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Re: Government Control of Exports

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EchoesOfTheHorizon wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:21 am Bob.... Let's say instead of Fiat Currency, we had a Gold Standard. Wouldn't it be wise to put restrictions on the export of Gold, so our markets could.... market?
Gresham's Law is backwards.
Bad money doesn't drive out good money,
Good money drives out bad money,
Pure money drives out impure money,
Real money drives out counterfeit money.
What is counterfeit money?
A gold coin.
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bobevenson wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:45 pm
EchoesOfTheHorizon wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:21 am Bob.... Let's say instead of Fiat Currency, we had a Gold Standard. Wouldn't it be wise to put restrictions on the export of Gold, so our markets could.... market?
Gresham's Law is backwards.
Bad money doesn't drive out good money,
Good money drives out bad money,
Pure money drives out impure money,
Real money drives out counterfeit money.
What is counterfeit money?
A gold coin.
Please. Now you're deviating from what you've stated in your OP plus it contradicts what is taught in economics courses by certified professionals (which you're not). Sounds like you're getting desperate to make a point.

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Bob, do you ever feel as if your philosophy is a waste of time?
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artisticsolution wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:58 pm Bob, do you ever feel as if your philosophy is a waste of time?
He has a philosophy???

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Philosophy Explorer wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:59 pm
artisticsolution wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:58 pm Bob, do you ever feel as if your philosophy is a waste of time?
He has a philosophy???

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Philosophy Explorer wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:57 pm
bobevenson wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:45 pm
EchoesOfTheHorizon wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:21 am Bob.... Let's say instead of Fiat Currency, we had a Gold Standard. Wouldn't it be wise to put restrictions on the export of Gold, so our markets could.... market?
Gresham's Law is backwards.
Bad money doesn't drive out good money,
Good money drives out bad money,
Pure money drives out impure money,
Real money drives out counterfeit money.
What is counterfeit money?
A gold coin.
Please. Now you're deviating from what you've stated in your OP plus it contradicts what is taught in economics courses by certified professionals (which you're not). Sounds like you're getting desperate to make a point.

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A prophet is never deperate to make a point.
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bobevenson wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:22 pm
Philosophy Explorer wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:57 pm
bobevenson wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:45 pm
Gresham's Law is backwards.
Bad money doesn't drive out good money,
Good money drives out bad money,
Pure money drives out impure money,
Real money drives out counterfeit money.
What is counterfeit money?
A gold coin.
Please. Now you're deviating from what you've stated in your OP plus it contradicts what is taught in economics courses by certified professionals (which you're not). Sounds like you're getting desperate to make a point.

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A prophet is never deperate to make a point.
So you claim.

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That's because a prophet is divinely inspired.
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bobevenson wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 5:48 pm That's because a prophet is divinely inspired.
Yet to be proven

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It can't be proven, but only suggested by the mystical events in his dossier.
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