backing?

[Robert Brooks]

> 
> * The role of *gold* is tangential and secondary. Any stable currency
> would suffice, and in fact gold bullion would be no more desirable
> than yen or Deutschmarks.
> 
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Cognitive dissonance.  Care to explain?

I agree with Perry and Doug on this one--if not gold as backing, then
perhaps virtual-world resources instead, such as information, or storage
space, or CPU time.  But not existing, government-backed currencies, at
least in the long run.

Robert