future of finance, build by the people, for the people. Francesco Carbone, who worked in finance for +20 years speaks on the functions of banks, free banking and the future of finance. Since 2013, he has focused mainly on cryptocurrencies trading and teaching economics using the Austrian School approach. Fran (the man), a front-runner and battle-harden DeFi-expert par excellence and co-Founder of TheBit Research speaks on the next frontier of Finance: tokenized Real-World Assets. He breaks down the cambrian explosion of stables coins, interest bearing coins, T-Bills and why the Total-Value Locked (TVL) is skyrocketing in DeFi. The real alpha stuff.
2023-03-22
Does our economic system work for the people or do the people work for it? Come and hear about the 7 big mistakes in mainstream economics from no other than: Francesco Carbone, who worked in finance for +20 years, first as a broker and then as a financial consultant. Since 2013, he has focused mainly on cryptocurrencies trading and teaching economics using the Austrian School approach. In 2002, he founded USEMLAB, an economics and markets blog, and in 2008 an independent publishing house that has published many economic books, including the Italian version of the best-seller "The Bitcoin Standard" by Saifedean Ammous. Most recently, at the end of 2022, he published the 10th book of the collection: "Bitcoin Village" by Valerio Dalla Costa. Since 2016, Francesco has hosted the successful podcast "Il Truffone," which covers topics such as money, financial and economic education, investing and finance, self improvement, social dynamics and Bitcoin. The podcast has reached well over 220 episodes. Please contact the organizers if you want to present!
