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Joshua D. Glawson: The five best books on sound money in 2025
By Joshua D. Glawson
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Sound money, composed of gold and silver, has historically been a way to establish economic and financial stability, build wealth, plan for the future, and hedge against tyrannical government overreach.
The "soundness" in sound money refers to its validity and reliability, much like a sound argument in logic. Coincidentally (pun intended), sound money made of gold or silver also has unique sounds to them when struck -- which makes them fairly easy to test for their validity, and consequently their reliability.
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In Article 1, Section 10, of the U.S. Constitution, sound money was specified when it said, "No state shall .. make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts."
According to Mike Maharrey, precious metals journalist and market analyst at Money Metals, and National Communications Director of the Tenth Amendment Center:
"Over and over again, the Founding Fathers warned us about paper money. George Washington warned that paper money would 'ruin commerce -- oppress the honest, and open a door to every species of fraud and injustice.' Today we have abandoned sound money -- gold and silver -- and we got exactly what Washington predicted. Thomas Paine may have summed it up best: "Money is money, and paper is paper. All the invention of man cannot make them otherwise.'" ...
... For the remainder of the commentary:
https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2025/01/22/5-best-books-on-sound-money-in-2025-003775
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