tere, do you have the page numbers or secion headings 4 that?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Tere Vaden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Tere.Vaden@uta.fi">Tere.Vaden@uta.fi</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Yes, the possible centralization (and physical capture) of gold seems<br>
to be one of the reasons that gold as currecy (or gold-backed<br>
currency) goes relatively tightly together with imperial and<br>
expansive-aggressive regimes, as David Graeber points out in his book<br>
Debt.<br>
<br>
Quoting Dante-Gabryell Monson <<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<br>
> Sure - thanks for reading.<br>
><br>
> Yes, personally, various views can be of interest, even if only for<br>
> understanding, or questioning.<br>
><br>
> As for gold, I am personally ok with gold backed currencies for certain<br>
> complementary currencies for those who choose to use them,<br>
><br>
> but on a large scale, I do not wish to go back to a gold standard,<br>
> because there is a very limited amount of gold in the world,<br>
> and this makes it easier to centralize control,<br>
> hence easy to control a monetary system backed by gold,<br>
> by buying ( or taking by force ) gold reserves.<br>
><br>
> Hence I personally support a hybrid - networked approach,<br>
> with a variety of solutions ( some providing community and/or local<br>
> economic resilience, others easier for global trade, ... ) , as to avoid<br>
> monopolies in relation to some specific currency or financial/economic<br>
> system.<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Natalie Golovin <<a href="mailto:10natalie@cox.net">10natalie@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> � Rikards is excellent. He?s also very Christian and a Goldbug. Kudos 4<br>
>> being broad-minded.<br>
>><br>
>> �*From:* Dante-Gabryell Monson <<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:52 PM<br>
>> *To:* <a href="mailto:econowmix@googlegroups.com">econowmix@googlegroups.com</a> ;<br>
>> p2p-foundation<<a href="mailto:p2p-foundation@lists.ourproject.org">p2p-foundation@lists.ourproject.org</a>><br>
>> *Subject:* [P2P-F] "Currency Wars" ?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=rAPM7syIcts#t=1040s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=rAPM7syIcts#t=1040s</a><br>
>><br>
>> Financial War Game :<br>
>><br>
>> "Using Stocks, Bonds, Currencies and Derivatives to fight a war... "<br>
>><br>
>> "Fiat - Organized theft, giving it to the elites"<br>
>><br>
>> "Europe can not pay its debt, but you can print some SDR's... "<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Rickards" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Rickards</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Currency-Wars-Making-Global-Portfolio/dp/1591844495/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314198116&sr=8-1" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Currency-Wars-Making-Global-Portfolio/dp/1591844495/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314198116&sr=8-1</a><br>
>><br>
>> SDR :<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Drawing_Rights" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Drawing_Rights</a><br>
>><br>
>> ///<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_war" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_war</a><br>
>><br>
>> *Currency war*, also known as *competitive devaluation*, is a condition<br>
>> in international<br>
>> affairs<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_relations" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_relations</a>>where<br>
>> countries compete against each other to achieve a relatively low<br>
>> exchange<br>
>> rate <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_rate" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_rate</a>> for their own<br>
>> currency<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency</a>>.<br>
>> As the price to buy a particular currency falls, so to does the real price<br>
>> of exports from the country. Imports become more expensive too, so domestic<br>
>> industry, and thus employment, receives a boost in demand both at home and<br>
>> abroad. However, the price increase in imports can harm citizens' purchasing<br>
>> power <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power</a>>. The policy can<br>
>> also trigger retaliatory action by other countries which in turn can lead<br>
>> to a general decline in international trade, harming all countries.<br>
>><br>
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