Saturday, November 28, 2009

Weekend essay title

In the fantastical world of Harry Potter, the people distrust the powers of barbarous magical men, so they place their monetary confidence in the reality of privately minted 100% reserves of gold.

Whereas in the real world, the people distrust barbarous gold, so they place their monetary confidence in the fantastical powers of magical men and publicly printed fractional reserves of paper.

Discuss.

No comments: