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I saw this on an anti-Ron Paul site today. Some marxist said if America goes back to the gold standard it would either have to buy up all the gold on earth or it would have to find a way to take money out of circulation in order for the amount of money to equal the amount of gold. Is this true?
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The Ron Paul campaign has lots of people talking about the perils of a debased US dollar. One concern bandied about is that foreign holders of US bonds like China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, etc, will eventually dump their copious supplies of US bonds in favor of a higher return in a different currency, upon...
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As I was educated in the Keynesian/inflationist school of economics, I have (until recently) always been a believer that moderate inflation is good for the economy, and inflation in general is generally favorable to borrowers. I have always believed in the Fed system because I thought it was better than...