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Cecil Rhodes founder of Rhodes Scholarship 60

Cecil Rhodes founder of Rhodes Scholarship

by thecounterpunch

published 4 years ago

Cecil Rhodes (1853 - 1902) was a British-born South African businessman, mining magnate, and politician. He was the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today markets 60% of the world's rough...

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Bimetallism: on the origin of the Gold Standard64

Bimetallism: on the origin of the Gold Standard

by thecounterpunch

published 5 years ago

In the old Ages, money consisted simultaneously of silver and gold coins. As fiduciary money was introduced, Governments specified their value in terms of weights of either silver or gold. Some adopted both...

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