But freedom would doubtless give us ten, twenty, most likely fifty, times as much money as we have now, if so much could be kept in circulation.
Lysander Spooner: “But freedom would doubtless give us ten, twenty, most likely fifty, times as much money as we have now, if so much could…”
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He speculates that freedom could significantly increase the amount of money in circulation.
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