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First, a global monetary system based on
precious
metals does not resolve the fundamental imbalances of a global economic system.
Second,
precious
metals do not resolve the problem of inflation.
Before the invention of coins, commerce depended on
precious
metals.
Another difficulty with using undifferentiated
precious
metals for exchange was that some trust or expertise was required to assure people that the metal was pure.
Why waste
precious
work time in the air, at security checks, and waiting for our luggage?
Let us start with George W. Bush, who ignored climate change for the eight years of his presidency, wasting the world’s
precious
time.
But high prices are also encouraging many more people to extract
precious
metals from existing products – at great danger to themselves and others.
Other
precious
metals that are teased from the Earth, including indium, gallium, palladium, and ruthenium, are being discarded in much the same way as other electronic waste (e-waste).
It can be argued that disposing of high-tech e-waste in landfills is just another way of returning these
precious
metals to the earth, where, millennia from now, it will have merged with the substrata, becoming just like any other ore.
But, along with the
precious
metals, e-waste also contains potent toxic chemicals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and brominated flame retardants.
For more than a decade, the
precious
metallic component of e-waste has been fueling a polarized international trade in potentially hazardous materials, with defunct electronic products exported to countries where labor is cheap.
Some would manage e-waste at one of the handful of sophisticated smelters that can recover
precious
metals from discarded electronic devices.
After the relief effort, this complex human balance was replaced by a cash economy, and the power brokers became those who could dole out the rare,
precious
petrol.
In fact, the report devotes more than twice as many pages to charges concerning China’s supposed external technology theft via such acquisitions – which are framed as a blatant grab for America’s most
precious
assets – as it does to internal transfers through JVs and alleged unfair licensing practices.
And after 20 years of much talk but
precious
little action on global warming, a certain amount of frustration is to be expected.
It took almost a year before the proposed measures began to work, and
precious
time was lost – but not altogether wasted.
Ballpoint pens are more convenient than fountain pens, and infinitely cheaper, but they do not write as well; word processors are faster than both, but leave little space for
precious
contemplation.
Science and Africa's SalvationAfrica is a rich continent -- rich in bio-diversity, rich in mineral resources, rich in
precious
stones.
But the worst effects were on our human capital, our most
precious
resource.
So it is vital that the Commission's reputation in the area of competition policy shine because this reputation is the Union's most
precious
capital; this is no time to waste it.
There is no reason why
precious
legacies such as the rule of law should be jeopardized simply because Britain is leaving the EU and America has elected a leader who is challenging some aspects of traditional thinking.
Unlocking Mobile Phones’ Hidden TreasureKIEL – Would you throw gold, silver, or other
precious
metals into the trash?
Given that larger devices like computers and televisions contain even more
precious
metals, an effective system for encouraging proper end-of-life treatment is essential.
In an era of paper money, however, the link to a physical stock of some
precious
metal – or, indeed, some other commodity – does not exist, and there should be no reason why a central bank cannot aim at an overall inflation rate.
What is
precious
must be preserved, and what enriches must be absorbed.
It has, for example, eagerly launched large-scale operations to mine
precious
minerals like gold and silver in a disputed area of the eastern Himalayas that it seized from India in a 1959 armed clash.
In this way, we will remind those in the industry of a fundamental premise: their most
precious
commodity is not a blockbuster drug, but the public’s trust.
Consumers are provided with
precious
little information through schools, libraries, or health campaigns; instead, they are swamped with disinformation through advertising.
And, in their heyday, mercantilists certainly did defend some very odd notions, chief among which was the view that national policy ought to be guided by the accumulation of
precious
metals – gold and silver.
Colombia’s Libraries of PeaceNEW YORK – In a world where the threat of large-scale war seems to increase by the day, peace treaties are rare and
precious
accomplishments.
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