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This video claims (NOT inclusive): "The government doing nothing causes booms and busts""The reason the great depression happened was because of Andrew Jacksons hatred for central banks, and that the government did not take absolute control of the situation" "Getting off the gold standard was a heroic move" "Food prices dropping due to excess is a sign of market weakness" "The stock market crash and the great depression were not the same thing" "Margin buying was not nearly enough stimulation to fix the economy" "Deflation is much worse than inflation" All I can say is.. Jesus christ, these kids don't stand a chance in these hell holes. It's no wonder we have such an economically illiterate populace.- 3 replies
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Anarchism and the Gold Standard.
vivosmith posted a topic in Libertarianism, Anarchism and Economics
I have been thinking about how the broader anarchist movement wants to do away with money and replace it with bartering. Isn't that basically the arguement for the gold standard, minus the monopolistic nature of it? I haven't found any thoughts on the gold standard outside anarcho capitalist circles. Would the idea of abolishing money just mean that the left is more vocal about it, but we intend to reach the same goal of abolishing paper money? Or am I missing something? -
Lawrence White spoke at MTSU on December 2, 2013. The title of the talk was 'The Federal Reserve System at 100: Success or Failure?"