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Victoria C. Woodhull: “If it can be dispensed with and trade continue, its importance as money entirely disappears.”

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If it can be dispensed with and trade continue, its importance as money entirely disappears.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

Editor's note · Context

Woodhull posits that if gold can be eliminated from trade without issue, its significance as money diminishes.

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