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The New California Gold Rush
The New California Gold Rush
Within an hour of downtown Los Angeles, people are seeking that one sure commodity."I'm here to find gold," said Kevin Brown. "I'm a studio lighting technician in Hollywood, between the writers strike that happened last year, and the Screen Actors Guild, whatever they want to call it. Lately ...
What's our gold standard?
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — I've just reread Eichengreen and Temin, The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, which does a great... job of showing how the "gold mentality" - what they call mentalite, with an accent - paralyzed policymakers. (The longer-form version, with more ... (more) What's our gold standard?
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Miner O-Niner: Californians Reduced To Panning For Gold - With Videos
Pat Dollard | Young AmericansNBC Los Angeles: Within an hour of downtown Los Angeles, people are seeking that one sure commodity. “I’m here to find gold,” said Kevin Brown. “I’m a studio lighting technician in Hollywood, between the writers strike that happened last year, and the Screen Actors Guild, whatever they want to call it. Lately I’ve had to turn to having to do it for extra cash.” Geologists estimate that during the gold rush of 1849 in California, about 80 percent of the gold was never found. Today, with the ...

IN CALIFORNIA, a new Gold Rush….
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