#Banknotes

Greg Olear

gregolear

A thread for the Fourth of July, 2020.[THREAD] 1/ Fireworks are sounding as I write this. I’m not a big fan of fireworks, even in happy times, but this year,

George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

Addendum to threat #1: concerning market-based vs. regulatory sources of order in currency systems.https://twitter.com/GeorgeSelgin/status/1274367944802385926 I realize that before I move on to discuss the pre-Fed National Currency system,

Calvin

CaliShirogane

Thread on a figure of Japanese history many may not even be aware of but who played a large role in the wartime government of the Japanese Empire and post-war

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YesCymru

During the Scottish referendum debate in 2014, we heard a lot of discussion of what would happen to monetary policy.Scotland already issues its own banknotes, backed by the Bank of

Paras Chopra

paraschopra

How money works.(a massive, 100-part thread) 1/ I recently finished this excellent short #book "What Has Government Done To Our Money" https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money/It's available for free and I

Diogo Machado

diogojoma

What is FIAT and how broken is the system?FIAT money is government-issued currency that is not backed by a physical commodity, such as gold or silver. The value of FIAT

@AdamSmithWorks

adamsmithworks

The second half of #WealthOfNations Book 2, Chapter 2 is all about banks. Once you invent money, you have to have somewhere to put it, I suppose. #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets Banks.

George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

States have been monopolizing currency of all sorts since ancient times, and they have been claiming for just as long that their monopolies are necessary to preserve the integrity of

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OmarTamo19

One last thread.USD, exchange rates, black markets, corruption & solutions.Exchange rates are among the most difficult financial market prices to understand and therefore to value. Before I start, let’s have

Mafipe

Mafipe

Election Day - On 28 September 2006, my brother and I put on white t-shirts, carried a camera and decided to “monitor the elections” the results were very interesting....

Peter Young (The Austrian)

TheAustrian3

Weimar Germany's hyperinflation provides perhaps the most dramatic example of the destruction that ensues when money dies.This 16 tweet thread summarizes Adam Fergusson's definitive account, and explores the lessons we

#ReleaseTheKRAKEN BrunoBarking

Bruno062418

New QPress conference of Ukrainian officials re: the Burisma Bribe. Implicating the Bidens.length digits = 23 now comes the PAIN! Worth Listening (reading).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei6O14Td89g 2/ Q 4501 A little humor goes

Abayorr Mi

iamabayorr

8 THINGS NIGERIA DOES BETTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSEA THREAD. 1. Jollof riceThis mouth-watering tomato-based rice dish is a party staple. There are many ways to cook it, involving endless permutations

David Fickling

davidfickling

Here's a story about how a ship-eating clam helped bring about the Industrial Revolution: The naval shipworm Teredo Navalis is an under-appreciated marker of globalization.It's a type of highly adapted

Abayorr Mi

iamabayorr

The Top 10 Conmen of All Time.A THREAD 10. Ali DiaIn 1996 the manager of English Premier League club Southampton, Graeme Souness, took an intriguing phone call. The person on

Willem Middelkoop

wmiddelkoop

In June I started a series of (TBR)tweets named #TheBigResetSynopsis Today I will share the core of #TBRchapter1 – The History ofMoney The previous tweets can be found herehttps://twitter.com/wmiddelkoop/status/1275897799486377985 There

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