Posts Tagged ‘ fiat money ’

Free Lunches, Money from Nothing and Limits to Government Theft

Sep 4th, 2009 | By Linda Brady Traynham | Category: Featured, Politics
Consider economics and governments as resembling a restaurant. In order for there to be a restaurant at all some entrepreneur has to put his money and vision on the line and open it. He has a thing called "overhead," which is irreducible on-going expenses whether he has any customers at all ...read more

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Dreams of the Maestro, Gold and Inflation

Apr 16th, 2009 | By Dan Denning | Category: Featured, Gold, Macro Economics
Don't ask us why the Maestro showed up in our dream. He just did. So we took the opportunity to ask him a few questions. We've reconstructed the conversation as best we can. "Maestro...you hardly look yourself. It looks like twenty years have dropped from your face. It must be liberating ...read more

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After the Dollar

Apr 7th, 2009 | By David McCabe | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
All right, we are all agreed – the dollar is doomed. But I haven’t heard much talk about what’s going to come after it, except for mutterings about going back to a gold standard. Let’s look at some of the possibilities. First, let’s consider a bit of history. Money was originally ...read more

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