For a rebuttal of the dismissal: http://mises.org/misesreview_detail.aspx?control=53
I've re-read your posts and it seems your conclusion is based on the idea that the supply of gold would eventually be to small to allow trade...
It is pointless to continue. I reject your premise that a fiat currency is necessary for the maintenance of prosperity and hold that it is the...
OK pal, you get the last word.
This is about as far as I care to go with this particular conversation. Just as a point of information here is a link to the gold supply in...
so? All that gold is just gold in a vault until they spend (lend) it. Not sure what you point is. Actually I have a degree in geology, thank...
Under what condition other than confiscation would a central bank be able to reduce the supply of gold in circulation? Once released it would...
I don't think you understand the idea that the metal IS money, not that it represents money. The point is that no one controls the money supply...
I am a little puzzled by the idea that gambling on the value of currency seems a good idea. It seems contrary to the desire for stability and...
I have no problem with that. The crux of the problem is the form of money. Scarcity is the essence of value, if we use a form of money that can...
Why? As long as there is a sufficient supply of gold to ensure that the physical commodity is available to facilitate trade, even with a finite...
Yes, to refine this just a little farther, Austrians think one of the proper roles of government is to ensure the enforceability of contracts with...
For a strong, logical argument from a Nobel Prize winner pick up a copy of this book....
CO, First, I'll concede two points. One, legalization won't get current addicts clean. Two, most users have to be hit between the eyes before...
Must be nice to be perfect....
Government prohibitions actually increase the incidence of the things they are designed to reduce. Generally speaking drugs are cheap to produce....
A link to a good article on taking delivery of physical silver. http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/pearce/2008/1125.html
The link below has some interesting things to say about how that might work....
Here's a new twist http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/A-tsunami-of-hope-or-terror-LHRJP?OpenDocument&src=sph But in the end...
Rumor has it that in his basement Barney expedites the meating until it comes to fruition. :D
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