“Under ordinary circumstances, we learn to speak before we learn to read, and anyone who has tried to learn a foreign language… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“The librarian, a tiny blonde twenty-something in a Riot grrrl T-shirt, looked up from her desk and smiled. Don’t let anyone tell… — Helen Callaghan Copy Share Image
Under the gold standard gold is money and money is gold. It is immaterial whether or not the laws assign legal tender… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The orthodox doctrines of economics which were dominant in the last quarter of the nineteenth century had a clear message. They supported… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
“Beauty” is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“Economists who simply advised leaving the economy alone, governments whose first instincts, apart from protecting the gold standard by deflationary policies, was… — Eric J. Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
Under the gold standard America had no major financial panics other than in 1873, 1884, 1890, 1893, 1907, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The fiat-based system has produced enormous global imbalances that are straining the global economy. Ultimately, I think the whole thing gives way… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
“No nation influenced American thinking more profoundly than Germany, W.E.B. DuBois, Charles Beard, Walter Weyl, Richard Ely, Richard Ely, Nicholas Murray Butler,… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
Media has changed dramatically, as you and I know. We're in a world now where you're rewarded for being outrageous. Punditry has… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
I think the gold standard is a clinical diagnosis, that an astute clinician interacting with a child, interviewing the parents, talking with… — Gerald Fischbach Copy Share Image
In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank… — Ed Balls Copy Share Image
A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
“We will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: "You shall not press down upon the brow of… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“Finance seems pretty real.” “Well, it’s not. Let me tell you. It’s not. It’s just a value we agree to put on… — Catherine Ryan Hyde Copy Share Image
My local paper, The New York Times, Yahoo News, CBS, and The Washington Post, all agreed to stop using the word 'mistress.'… — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
Antiques to Die For sets the gold standard for the classic contemporary cozy. Agatha-finalist Jane K. Cleland's writing is top-notch; her plotting… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
Janine Hathaway offered to be my guardian, " said Lissa suddenly. "Janine Hathaway?" Tatiana's eyebrows rose nearly to her hairline. "I'm sure… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I have come across a dozen studies that shows that you get more phytonutrients and more minerals and vitamins from organic, but… — Jo Robinson Copy Share Image
Unlike the days of the gold standard, it is impossible for the Federal Reserve to go bankrupt; it holds the legal monopoly… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Violence is the gold standard, the reserve that guarantees order. In actuality, it is better than a gold standard, because violence has… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the 'hidden' confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The future of commerce is going to be all electronic. The gold standard was a fine idea, but electronic changes of funds… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
