Jude Wanniski: War Is Off

Steven mailinglist at navari.com
Wed Feb 26 13:24:19 PST 2003



>> But he can hardly talk for five
>> minutes without
>> bringing up the need to return to the gold standard.
>>
>> Doug


>andie said:


>Precious metals to preserve our vital bodily fluids?
>Isn't talk of the need to return to the gold standard
>a virtually certain indicium of being a crank?

Please excuse my naiveté, but what is it about mentioning the gold standard that gets one branded a "crank"?

Steven



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