Tag Archives: fiat money

Silver price breaks free? Passes $66/ounce?

Posted on December 22, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

A correspondent shared that tidbit in the headline with us here at The Price of Liberty. Here are some thoughts, and not necessarily good ones. We’ve often discussed the relative worthlessness of the modern so-called “US dollar.” We have long … Continue reading →

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“Not worth a dollar”

Posted on October 1, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Supposedly, annual inflation, August 2021 to August 2022, was a “mere” 8.3% here in the States. Don’t believe it. Ignoring sales prices, food prices in most places have sometimes doubled in the last year: for example, at a Safeway in … Continue reading →

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“Biden bucks” and liberty’s loss

Posted on September 1, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Our beloved leader-in-chief, dear, dear Uncle Joe, has decided and announced he is forgiving $10,000 or $20,000 (I admit to being confused which) of student loan debt for each individual borrower. I guess it depends on the particular type of … Continue reading →

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Our fragile communications and economy

Posted on July 23, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Over at Agora Financial, a libertarian investment and publishing firm based in Baltimore, their editors and writers have been sounding alarms about the signs of the FedGov (and the EU and others) pushing a “cashless society.” One in which plastic … Continue reading →

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End of the petrodollar? Return of the gold standard?

Posted on April 15, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Many lovers of liberty – anarchists and even minarchists, have long called for a return to a gold standard. Completely gone since Tricky Dick killed it in 1973 on an American and worldwide basis, most people have assumed it would … Continue reading →

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The blame game – Inflation edition

Posted on March 23, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

There is no doubt that inflation has gotten much worse here in the States in the last year and a half. And despite the impression of many people, we’ve been suffering inflation for several years – and I mean severe … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin vs. History

Posted on February 1, 2018 by MamaLiberty

By L. Reichard White With Bitcoin having broken $19,000 per coin – and fluctuating like the Prez in a negotiation – it and the many other cryptocurrencies built on block-chain technology are a real phenom. Will they last in any … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin – tool for liberty or just another tool for tyranny?

Posted on July 9, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton MIT just published a story about Communist China’s central bank testing a digital currency to use instead of (in competition with) Bitcoin and all the rest. “Speeches and research papers from officials at the People’s Bank of … Continue reading →

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Theatre of the Absurd?

Posted on May 1, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-17E, by Nathan Barton Government SHOULD be a weekly comedy show on some cable channel, sorta like the old “There Oughta Be A Law” comic strip.  It’s just that what is so funny (to some) often is sheer … Continue reading →

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Crash of 2009 and government damage to the economy still with us (Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-22E)

Posted on June 6, 2014 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton According to the FedGov and its sycophants and supporters and hangers-on, the “last recession” ended sometime in 2009 and we have been “enjoying” a “modest recovery” for the last five years.  Now, there is worry that (blame … Continue reading →

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