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I honestly could not believe my eyes when I read his post. I started to challenge him, and the converstation grew even more ridiculous. I have no idea how to respond anymore. I know what I want to say, I just can't say it right. Here is the conversation, with me and a poster who I will called "Keynes...
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Ok so the word is on the street that the US Federal Reserve has been printing a lot of money. But what about other countries like, say, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, India, China, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Greece, Canada, and Germany? Have all their central banks also been printing money, and where did you find...
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I don't know any books on this subject. However there's a mp3 accompanied with a transcript of Joseph R. Peden's lecture "Inflation and the Fall of the Roman Empire," given at the Seminar on Money and Government in Houston, Texas, on October 27, 1984. I've listend to it and...
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I just want to check if my understanding of the reserve requirement is accurate. When the Fed buys an asset from banks or government debt it creates however much money in the form of reserves. So the money supply should be potentially inflated by 10 times the Fed's purchase because of fractional...
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One future prediction I am certain of. When the Federal Reserve triples the base money supply in two years, while production is collapsing, then prices will rise. When the dollar loses its reserve currency status then prices will rocket. As far as today's CPI numbers are concerned, two things. One...
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Would it be better to back the pound/dollar/euro/whatever with gold or silver? Or both?
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My son will be turning 8 years old soon and he is exceptionally bright for his age...and he is really showing a strong interest in economics and politics. He already understands the value of collecting gold & silver over paper money, and totally understands inflation as well! During the presidential...
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I'd also read that too. Explains it quite well for a non-economist. Comparing it to the current situation I think this is what we are seeing (correct me if I'm wrong). The following 4 things can cause deflation: The supply of money goes down. The supply of other goods goes up. Demand for money...
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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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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...