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Saifedean Ammous: The Fiat Standard & The Reversal of Civilization

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The Ugly Affair of the Bank of England

Two individuals bought two thirds of the issue, so i think it was 400 million pounds. And only a third of these was sold, and the rest was bought by these two individuals. But then, of course, they covered that up, and they didn't announce that it was the two individuals who bought it. The financial times issued a correction. One hundrednd one years later, 20 17, they issued a correction for this. Or 20 103 years later, year, or maybe 102, ut y hd. This is the ugly history of how fiat came about.

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