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John G Root Jr
  • Dec 9, 2018
  • 3 min

Our Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

People institute governments to secure their rights. If we have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, then we need to secure that right by making sure that everyone has what they need to live so they are at liberty to pursue happiness. The only thing that makes people genuinely happy is fulfilling their life purpose, and that purpose is most often something that serves the common good or would make the world a better place. So if we gave everyone what they
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John G Root Jr
  • Nov 29, 2018
  • 2 min

Is money valuable?

Money is not valuable, the goods and services available in the economy are valuable. Money measures the value of the valuable goods and services and facilitates the exchange of the valuable goods and services. Even if what is being used as money is inherently valuable, such as gold or silver coins, the value of the coins has to be set higher by law than their intrinsic value if they are to serve as money. As soon as their value as money drops to their intrinsic value the co
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