Friday, October 30, 2009

 

The Gold Standard and the Great Depression

Krugman had been bashing gold for a while, so I rushed to its defense. Wherever there is a commodity in distress, I'll be there.



Comments:
Bob-

You're like a nerdy superhero. Keep it up! We need more of those. Lots more!
 
I see you finally bought into my "leaving gold standard = expropriation" theory ;-)
 
Silas,

The "abandon your mortgage" stuff was in the original draft of my PIG to the Great Depression (written last January). It was murdered on the cutting room floor.

I read your comment on Krugman's blog and liked it.

I would argue that I therefore did not rip you off.
 
Some guy named Bob Stafford attacked the ABCT in the comments to Bob's Mises.org article. I responded with my usual "monetary dilution amounts to theft of purchasing power" argument here.

It's similar to "leaving the gold standard = expropriation = theft". I think we should always start off explaining that theft and fraud is all that a central bank can do and/or does. It is the truth and making that firm statement throws the statist off-balance right from the start.
 
"Some guy named Bob Stafford attacked the ABCT in the comments to Bob's Mises.org article. I responded with my usual "monetary dilution amounts to theft of purchasing power" argument here."

You shouldn't have, it's not a very good argument.
 
"You're like a nerdy superhero. Keep it up! We need more of those. Lots more!"

Bob's more like a rockstar.
 
lol
 
Roddis, I think if you're going to respond to someone, you should keep the argumentation within the same discipline.

I would also argue that the moral issue with the central bank is that it is a monopoly. If people chose to hold their currency in a free market, then it wouldn't be fraudulent of them to dilute the currency (unless it went against their public statement).
 
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