Topic: Currency

“Zimbabwe must lead the way.”

– May 17, 2011

…In the meantime, even Mexico may be trying to get a step or two ahead of the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department. In the words of Mexican billionaire Hugo Salinas Price, “Well I think the central bank (of Mexico) is watching what the Federal Reserve has been doing with utter amazement because we have been down that path before and it led to our ruin. So maybe they are saying, ‘We better have a little bit of gold because what is going on with quantitative easing is really hair-raising.’”

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“Roosevelt’s Inflation Program in a Nutshell”

– May 11, 2011

“President Roosevelt’s second offensive against the depression has been launched in the form of an amendment to the farm bill. This amendment provides a manner in which the credit of the country will be expanded. Expansion of credit is expected to lead …

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“Forbes Predicts US Gold Standard Within 5 Years” – Human Events

– May 11, 2011

“A return to the gold standard by the United States within the next five years now seems likely, because that move would help the nation solve a variety of economic, fiscal, and monetary ills, Steve Forbes predicted during an exclusive interview this w …

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Thoughts on a Return to Gold

– May 10, 2011

It took 200 years to build and perfect the classic gold standard system; then it was destroyed in about seven weeks when the Guns of August 1914 thundered across Europe; and now I am allotted seven minutes to resurrect it. Fortunately, Churchill’s defense of democracy also applies to the daunting task at hand: To wit, the classic gold standard is the worst possible monetary system – except for all of the alternative inflation-generating, savings-destroying, debt-breeding, bubble-emitting and boom and bust-prone systems which have been tried in the 100 years since its demise. Hence, we offer six present day monetary vices which are curable by gold…

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Coming Soon to a Bank Near You…the “Hoarders”

– May 10, 2011

We sound money types lament the disappearance of “good” money like gold and silver coins from day-to-day business. There is something special about these ancient and honorable monies. No, it’s not some Goldmember-style fetish, some psychological afflic …

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“Gold Rises Above $1500 to a Record on Slumping Dollar, Inflation Concern” – Bloomberg

– April 20, 2011

“Gold rose above $1,500 an ounce to a record in New York and London as a weaker dollar and concern about debt and faster inflation spurred demand for an alternative investment. Silver reached a 31-year high. The dollar slipped as much as 1 percent agai …

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Towards Defining Inflation

– April 14, 2011

I have been writing on the premise that sound money is money uncontrolled by a central authority. Although I believe that gold would be (and has been) the best option for a people’s money uses, in reality anything can be money; some things are just better than others.

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Robert Kiyosaki on Saving Money

– April 4, 2011

Robert Kiyosaki talks about his book, Rich Dad’s Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money, and the fall in value of money due to inflationary money printing. I have not read the book, but the video is a good one. Watch the video here. H/T to Ro …

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“The GOP’s New Gold Rush” – Tim Murphy

– March 30, 2011

“After three decades of railing against America’s monetary policies, Congress’ most famous gold bug and anti-Fed crusader, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), doesn’t have much to show for his efforts on the national level. But Paul’s message finally seems to be …

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“The Japanese Currency Intervention” – Mises Daily

– March 23, 2011

“The ostensible reason for the currency interventions was to promote stability. According to David Mann, head of research for the Americas at Standard Chartered Bank. “This is about limiting volatility and reducing uncertainty.” However, if stability i …

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The Ideal Money, Part II

– March 21, 2011

Last week, I wrote something here that might seem a little strange for a “sound money” blog. I stated that fiat paper money could be the optimal form of money in an ideal world. Sure, we “sound money” economists see much virtue in a commodity money lik …

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The Ideal Money

– March 16, 2011

The emergence (note I don’t say “invention”) of money stands out as one of the great boons to human economic development. Life before money was frustrating. For a mutually beneficial trade to take place, there must be a “double coincidence of wants”: U …

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