Ancient man worshipped it. Governments stockpile it. Warren Buffett disdains it. And Mr. T loves it. For millennia gold has long been one of the most valuable commodities on earth, and until 1971 served as the basis of our own U.S. dollar. As its price continues to skyrocket in the face of an uncertain global economy and unstable currencies, what is the future of gold as a commodity and, even possibly, money? In his new e-book IN GOLD WE TRUST? The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty (The Economist / Amazon Kindle Singles, March 2012 – co-written with The Economist’s Matthew Bishop), econ
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