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Mark-T <MarkTanner50@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Mar 19, ady...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Al Dykes) wrote:
>> >those who say that the
>> >gold standard (or any other commodity) is crazy would
>> >come up with their alternative. =A0What is _their_ money
>> >based on, which is so good that it makes commodity
>> >money an absurdity?
>>
>> Because money tied to any commodity limits the size of
>> the economy to the the amount of that commodity in our
>> vaults, even while the population grows at a couple percent a year.
>
>Good news, Al: this is not the dumbest
>thing I ever read. The bad news is, it makes
>the top 10 list...
Go ask an economist. Very few of them defend a gold standard.
--
Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is
advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail
