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| Question 189: Explain in your own words the meaning of the sentence: “Although gold and silver are not by nature money, money is by nature gold and silver.” |
| [986] Ghant: Gold and silver are not by nature money, since gold and silver can through their physical properties be used for other purposes. However, money is by nature gold and silver, because money is little more than an idea, which must be expressed through an exchangeable, quantifiable, divisible and unifiable medium, such as gold or silver. |
| Hans: Marx did not think that money is “little more than an idea.” |
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