To prefer paper to gold is to prefer high risk to lower risk, instability to stability, inflation to steady long term values, a system of very low grade performance to a system of higher, though not perfect performance. — William E. Rees Copy Share Image
Gold is not less but more rational than paper money. Money holds value so long as it is in limited supply; gold will always… — William E. Rees Copy Share Image
Human societies as temporally and spatially far-flung as the Mesopotamians, Mayans, and Easter Islanders likely came to ruin by expanding beyond the capacity of… — William E. Rees Copy Share Image
One of the gifts of the Jewish culture to Christianity is that it has taught Christians to think like Jews, and any modern man… — William E. Rees Copy Share Image
We do not have an ecological crisis. The ecosphere has a human crisis. Our 'story' about our place in the scheme of things has… — William E. Rees Copy Share Image
The good news is that . . . humans are gifted by the potential for self-awareness and intelligent choice, and knowing our circumstance is… — William E. Rees Copy Share Image
To prefer paper to gold is to prefer high risk to lower risk, instability to stability, inflation to steady long term values, a system… — William E. Rees Copy Share Image
