
World History Told Through the Lens of Money with Niko Jilch (WiM336)
The "What is Money?" Show
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The Origins of the Gold Standard in Europe
In the 1970s, 1980s, you couldn't buy physical gold really in Europe. Today, you can buy basically in every bank, every street corner. And we also, the actually the most important bullion coin comes from Austria as the Philharmonic. The idea was give the people gold that they can protect themselves against inflation if we fuck up right? Right.
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