Dr. Saifedean Ammous | Karl | Activity https://academy.saifedean.com/members/kjzimmer/activity/ Activity feed for Karl. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:26:43 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 a9f5479145bb0cde316a49128d75d26b Karl replied to the discussion Why is there not a single country in the world on a gold standard TODAY? in the forum The Fiat Standard https://academy.saifedean.com/forums/discussion/why-is-there-not-a-single-country-in-the-world-on-a-gold-standard-today/#post-143708 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:21:50 +0000 Reply to Why is there not a single country in the world on a gold standard TODAY?

thanks Jerome for contributing…..


“Education and culture will let individuals choose the hard money, yes. (He who hoards first the new hard money becomes more powerful over time, and that’s how easy moneys get replaced by harder ones.)”

  • some people are willing and able to accept education about hard money some are not (willing or able)
  • the…

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]]> 545aaf866ed813e9fc8e89b21894e4bf Karl changed their profile photo https://academy.saifedean.com/news-feed/p/19910/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:52:23 +0000 0 fc6016b09e3b385cdbf84ea20d187ab6 Karl replied to the discussion Why is there not a single country in the world on a gold standard TODAY? in the forum The Fiat Standard https://academy.saifedean.com/forums/discussion/why-is-there-not-a-single-country-in-the-world-on-a-gold-standard-today/#post-143683 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:34:15 +0000 Reply to Why is there not a single country in the world on a gold standard TODAY?

This seems to me to be a critical question that, until answered, hard money will never stick. The 2 main points:

1) A governing authority based on hard money will not be able to defend themselves from money printer entities and so will fail. So stability of a hard money world is is at risk from even a single money printer.

2) A…

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