iea.org.uk — In this groundbreaking work, first published in 1976, Friedrich von Hayek argues that the government monopoly of money must be abolished to stop recurring bouts of inflation and deflation. For the first time Denationalisation of Money is available as a free download in high quality pdf format (12 MB).
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analogkid01Apr 19, 2008
In related news, the price of aluminum foil hats has skyrocketed...
peppermintpigApr 19, 2008
Well, 50 currencies is not insane, and many could be interchangable if they had a value backing that people could measure... realistically, however, you can only have as many currencies as the market will bear. Many cities have their own local currencies, some of which work well, and some that follow the same screwy fiat setup. When the USD continues to show poorly, more demand for alternative currency will appear.The freedom to choose, that's all I ask.
thecoolestguyApr 20, 2008
Norway has more oil than most oil rich shiekdoms in the Persian gulf, and a population less than of New Jersey. And you're comparing Norway to the US? How bout comparing China to Hong Kong, or North Korea to South Korea?Get your head out of your ass.
thecoolestguyApr 20, 2008
notque, less people starved in the United States than any country in the world in the 19th century, and it had the least regulations and taxation of any country in the world, and an effective justice to defend individual rights.Your ideology is bulls**t and based on lies.
Closed AccountApr 20, 2008
@thecoolestguy WTF is the matter with me? I don't buy the latest snake oil remedy, I think for myself, try it sometime. I don't believe that that the sum of human affairs is determined by the market. What a nihilistic philosophy you have. You have a chicken or the egg first argument there. Was government corrupt before concentrated wealth allowed its capture? Or was corrupt government formed by concentrated wealth? You summed the problem up nicely, there is no way to stop concentrated wealth other than to dilute it.
kylegoetzApr 20, 2008
I think I studied moral rights in my copyright law class in law school. I think I understand that moral rights are problematic. Your first stated moral right is problematic because what if I can't find out who the author is anymore? The author could come forward and sue me.I think that my final exam was 50% based on an analysis of introduction of moral rights into the US, which I wrote a scathing essay on, and scored in the top third of my class in a course taught by a EUROPEAN.And as for your final moral right, I have a huge frigging problem with it. It makes parody and satire a lot more dangerous financially. If moral rights existed in the US for written works, the satire "The Wind Done Gone" which uses characters and settings from "Gone with the Wind" would have been sued into the ground successfully instead of unsuccessfully.
lumpyrevolutionApr 21, 2008
mrzack is correct though his passion is not easy to grasp for people who are of the main stream school of thought. Think for one moment what it would be like if you discovered that everything you ever learned was a lie. Just think on that. Thank you mrzack, for your passion. You will reach them eventually. We all will.
cgbspenderApr 23, 2008
Its not my fault and probably not yours. It is the fault of people who vote for Obama because there is a pair of boobs somewhere on youtube dancing for him, or for Clinton because they know the name or for McCain ... well, I dont even know a stupid reason to vote for him.Every system will inevitably become corrupt because, as Einstein said it, human stupidity is infinite. Keeping things as far away from the governments scope as possible is the best you can do because it means the government has to take possession of it first before corrupting it. Thus, you have more time in peace. If you put all your trust in a "good" government it can immediately betray you once it becomes "bad".
york66Apr 27, 2008
Dugg simply for making this freely available.
riodjnarrowMay 13, 2008
Also read Bionomics by Michael Rothchild.... great stuff
daumenJul 20, 2008
Top third of your class eh? and taught by a European to boot! Well I apologize then, you must be right.Anyhow,1) Your first point is largely irrelevant because if you can't find the author you very likely can't find the copyright owner either and your use would be an infringement of copyright anyhow. Either way, the solution to this problem is to have a sensible policy in place with respect to orphan works, not to abandon the right of attribution.2) I also disagree with the parody argument. You can enact moral rights in such a way that allows for parody but still prevents, say, a publisher from fundamentally (and adversely to the author's reputation) altering the conclusion of an article by striking out a key damning passage. There is a very big and I think quite discernible difference between something that is a parody of something compared with something in an altered form that would be taken as having been the author's actual work (which would in fact fail the test for parody in most jurisdictions anyways).Moral rights can be enacted in whatever shape and form you want. You can enact the 'good' without the 'bad'.It's nice to write "scathing" essays that point out problems but I think it's generally more helpful to look for solutions instead.
fapapaSep 15, 2008
If you think that BestBuy and Walmart having their own credit cards or gift cards; or that Air miles; or anything of that sort is even remotely akin to having multiple independent currencies, you are wrong. The single most important thing about having multiple independent currencies is that they be INDEPENDENT. In other words the issuers of said currencies can each manipulate the supply of their money, thereby controlling its value and avoiding both inflation and deflation. That's the key. Obviously, walmart cannot control the supply of the dollar--and therefore its value--any more than my dog can control the global supply of kibbles-and-bits. Although it dose a really good job at controlling the demand. ;)