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Greetings. A new audiobook is available in The Rational Argumentator’s Audio Section : “What Has the Government Done to Our Money?” by Murray N. Rothbard; Read by G. Stolyarov II I hope that you will enjoy it.
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I am currently reading Murray Rothbard's "What Has Government Done To Our Money? & The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar". I recently came upon a curios passage that states the following: "I need not go through the familiar but fascinating story of how gold and silver were selected...
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@ meambobbo What a fantastic and highly detailed response. Thank you kindly, your time and knowledge is very much appreciated . There is a lot to 'chew over' in those replies! Allow me some time to crunch up those points in my mind and I'll get back to you with some more questions if need...
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Point taken. However I'm not debating the form and makeup of a state, or indeed the virtues of anarchism! What I'm curious about is whether or not the core economic issue is the violent enforcement of a monopoly on currency ( by the state ). Fine, get rid of the FED - let the state control money...
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@ meambobbo Great post, just curious... So... perhaps what might be ideal is a completely open, free-market competition in actual currency? Gold, silver, paper money (backed 100% by X Y or Z) or e-gold, diamonds, vintage cheeses (joke!) or whatever the free-market innovates and finds most convenient...
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I still don't quite see the point in switching to a 'gold standard' at all. Why not completely abolish the enforcement of a monopoly on any single currency, be that pure gold, gold-backed, silver, fiat etc? Why not just have open competing currencies and let the free-market decide which is...
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There was a similar thread recently, but I wanted to expand on the scope of the last one. Mainly, what specific stocks should someone begin buying to profit on the demising dollar? I was thinking about Peter Schiff's "Crash Proof," but it has relatively poor reviews on Amazon because Schiff...
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[quote user="LanceH"] I have read more Mises than Rothbard, but I have noticed two major differences. Rothbard believes in natural rights, Mises does not. [/quote] I vaguely remember Mises making more utilitarian-based arguments. Rothbard rejects those. But this is really just another facet...