Comments on: A Good Word for Materialism http://ilfpost.org/?p=101 political and social commentary Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:26:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Medexpert_Nick http://ilfpost.org/?p=101&cpage=1#comment-90506 Medexpert_Nick Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:15:37 +0000 http://ilfpost.org/?p=101#comment-90506 What is really going on in South Ossetia http://ossetians.com/eng/news.php?newsid=459&f=36 What is really going on in South Ossetia

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]]> By: Priya http://ilfpost.org/?p=101&cpage=1#comment-4990 Priya Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:10:47 +0000 http://ilfpost.org/?p=101#comment-4990 My question to this, is what about the intangibility of money - you put it in a bank (if you can) and it is taken by the teller - you trust that it will be there when you need it. But people and computers inbetween you and the money can lead to "mistakes" and the burden of proof is on you to prove it. Similarly, the large conglomerates that show "profits" in their books - are these real? Without a gold standard or the like, can we really assume that all the money that is "accounted for" really exists? My question to this, is what about the intangibility of money – you put it in a bank (if you can) and it is taken by the teller – you trust that it will be there when you need it. But people and computers inbetween you and the money can lead to “mistakes” and the burden of proof is on you to prove it. Similarly, the large conglomerates that show “profits” in their books – are these real? Without a gold standard or the like, can we really assume that all the money that is “accounted for” really exists?

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