Zitat des Tages über Goldstandard / Gold Standard:
An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a stability in the price of gold itself.
In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction.
I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.
Paul Ryan is the gold standard for conservatism.
I believe in the gold standard. I like solid lumps of things. You can always melt them down.
I am the gold standard for liberal bile!