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There seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it.

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But if Smith was right, and gold and silver became money through the natural workings of the market completely independently of governments, then woul...more

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In fact this is precisely the logic on which the Bank of England—the first successful modern central bank—was originally founded. In 1694, a consortiu...more