Friday, February 27, 2009

 

Why Buy Gold?

Sure, I could justify my recommendation to buy physical gold with all kinds of jargon and thought experiments. But I will spare you. The real reason I think everyone should get his or her little pot of gold (just in time for St. Patty's Day) is this:



You have to ask yourself, "Does Ben Bernanke really have a good plan for dealing with that?"

Then, even if you think so, you have to ask yourself, "Does The Man really let a Princeton economics professor who doesn't know kung fu have control over the world currency?"



Comments:
How does monetary base differ from M1 and from total reserves? I know M1 contains currency and reserves does not, but where does monetary base fit in? Is it somewhere between reserves and M1?
 
Monetary base is total reserves plus currency.
 
How about a swiss-currency bank account? They are still on the gold standard. Would that work?
 
Switzerland is no longer on the gold standard.
 
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