Edwin Vieira, Jr.

Publications

The Monetary Powers and Disabilities of the U.S. Constitution

02/08/1982 Edwin Vieira, Jr.

The chief mechanism of inflation today is the ability of the Federal Reserve System to generate an endless stream of paper currency that: (i) is purportedly legal tender for all debts, public and private: and (ii) is not redeemable in gold, silver

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