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  • Mr. Brands is a paper-money man, though the subtitle of his book—"How the Dollar Conquered the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It"—seems to betray some reservations.

    How the Dollar Rules by Fiat James Grant 2011

  • Turning to banknotes, London auctioneer Spink paper-money specialist Barnaby Faull says he just can't get enough material.

    The Value of Old Money Margaret Studer 2011

  • He was an entrepreneur, scholar, exercise fiend, Prohibition exponent, paper-money zealot and eugenics advocate.

    Follow the Money James Grant 2011

  • It was a well-known fact that all highly civilized countries had paper-money systems.

    THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010

  • Maybe the "Original 13" States would rejoin in a kind of an Oldies-Goldies remake 'heritage' of the E. Seaboard group ... although the other regions don't have to honor the paper-money currency (or the NY Times) circulated in that Seaboard region.

    Hours of my life, wasted by The New York Times (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Getty Images; Friedrich August von Hayek There isn't room for every economist in this book or any other, but I myself missed the voice of Jacques Rueff, the 20th-century theorist who was able to demonstrate the superiority of the classical gold standard over the faux gold standard devised by Keynes incorporated in the Bretton Woods system of 1944-71 or the paper-money regime advocated by Fisher and Friedman.

    Follow the Money James Grant 2011

  • In its early history, the U.S. itself had already had these very same experiences with its own paper-money systems.

    Forty Years of Paper Money Detlev S. Schlichter 2011

  • We conclude that, under a paper-money system, a determined government can always generate higher spending and hence positive inflation.

    John Standerfer: Bernanke Goes Nuclear 2009

  • Bryan argues that Ben and Mises hold the same position on paper money, namely that under a paper-money system, a determined government can always generate higher spending...

    Ludwig von Bernanke, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • We conclude that, under a paper-money system, a determined government can always generate higher spending and hence positive inflation.

    Ludwig von Bernanke, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

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