A brief history of gold confiscation that “might make gold investors sweat” in one infographic…
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Bits and Pieces 30thOct12
Bitcoin makes some TV appearances, drama over German gold, talk of European bonds “part-backed by gold”, a report on mobile payments in developing countries, AML enforcement and more.
Jon Matonis: Bitcoin Prevents Monetary Tyranny
Bitcoin is not about making rapid global transactions with little or no fee. Bitcoin is about preventing monetary tyranny. That is its raison d’être.
Capital Controls: IEEPA, Gold and Argentina
Bad economic times and capital controls go hand in hand. In 1933 FDR used Executive Order 6102 to confiscate US citizen’s gold as mentioned in the above video. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), means the same thing could happen again today.
Extreme capital controls aren’t just a possibility, they are a reality in a many parts of the world, particularly Argentina.