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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

''The Gold Standard and Fractional-Reserve Banking''

this article is from 1975....................From The Freeman
By Joe Cobb

''There is little doubt that a gold-oriented monetary system is superior to a fiat monetary system, from the perspective of the average citizen and businessman. Monetary systems which are managed by central banks or governments, as opposed to systems which arise in the market and are self-equilibrating, are prone to inflation and repudiation. The arguments against "managed" currency are clearly set forth in the Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises, and it is not our purpose to argue against the gold standard.''

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