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		sdenton4 on May 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist (2012... Of course, we've seen a similar type of fiction already in the history of economics. "This piece of paper represents a chunk of gold!" "No, it doesn't."

drdeca on May 30, 2019 [–]

“Represents” is a tricky word.

Though, whether one can exchange a particular paper for a particular amount of gold is not a matter of pure imagination.

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