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The Monetary Metal That Won’t Die

Jan 6th, 2012 | By | Category: Currencies, Economics, Featured, Gold, Politics
For more than one hundred years, governments have been trying to kill gold's role in the monetary system. They've dreamed of a day when the cursed metal would vanish completely except as jewelry and luxurious adornment. And yet its monetary properties won't go away. Central banks still hold it, and ...read more