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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...