debasement
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“Central banks are buying gold on infrastructure that already exists; institutions are buying bitcoin on infrastructure still being built—the same debasement logic, two different stages.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
OK, time to pivot from the slow debasement of public service to a public-service announcement from my colleagues about what to read and listen to if you’re looking for a distraction:
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
This is driven by persistent central bank buying, rising geopolitical risks and concerns over fiscal sustainability and currency debasement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Their bull case would see that marginal cost expand to 2 times due to currency debasement and capital flow into hard assets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Fairly or unfairly, to her derogators Pittman epitomized all that was reprehensible about Dick Bass’s popularization of the Seven Summits and the ensuing debasement of the world’s highest mountain.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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