Re: "Money" and the free market

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:00:36 -0600, "Mark M." <mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There is no such thing as natural money independent of government.

Of course there is. Commodity money arises naturally where government
does not even exist. That is why cowrie shells functioned as money
over much of the world for thousands of years with no government
support whatsoever. It is fiat money and debt money that can only
exist with government's help.

-- Roy L
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