Money and Liberty: In the Pursuit of Happiness & The Theory of Natural Money

“In the 1950s my parents would drive the family car to the local gas station and fill it for two silver dollars. Today $2 does not even buy a gallon of gas, but the value of the silver in two silver dollars will still fill the family car. Money and Liberty explains what everyone needs to know about what is happening to money and its inextricable link to liberty.” James Turk Why are gold and silver so special that they have been money for 5,000 years? Why was the link between national currencies and gold broken in 1971? Is the pursuit of happiness more difficult because of today’s system of money and banking?
Drawing upon five decades of experience in international finance, the founder of goldmoney.com, James Turk answers these questions and many more to explain why money and banking today are based on outdated ideas that have become harmful.\nThe phantom purchasing power banks conjure up contravenes nature, and today’s heedless environmental degradation can be traced to banks. We can no longer ignore that nature provides everything humanity needs to advance, including money. Gold is natural money.\nLiberty depends on politically honest money that only gold can provide. Fortunately, new technology makes possible the ideals expounded in the Age of Enlightenment. Happiness is achievable with a basic knowledge of natural MONEY while living life ethically with unimpeded LIBERTY.