Governments take valuable things like paper and minerals, stamp something on them, and call them money, in the process rendering these things almost worthless. Something is wrong with this picture.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/cost-money-coinage-fiat-power-and-quiet-corruption-value

Socialists Are Reaping a Bountiful Political Harvest while They Create Havoc

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