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Absolutely, Alan Greenspan is / was "John Galt". Actually, in terms of the novel, he was a little more Francisco d'Anconia than John Galt because, like d'Anconia, he operated in broad daylight in full view of everyone, whereas Galt worked behind the scenes. Not that Greenspan didn't work behind the scenes as well because he surely did, he just worked openly to a much greater degree.
The telling clue: he NEVER publicly repudiated his famous 1966 essay on gold, "Gold and Economic Freedom". And now - guess what? - he's once again saying "Gold is the ultimate currency".
I, too, am amazed that so few have caught on to this. And Bernanke is finishing
Absolutely, Alan Greenspan is / was "John Galt". Actually, in terms of the novel, he was a little more Francisco d'Anconia than John Galt because, like d'Anconia, he operated in broad daylight in full view of everyone, whereas Galt worked behind the scenes. Not that Greenspan didn't work behind the scenes as well because he surely did, he just worked openly to a much greater degree.
The telling clue: he NEVER publicly repudiated his famous 1966 essay on gold, "Gold and Economic Freedom". And now - guess what? - he's once again saying "Gold is the ultimate currency".
I, too, am amazed that so few have caught on to this. And Bernanke is finishing the job by hastening the US$'s oblivion, which is an absolute pre-requisite before a gold standard can be re-established worldwide.
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