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Jim’s Quote of the Day:

Jim’s Quote of the Day:

James Wesley Rawles July 31, 2012 July 31, 2012  Print This Post Email This Post Facebook Twitter Pinterest Reddit Google LinkedIn LinkedIn

“In the long run… governments collapse, countries disappear, empires fall, and things hold their value much better than paper does.” – Emanuel Derman, physicist and financial analyst, in Models.Behaving.Badly.: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life, 2011

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