tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post8867803311064184739..comments2024-03-28T11:07:52.205-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Well, yeahFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-68997758849383915782011-12-17T07:17:36.956-08:002011-12-17T07:17:36.956-08:00Amen to that.
Oh to go back to the pre 1914 situa...Amen to that.<br /><br />Oh to go back to the pre 1914 situation* The whole World's currencies were easily and predictably interchangeable, and running the printing presses was impossible:<br /><b>Gold</b><br /><br />For Lord Keynes to have called it a <i>"barbarous relic"</i>, suggests that there is something very good about the stuff.<br />___________________________<br /><br /><br /><br />*well, pre 1913 for the US - you already had Browning's 1911, but still didn't quite have the Federal Reserve, or a Federal Income tax at that time.L Inoreply@blogger.com