What Has Government Done to Our Money? ethical agenda. Both essays are normally found together in one binding. In "The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar", Rothbard explains how having a currency permanently fixed by law at a certain weight in gold, and always redeemable in gold, greatly incentivizes governments and banks to be much more ethical, civil, and honest in their lending methods, accounting methods, and in their honorable pursuits of other profits related to managing and supplying money to society. He shows how any money, backed by gold or not, is a commodity. He argues any commodity could become a money and that every
Are You What You Want to Be? Are You What You Want to Be? "Are You What You Want to Be?" is a song by American indie pop band Foster the People. It serves as the opening track on their second studio album, "Supermodel", and was released as the album's fourth single on September 8, 2014. An audio stream of "Are You What You Want to Be?" was uploaded by the band's Vevo account to YouTube on August 5, 2014 accompanied by its single cover. The song impacted contemporary hit radio in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2014 and modern rock radio in the United States