The Fed, Gold, and Crypto: Freedom and Competing Currencies
https://mises.org/misesian/fed-gold-and-crypto-freedom-and-competing-currencies
By Alex J. Pollock
> To stay in power, governments have to keep spending money. They need to give money to their friends, to give money to their supporters, to carry out their various projects, and—most expensive of all—to have wars.
Try to ignore the very stupid sideswipe at bitcoin. It's entirely beside the point.

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By Alex J. Pollock To stay in power, governments have to keep spending money. They need to give money to their friends, to give money to their supp...