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A Currency Serves Three Functions: Providing A Means Of Payment, A Unit Of Account And A Store Of Value. Gold May Be A Store Of Value For Wealth, But It Is Not A Means Of Payment. You Cannot Pay For Your Groceries With It. Nor Is It A Unit Of Account. Prices Of Goods And Services, And Of Financial Assets, Are Not Denominated In Gold Terms.

I Think Investing In A Good Education Has Been Key For Me, Although The Investment Was More In Time Than Money.

I Believe In Market Economics. But To Paraphrase Churchill - Who Said This About Democracy And Political Regimes - A Market Economy Might Be The Worst Economic Regime Available, Apart From The Alternatives. I Believe That People React To Incentives, That Incentives Matter, And That Prices Reflect The Way Things Should Be Allocated. But I Also Believe That Market Economies Sometimes Have Market Failures, And When These Occur, There's A Role For Prudential - Not Excessive - Regulation Of The Financial System.

Gold Has No Increasing Value. And If You're Really Worried About, Say, Inflation Rising, I Would Buy Spam. You Know, You Can Eat Spam. You Cannot Eat Gold.