一篇有意思的文章:格林斯潘,一向坚决提倡金本位制度与自由放任资本主义,结果变成一位废话连篇而毫无内容的专家——标准的“优秀”政治家。重要地,变成了一个由政府操控货币供给的典型。
楼主所引之文章,其主旨是对所谓“过时”的“野蛮的遗迹”——金本位制度的捍卫。格林斯潘正确地论证了,金本位制度的最大优势在于防止政府操控货币的供给。其原文如下,更有助于理解其含义:
In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation.… The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. This is the shabby secret of the welfare statists' tirades against gold.