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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.
-Murray Rothbard
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If Government Manages To Establish Paper Tickets

Murray Rothbard
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.
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