Archive for August, 2005



When Kings are Counterfeiters

Or how the rich get richer while the poor get poorer
When a bad king debases his currency, by mixing some base metal with gold, he and the officials of his mint act as counterfeiters plain and simple. The immediate effect of the debasement is that the king now has ‘money’ with which to build his […]




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