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Desire to return to a gold standardSome people (such as perennial Presidential contender Ron Paul and adherents to the Austrian school) continue to preach in good faith that without a gold standard, money is "objectively worthless"; these people are sometimes known as "gold bugs… Advantages of fiat currencyThe advantage of a fiat currency is in theory to match the expansion of the money supply with the expansion of economic output rather than having the money supply expand arbitrarily whenever a Yukon Cornelius 49er strikes gold. This helps preven… Ancient to early modern historyIn ancient, medieval, and early modern monetary systems, coins were manufactured from gold, silver and other metals because of its ability to be mass produced and standardized. Furthermore, other metals such as iron or copper had more practical uses for tools and weapons. Because g…
Desire to return to a gold standardSome people (such as perennial Presidential contender Ron Paul and adherents to the Austrian school) continue to preach in good faith that without a gold standard, money is "objectively worthless"; these people are sometimes known as "gold bugs…
Advantages of fiat currencyThe advantage of a fiat currency is in theory to match the expansion of the money supply with the expansion of economic output rather than having the money supply expand arbitrarily whenever a Yukon Cornelius 49er strikes gold. This helps preven…
Ancient to early modern historyIn ancient, medieval, and early modern monetary systems, coins were manufactured from gold, silver and other metals because of its ability to be mass produced and standardized. Furthermore, other metals such as iron or copper had more practical uses for tools and weapons. Because g…
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