There Is A Profound Contrast Between The

In Practice [monetary Management] Is Merely A High-sounding Euphemism For Continuous Currency Debasement. It Consists Of Constant Lying In Order To Support Constant Swindling. Instead Of Automatic Currencies Based On Gold, People Are Forced To Take Managed Currencies Based On Guile. Instead Of Precious Metals They Hold Paper Promises Whose Value Falls With Every Bureaucratic Whim. And They Are Suavely Assured That Only Hopelessly Antiquated Minds Dream Of Returning To Truth And Honesty And Solvency And Gold.

The Great Merit Of Gold Is Precisely That It Is Scarce; That Its Quantity Is Limited By Nature; That It Is Costly To Discover, To Mine, And To Process; And That It Cannot Be Created By Political Fiat Or Caprice.

Contrary To Age-old Prejudices, The Wealth Of The Rich Is Not The Cause Of The Poverty Of The Poor, But Helps To Alleviate That Poverty.

The Proposal Is Frequently Made That The Government Ought To Assume The Risks That Are "too Great For Private Industry." This Means That Bureaucrats Should Be Permitted To Take Risks With The Tax Payer's Money That No One Is Willing To Take With His Own.

It Is Often Sadly Remarked That The Bad Economists Present Their Errors To The Public Better Than The Good Economists Present Their Truths. It Is Often Complained That Demagogues Can Be More Plausible In Putting Forward Economic Nonsense From The Platform Than The Honest Men Who Try To Show What Is Wrong With It.