One of the best writings on the basics of money I’ve ever read. Your understanding of what money is, why we use it, and how it works will never be clearer. Considering that we all use money, and there is almost nothing which isn’t priced, it is extremely important that we understand money and its true nature.
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Dick Cheney in 1992: “The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not that d**ned many.”
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