“The Golden Straitjacket is the defining political-economic garment of globalization. [...] The tighter you wear it, the more gold it produces.” PoliticalEconomicProduceGoldGoldenGlobalizationDefiningGarments Author:Thomas Friedman
“Inflationism, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. It is only one piece in the total framework of politico-economic and socio-philosophical ideas of our time. Just as the sound money policy of gold standard advocates went hand in hand with liberalism, free trade, capitalism and peace, so is inflationism part and parcel of imperialism, militarism, protectionism, statism and socialism.” IdeasHandsSoundPiecesEconomicPolicyStandardsCapitalismGoldPhilosophicalTradeInvestingSocialismOur TimeLiberalismPhenomenonIsolatedImperialismFrameworkHand In HandFree TradeOne PieceMilitarismParcelGold StandardProtectionism Book:On the Manipulation of Money and Credit Source: On the Manipulation of Money and Credit
“What has patriotism come to be but greed and false pride, when the only way it can show itself is by shedding blood to gain gold? More economic advantage, more territory, more power.” WayShowsBloodEconomicPrideGainsAdvantageGoldGreedPatriotismTerritoryShedding BloodFalse Pride Book:The Hounds of Spring Source: The Hounds of Spring
“Central banks have gotten out of the central banking business and into the central planning business, meaning that they are devoted to raising up-if they can-economic growth and employment through the dubious means of suppressing interest rates and printing money. The nice thing about gold is that you can't print it.” IfsMeanGrowthInterestMoneyNiceEconomicGoldRatePlanningEmploymentPrintDevotedBankingEconomic GrowthPrintingNice ThingsInterest RateCentral BanksDubiousSuppressingCentral BankingCentral PlanningPrinting Money Author:James Grant
“The cross stands as the final symbol that no evil exists that God cannot turn into a blessing. He is the living Alchemist who can take the dregs from the slag-heaps of life - disappointment, frustration, sorrow, disease, death, economic loss, heartache - and transform the dregs into gold.” TurnsEvilLossEconomicSorrowBlessingDiseaseCrossesGoldFinalsDisappointmentSymbolsHeartacheFrustrationAlchemistDregsSlagLife Disappointment Author:Catherine Marshall
“I have criticized it [Europe], but I repeat: we keep 40 percent of our gold and foreign currency reserves in euros, we are not interested in the collapse of the Eurozone, but I do not rule out the possibility of decisions being made that would consolidate a group of countries equal in economic development and this, in my opinion, will lead to a consolidation of the euro. But there can also be some interim decisions in order to keep the present number of members of the Eurozone unchanged.” MadeCountryOrderDecisionNumbersOpinionGroupsEconomicPossibilityDevelopmentEqualMembersPercentEuropeGoldRepeatsCollapseNot InterestedCurrencyReservesEuroEconomic DevelopmentConsolidationEurozoneInterim Author:Vladimir Putin
“Therefore today we have an absolutely sufficient level of gold and foreign currency reserves in order to ensure economic stability and sustainable foreign trade turnover.” TodayOrderLevelsEconomicGoldTradeSufficientStabilityCurrencyReservesTurnoverEconomic StabilityForeign Trade Author:Vladimir Putin
“The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as "a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces; a severe test of patience or belief; a vessel for melting material at high temperatures." A crucible was the vessel in which medieval alchemists attempted to turn base metals into gold. That the alchemists inevitably failed in their audacious attempts doesn't denigrate the power of the crucible as a metaphor for the circumstances that cause an individual to be utterly transformed.” PoliticalTurnsIndividualBeliefForceSocialCausesPowerfulSituationEconomicMaterialsCircumstancesIntellectualGoldTestsMetaphorHeritageMetalsTransformedSevereVesselDictionaryTemperatureMedievalMeltingAlchemistCrucibleAudaciousConfluence Author:Warren G. Bennis
“Now it's a hard time in every business with the current economic situation, so being an actor where you're seen in different parts of the world is gold because it means that people in other countries will hopefully see your movies and like them, which means more money to make other movies. It's a hard time in movie making.” PeopleWorldMeanDifferentCountrySituationEconomicGoldHopefullyHard Times Author:Justin Chatwin
“If government manages to establish paper tickets or bank credit as money, as equivalent to gold grams or ounces, then the government, as dominant money-supplier, becomes free to create money costlessly and at will. As a result, this 'inflation' of the money supply destroys the value of the dollar or pound, drives up prices, cripples economic calculation, and hobbles and seriously damages the workings of the market economy.” IfsGovernmentValuesResultsEconomyEconomicPaperEconomicsGoldDollarsCreditManageDamagePoundsTicketsDominantInflationCalculationsMarket EconomyCripplesSuppliers Author:Murray Rothbard
“Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of their most immediate and more powerful neighbors, namely Russia, Turkey and Iran, with China also signaling an increasing political interest in the region. But the Eurasian Balkans are infinitely more important as a potential economic prize: an enormous concentration of natural gas and oil reserves is located in the region, in addition to important minerals, including gold.” ImportantPoliticalThreeInterestNaturalPowerfulEconomicSecurityAmbitionGoldImportanceHistoricalIncludingChinaOilNeighborRussiaEnormousGasConcentrationRegionsPrizeIranRepublicReservesTurkeysAsianStandpointMineralsNatural GasBalkans Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“I admire Russia for wiping out an economic system which permitted a handful of rich to exploit and beat gold from the millions of plain people…. As one who believes in freedom and democracy for all, I honor the Red nation.” PeopleBelieveNationsMillionsDemocracyRichEconomicHonorBeatsRedGoldRussiaAdmireHandfulExploitsEconomic SystemsWiping Out Author:Frank Marshall Davis
“A character standard is far more important than even a gold standard. The success of all economic systems is still dependent upon both righteous leaders and righteous people. In the last analysis, our national future depends upon our national character that is, whether it is spiritually or materially minded.” PeopleStillsImportantCharacterLastsSuccessLeaderEconomicDependsFutureStandardsGoldAnalysisDependentRighteousEconomic SystemsGold Standard Author:Roger Babson
“All of the government's monetary, economic and political power, as well as its extensive propaganda machinery, will be enlisted in a constant battle to drive down the price of gold - but in the absence of any fundamental change in the nation's monetary, fiscal, and economic direction, simply regard any major retreat in the price of gold as an unexpected buying opportunity.” WellsGovernmentPoliticalOpportunityNationsEconomicBattleMajorsGoldRegardFundamentalsConstantAbsencePropagandaBuyingUnexpectedRetreatMachineryMonetaryPolitical PowerEnlistedBuying Gold Author:Irwin Schiff
“An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.” SeemsFreedomIssuesEconomicStandardsGoldPersuasionInseparableHystericalAntagonismEconomic FreedomGold Standard Book:Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal